From the crazy world of self-publishing…
Ed Mueller alerted me to Wonderside Publications, which sent the Writing Program a copy of Expository Elucidation. This 150-page compendium on thinking and writing, presented in disorganized yet intricate systems of space-impaired bulleted lists and boxes, could function as the world’s worst composition reader. And the best. Wonderside’s website gives [...]

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…to Clancy Ratliff, Jonathan Goodwin, and the brand-new Mr. Henry C. Goodwin.
Babies are cool.
Edit: Flickr pix.

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Rofflecopters! Peer pressure.
Also see Meagan, Billie, and so on down the line.
Below are first lines from 25 songs, obtained by putting the iPod on “shuffle.” If you know the song, leave a comment and I’ll strike through it on the post (if I get around to it). If you care to play along on your [...]

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Kuhio Walters, UNH PhD veteran, has accepted a position at West Chester College in Pennsylvania. Excellent!

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Anyone have a subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education? I’d like to get a copy of this short piece:
A Proposal: Get Serious About the Foreign-Language Requirement
By EDWARD M. WHITE
Online access to the Chronicle is $72/yr. Sheesh! I pay less for contact lenses.
EDIT: Got it.

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