Inessentials

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

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Registrar of Voters

November 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments

I voted.
I thought I had researched all the referendums and local elections that would be on my ballot, so I froze up when I saw “Registrar of Voters” listed among the elections. There were at least four or five names listed. How did I not know this would be on there? Who were these people? [...]

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Tags: civis

At Least It Wasn’t Too Hot

October 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Although I assumed I would later regret it, this semester I decided to lead my discussion sections immediately after the lecture on Thursday. I hoped it would help me maximize on the interest generated in class and carry over the discussion. So far, so good.
Last Thursday, I stopped to get coffee between lecture and section. [...]

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Tags: animadversor · praeceptor

Duty Called. Wrong Number.

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

Today I was supposed to go for jury duty. I received a notice in the mail a couple months ago. And since I am in between teaching duties, I had no good excuse not to go. Plus, it seemed kind of exciting. I was interested to see how things work on the inside. I even [...]

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Tags: animadversor · civis · spectator

On the Set of Indiana Jones 4

June 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment


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Tags: spectator