Category Archives: Thoughts

Walking around the pretty darn empty campus during last Thursday’s nor’easter, I passed by a thicket of the recycling buckets that get repurposed during heavy rain. Several had been rebranded as seen in the image below. As walked by I … Continue reading →

I was thinking about hats the other day, and started me thinking about George Carlin, and that led me to Louis CK speaking in honor of Carlin at a memorial service. You can see Louis’ comments on youtube. At 4:20 … Continue reading →

Tonight after class I stopped by a colleague’s office to chat for a bit. “How’s it going?” she said. “Fine,” I replied: “Quite nicely. Just came out of a very good Dylan class.” Of course I meant “Shakespeare” class, but … Continue reading →

I guess Lou Reed was the path-breaking rock ‘n roller that all the eulogists are describing. To me he’s always been there, always been part of the fabric of guitar rock, always great. I’m sorry he’s gone, but Satellite’s gone. … Continue reading →

I bumped into the obituary of Carolyn Boeri, of Vermont, about a week ago. Ms. Boeri’s mother was a Kierstead, and the previous generation included Stocktons. The obituary, which was a lovely celebration of Boeri’s life, included many genealogical details. … Continue reading →

Seamus Heaney died on August 30th, 2013. He was 74 years old. What follows is in no way a tribute to the great poet, now passed into that great beyond. Heaney doesn’t need praise from me, and I wouldn’t do … Continue reading →

It’s a cold and slightly snowy day in South Jersey. We’ve had the first snow of the year. Just about to walk around Lake Fred to my first class.

Tackling the question: “Why Do You Need So Many Books?”

I have been reading hundreds of sonnets lately (really, hundreds), and I’m also moving into more sophisticated grammatical analysis in the grammar course. Reading Shakespeare’s Sonnet 29 I started to focus not on the word meaning or imagery, but Shakespeare’s … Continue reading →