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The Battle is Lost…the War Continues

Written on 2 Mar, 2010 at 14:20 in Random Normality | viewed times | 1 Comment

Early excitement about the perceived usefulness of my phone in allowing me to post more often has been tinged with some frustration. Long has it been established that some sort of visual stimuli accompany the textual variety. My... (Continue reading)

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Typographical Errors Commence

Written on 28 Feb, 2010 at 19:02 in Random Normality | viewed times | 0 Comments

This marks the first in a new era for me and digital style publication. I’ve had an iPhone for awhile now…necessitated by my venturing into the realm of online, university-style instruction. This is the first post, however,... (Continue reading)

Lost and Found

Written on 2 Feb, 2010 at 18:14 in Random Normality | viewed times | 2 Comments

I can’t even remember the last time I posted here. The standard reasons I have offered in the past can be brought out and beaten (though they are long since dead), yet again: kids, teaching, bookmines, exhaustion. It remains to... (Continue reading)

This Week in Normality — Parents and Children

Written on 18 Nov, 2009 at 7:38 in Random Normality | viewed times | 2 Comments

The original, defacto, theme was “Father’s and Son’s” for reasons I won’t go into now. Suffice it to say, I felt a more inclusive theme was fitting. For the last week or so I’ve been picking my way through Manhood for... (Continue reading)

This Week in Normality (Short Edition) — Heroism

Written on 12 Nov, 2009 at 13:00 in Random Normality | viewed times | 2 Comments

This week’s (shortened) theme was inspired by the following story: Driving home from Yankee Stadium last night, drunk with power (and champagne!), Girardi stopped to help an accident victim, even though each World Series winner is specifically granted the right to... (Continue reading)

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This Week in Normality — Things Change, Things Remain the Same…

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 12:02 in Random Normality | viewed times | 0 Comments

Greetings Faithful Normalinauts, Consider this week an unofficial/official/unofficial again reboot…sort of. Some time ago we (read: I) decided to start posting content at the beginning of the week to afford the weekend time to write stuff and, theoretically, allow for... (Continue reading)

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Lev Grossman’s “The Magicians,” or More Inventiveness than I Have

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 11:58 in Books | viewed times | 0 Comments

I have long been aware of who Lev Grossman was, author of the bestselling novel The Codex, and general “nerd” blogger for Time, he seems to have, essentially, the life I desire. That said, I had not read any of his... (Continue reading)

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I’m Told There is a Storm, and That It May or May Not Be Gathering

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 11:00 in Books | viewed times | 0 Comments

I bought Knife of Dreams the day it came out in 2005. Even though I was in graduate school, and should have been reading my homework, I finished the book in just a few days. I had been waiting for... (Continue reading)

Sordid Confessions Continue, or The Vampire Diaries

Written on 16 Oct, 2009 at 5:00 in Television | viewed times | 4 Comments

I have made a habit of admitting on this website many things that I am ashamed of…or things that I think I should have some amount of shame attached. I am, by nature, one who is not prone to shame... (Continue reading)

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This Week in Normality — First Loves

Written on 11 Sep, 2009 at 11:31 in Random Normality | viewed times | 3 Comments

This is a topic that we’ve touched on, in some way, with other themes but we (read: I) was hard up for a theme and so, in the proverbial late stages of the game, Ernesto did throw out an idea... (Continue reading)

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This Week in Normality — Back to School

Written on 6 Sep, 2009 at 2:06 in Random Normality | viewed times | 2 Comments

If my life pans out in the way that I hope, September will forever mean “back to school.” Brief aside…I’m available for any tenure track, English faculty positions anyone has available and I am willing to move…anywhere. But, of course, I’m not... (Continue reading)

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This Week in Normality (Saturday Edition) — Bring the Pain

Written on 29 Aug, 2009 at 16:19 in Random Normality | viewed times | 2 Comments

Good day to you, faithful reader, on this last Saturday in August, in the year of our lord two thousand and nine. I won’t go into all the horrid details about my Friday…the first day of the fall semester... (Continue reading)

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For the Love of Gore

Written on 28 Aug, 2009 at 9:20 in Film | viewed times | 1 Comment

Hey there faithful Normalinauts. Kilian here and, for the second week in a row, we at Normality Restored are pleased to welcome a guest contributor. He has requested that we call him “D. Composition” and I fully honor... (Continue reading)

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Newstastic or Craptastic…its Newsies!

Written on 21 Aug, 2009 at 8:37 in Film | viewed times | 8 Comments

Greetings to all faithful Normalinauts. This week, we are lucky to have a guest contributor. She may or may not become a permanent fixture here at NR. I certainly would be in favor of seeing her contribute more so if... (Continue reading)

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This Week In Normality — Train Wrecks!

Written on 21 Aug, 2009 at 7:50 in Random Normality | viewed times | 1 Comment

This week’s theme was inspired by a…let’s say sad…state of affairs. No doubt you are all familiar with the TLC show Jon and Kate Plus 8. In recent months the visibility of the show has increased exponentially, as stories of... (Continue reading)

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