Monthly Archives: April 2008

Coming Soon: The Job Movie Project

Posted on 2008/04/08 by ngilmour

The presentations start Thursday, and my students are scrambling to get presentations together.? This year I’ve thrown two twists into the old project.? First, and most importantly, the Job Movie Project is for a grade this time.? I’ll be taking … Continue reading →

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New WordPress Dashboard

Posted on 2008/04/06 by ngilmour

Weird… I’m not even sure what I was going to write about this morning, but now I’m just disconcerted by the new layout of the WordPress.com blog editor.? I’m confident that all the buttons I usually use are here, but … Continue reading →

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For Daddy there is no rest

Posted on 2008/04/04 by ngilmour

Normally I could sleep through a smoke alarm’s low battery warning chirp.? After all, I grew up just a couple miles from an airport.? I was a freshman floor RA my last two years of college.? And with comps coming … Continue reading →

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Demario!

Posted on 2008/04/02 by ngilmour

I must admit that I’m nigh unto fanboy spasms. I was disappointed at first, upon buying Madden 07 on ebay for a dollar, that Demario Minter, whom I taught in my freshman comp class at UGA in 2003, was not … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Meanness

Posted on 2008/04/01 by ngilmour

The stated purpose of today’s class was to finish our discussions of Job and J.B., and we did both. Not blogworthy. The fun bit was what I did between lessons. I gave each class a spiel about making sure they’re … Continue reading →

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