Category Archives: Gripes

Facebook Gripe of the Day

Posted on 2009/05/04 by ngilmour

There’s no good way to choose between the impiety of refusing to be a “fan” of Jesus, the Bible, prayer, and forgiveness on one hand; and the impiety of trivializing them by becoming their “fans” on the other.

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Pounding ‘em Out

Posted on 2009/04/27 by ngilmour

Two sophomore lit papers left.? Then 33 sophomore response papers from last Tuesday.? Then 22 freshman portfolios.? Then 33 sophomore lit papers.? Then 22 more freshman portfolios.? Then 35 sophomore final exams.? Then dissertation chapters.? Then a new job.? Then … Continue reading →

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My New Dream Home

Posted on 2009/03/08 by ngilmour

People who know me know that I don’t think all that much about style, decoration, fashion, or any of those sorts of things.? I try to put on clean clothes every morning, and beyond that Mary makes such decisions. That … Continue reading →

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Plowing Through

Posted on 2008/10/31 by ngilmour

I’m down to the last ten papers in this round of freshman comp grading.? I’ve been grading instead of blogging.? I’m very much tired.

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The Last Polite Bigotry

Posted on 2008/08/08 by ngilmour

I really did have high hopes for Bill Maher’s podcast. I started downloading podcasts a couple weeks ago, and when I discovered that HBO offered the audio of Maher’s show for free, I downloaded the last bits of last season.? … Continue reading →

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What I get to look at every morning

Posted on 2008/08/07 by ngilmour

This particular sight actually popped up in my neighborhood about a month ago, but as I said yesterday, I just cleared off my camera’s memory card, so here you go. I imagine I’ll be looking at this until November, perhaps … Continue reading →

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Mr. K is Dead to Me

Posted on 2008/07/25 by ngilmour

We hauled six boxes of books, most in very good shape, up to Johnson City, trusting that Mr. K’s, formerly the best used book store in our sphere of influence, would give us great trade credit and allow us to … Continue reading →

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Without a Voice

Posted on 2008/06/02 by ngilmour

No, that’s not a socio-political metaphor.? I couldn’t sing through the service Sunday morning, and I was down to a raspy monotone when VBS started up last night.? But, being the yahoo I am, and still attempting to communicate over … Continue reading →

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Should I be surprised?

Posted on 2008/05/10 by ngilmour

I read this morning that the opening week of sales on Grand Theft Auto 4 outgrossed opening weekend for Iron Man, which is now the runner-up for biggest non-sequel opening movie for a weekend, by one hundred fifty percent. When … Continue reading →

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Setting Sail on a Sea of Portfolios

Posted on 2008/04/26 by ngilmour

I’ve got my first five graded.? About thirty to go.? I’m eyeballing Tuesday as a potential marathon day: if I can put in hours from the time Mary takes off to the time I have to pick up Micah (Mary’s … Continue reading →

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This is how I spend my birthday

Posted on 2008/04/17 by ngilmour

I’m fifteen minutes away from my last of five meetings today.? I’ve been up since 4:00 this morning reviewing documents for said meetings, and I’m likely to be awake entirely too early from now until the end of May. Beyond … Continue reading →

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No, I don’t like it. No, I’m not a prude.

Posted on 2008/03/19 by ngilmour

Once more this week (it happens about once a year), I found myself the object of scrutiny because I neither watch nor enjoy South Park.? And once again my interlocutors’ working assumption seemed to be that I must not like … Continue reading →

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Waiting for the announcement about TA raises…

Posted on 2008/03/10 by ngilmour

$800,000 per annum raise for UGA head football coach Yeah, that’s his raise. I could teach 57 years at UGA at my current pay rate and not match his raise. (I’d have to teach 200 years to match a year … Continue reading →

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Grading Papers Deadens my Soul

Posted on 2008/03/01 by ngilmour

I’ve now finished all but the marginal papers for the second round of freshman comp assignments.? (Why the marginal ones are marginal I can’t post here.)? As a group the papers weren’t bad, and a few really showed some acumen … Continue reading →

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Teaching Psalms, Week in Review

Posted on 2008/02/01 by ngilmour

Here I am, avoiding the (digital) stack of papers before me, knowing full well that I’ve got a full day’s work between me and sleep again. That said, I had a good week of teaching amid my stormy week at … Continue reading →

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One down, one to go

Posted on 2007/12/13 by ngilmour

I hate double-grading.? Some time yesterday afternoon, when I had submitted my own last paper to my religion professor, and having finished grading all of my own freshman portfolios, I should have been done for the semester.? As it stands, … Continue reading →

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Near-Fatal Stupidity

Posted on 2007/12/03 by ngilmour

I was driving along the Atlanta Highway on my way to campus today (no, this is not going to be a “Love Shack” reference), and I was passing through one of the still-wooded corridors between Bogart and Athens.? The speed … Continue reading →

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Grow Up

Posted on 2007/12/01 by ngilmour

I was thinking about the bad rhetorical moves to which online discussions sometimes resort today. Among them are the passive-aggressive-reflexive straw man (e.g. “You just think that all of us pacifists are wimps, so you probably wouldn’t listen to me … Continue reading →

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Corporate Buyouts Stink

Posted on 2007/10/01 by ngilmour

Well, we were Adelphia Cable customers for a year and a half, happily paying our nine bucks a month for basic cable. Then Comcast bought out Adelphia a few months ago. I got the notice today that they’re now charging … Continue reading →

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The Death of the Blog?

Posted on 2006/03/13 by ngilmour

Well, I’ve got baby pictures at least… I don’t know whether I can blame a lack of time for my paucity of posts lately. I’ve had spurts of free time between classes and teaching and parenting, but I’ve tended to … Continue reading →

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