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Sunday, November 15, 2015

". . . she would work to serve those who 'don’t fit our CMC mold.'”

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From the LA Times: Dean Mary Spellman at Claremont McKenna stepped down after she sparked a campus protest and hunger strikes by two stud...
Saturday, November 14, 2015

The A, B, C's . . . Y, and Z's of the Farmer's Market

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We're back in LA trying to do more work on my mom's house.  Despite all we've given and thrown away, it still looks packed with...
Friday, November 13, 2015

"In all, 140 foundations funneled $558 million to almost 100 climate denial organizations from 2003 to 2010."

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This quote comes from a Scientific American article about Drexel University environmental sociologist Robert Brulle's study.  That two ...
Thursday, November 12, 2015

"My mother's family hadn't been ethnic in hundreds, possibly thousands of years."

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I found this quote on page 3 of the introduction of a Grove Press book by Holly Hughes called Clit Notes : "I remember my parents tell...
Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Some Personal University of Missouri History

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In the summer of 1967 I was returning to the second summer of Peace Corps training in DeKalb, Illinois.  Friends had moved from LA to Minnea...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

How Not To Improve The University

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The title of Dermot Cole's article in the ADN today set me off already:  University needs to stop running campuses like independent fie...
Monday, November 09, 2015

AIFF2015: From The New Yorker Cartoons, Political Brainwashing, Afghanistan, Mt. Marathon Race, Transgender Dad

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There are lots of documentaries at the Anchorage International Film Festival.  I'm still working on a post about the ones in competiti...
Sunday, November 08, 2015

Is Droning A Word? Meeting The Future At McHugh Creek

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It was sunny.  Almost no clouds.  Not really cold for a November day (high 30˚s F).  So what am I doing still at home?  Yes, getting c...
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Saturday, November 07, 2015

AIFF 2015: Figuring Out The New Schedule Software SCHED

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The Anchorage International Film Festival seems to have abandoned Festival Genius - a film festival specific software program - for a  more ...
Friday, November 06, 2015

4.5 Anchorage Earthquake: Two Quick Jolts Wake Me From Light Sleep

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Screen shot from USGS It wasn't strong, it wasn't long, but two quick jolts, maybe three or four seconds altogether.  Enough to...