Category Archives: UGA

Computer Security Training

Posted on 2008/12/02 by ngilmour

I should have finished this bad boy before November ended, but I had things to do.? UGA is requiring that all of us do a 40-minute computer security program online.? It’s basically a powerpoint with a narrator’s sound file, so … Continue reading →

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Why Morgan Spurlock is Bad for my Soul

Posted on 2008/09/23 by ngilmour

Having finished what they’ve released to DVD of Battlestar Galactica, Mary and I have started viewing the series 30 Days, the ongoing project of Supersize Me documentarian Morgn Spurlock.? I think I like Spurlock better than I like Michael Moore … Continue reading →

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Dawgs who Think

Posted on 2008/09/07 by ngilmour

I just wanted to commend to my readers a new project that some Christian undergrads here at UGA (some my former students) and I have started, Dawgs who Think, a blog that four of us (so far) are producing in … Continue reading →

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What Bias?

Posted on 2008/08/26 by ngilmour

Tolerant Faculty, Intolerant Students Leave it to those Social Scientists. Faced with repeated and backed-only-with-anecdotes accusations that universities are simply indoctrination grounds for the DNC or some other treasonous group, decided to conduct a study to see if it’s true. … Continue reading →

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Middle of the Pack

Posted on 2008/08/18 by ngilmour

The Key It’s probably a symptom of my own vanity, but I do enjoy looking at myself through my students’ eyes.? That means going on ratemyprofessors.com, reading their customer satisfaction surveys each semester, and here at UGA, looking at the … Continue reading →

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Next Time I Step onto Campus

Posted on 2008/08/15 by ngilmour

I’ll be teaching again.? I helped out with new TA orientation yesterday, leading a paper-grading workshop, and I’m still waiting for the votes on my prospectus.? Today I’m at the library all day, as will I be Monday, but Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Some Thoughts in the Morning

Posted on 2008/08/14 by ngilmour

Okay, so there was no second, substantive post yesterday.? I apologize. There are now five days until another teaching semester rolls out, and I’m feeling pretty good about things.? Several of my students have signed up on EMMA, and everyone … Continue reading →

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Academic Page

Posted on 2008/08/02 by ngilmour

I should really update that thing; I’ll have to get on DreamWeaver next week and get it up to speed before too many prospective employers see that I haven’t updated it since January.? Doh!

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Another Sermon Preached

Posted on 2008/05/05 by ngilmour

I’ve now preached as many sermons in a month and a half as I did at Bogart Christian in two years.? That’s neither to say that Bogart was stingy nor that Athens Christian is needy; Marv’s car wreck and the … 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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Spring Break Over

Posted on 2008/03/17 by ngilmour

Too bad.? Too bad.? I think break was productive, even if not producing enough.? I got enough papers graded that I should be able to finish the rest this week, and I got enough Anglo-Saxon research done that I’ll be … Continue reading →

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A Good Break

Posted on 2008/03/14 by ngilmour

Spring break is almost over, and it seems as though I just got into it.? I think I struck a good balance this week: I did some work around the house, read a fair bit for my comprehensive exams, got … Continue reading →

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Two Months and a Week

Posted on 2008/03/11 by ngilmour

Two months and a week from now my written comps begin.? I’m strangely calm about it; I’ve still got about eight or ten plays I want to read and a couple long poems, and I have some serious review after … 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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Snow in Georgia

Posted on 2008/01/19 by ngilmour

The bummer is that I had to sit inside most of the day, working at the public library, while the most intense snow that I’ve seen in Georgia was going on outside.? The nice thing is that it’s still nothing … Continue reading →

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Ready to Rumble

Posted on 2008/01/07 by ngilmour

My photocopies are in, my class website is updated, my request for a desk copy to replace my tattered Harper-Collins Study Bible is in, and I’ve got a page of notes ready for tomorrow’s classes. Let the Bible madness begin!!

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The secret to productivity

Posted on 2008/01/04 by ngilmour

Amazingly enough, when I went in to the office at 7:30 this morning without playing on the computer or farting around at the house, I finished a book, read an act of a play, communicated with my students, wrote up … Continue reading →

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Another Good Day, and a Resolution

Posted on 2007/12/27 by ngilmour

The whole Burd clan got together for some Christmas light viewing tonight, and Wheeling’s Oglebay Park did not disappoint.? Once again, pictures will be coming at the beginning of the year. Looking at my weekly schedule for next semester, I … Continue reading →

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Open Road and No Gasoline

Posted on 2007/12/20 by ngilmour

I had great plans for the week between my last paper’s being due and our Christmas trip.? I was going to read ten plays.? I was going to revise a paper for publication.? I was going to do all sorts … Continue reading →

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The Check is in the Mail

Posted on 2007/12/17 by ngilmour

Maybe not, but the semester is over at any rate. I’ve tucked my freshmen’s grades away in the registrar’s computer, and I’ve got next semester’s classes loaded into WebCT. Now I can study, clean, pack, and perhaps even relax a … Continue reading →

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