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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)
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 | 3 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)
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)
This Week In Normality - Zombies VS. Vampires
Written on 16 Oct, 2009 at 5:00 in Random Normality | viewed times | 0 Comments
I suppose it’s a matter of preference when you ask which is better: the Zombie or the Vampire. Both have origins in superstitions and folklore, and both have seen their respective mythologies evolve with the needs of storytellers. The original... (Continue reading)
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, Mustardseed did throw out an idea... (Continue reading)
This Week in Normality — Back to School
Written on 6 Sep, 2009 at 2:06 in Random Normality | viewed times | 3 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)
This Week in Normality (Saturday Edition) — Bring the Pain
Written on 29 Aug, 2009 at 16:19 in Random Normality | viewed times | 1 Comment
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 for me,... (Continue reading)
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)
This Week in Normality — My Love is Inexplicable
Written on 14 Aug, 2009 at 11:52 in Random Normality | viewed times | 2 Comments
Please enjoy this excerpt of a conversation my wife and I had a few days ago as we were brainstorming ideas for this week’s theme: Wife: I have a lot of guilty pleasures, like Footloose. Me: Yeah, that’s true. You ever... (Continue reading)
This Week In Normality — Under the Radar *Updated with Comic Goodness*
Written on 7 Aug, 2009 at 8:00 in Random Normality | viewed times | 6 Comments
I’ll be honest, I chose this theme to further my own nefarious ends. You see, about a month ago I finished reading a novel called I Am Not Sidney Poitier by Percival Everett. As I attempted, on several occasions, to... (Continue reading)
This Week in Normality — Our Childhoods, Raped and Otherwise
Written on 31 Jul, 2009 at 15:00 in Random Normality | viewed times | 0 Comments
When I was in kindergarten (and Jezmon can verify this, by the way) my teacher (Mrs. Stevens) called me “Duke” because I insisted she do so (and she continued to until jr. high). Duke, of course, was my favorite... (Continue reading)
This Week in Normality — Suck It Comic Con
Written on 24 Jul, 2009 at 11:00 in Random Normality | viewed times | 2 Comments
I’m going to write this not as a long time Comic Con attendee, that particular take on the subject is covered (with much more insight than I could) by our own Stoker, but as a person who loves comics in... (Continue reading)