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)
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)
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)
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’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)
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)
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 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)
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)
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’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)
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)
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)
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)
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)