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This fall I get to teach our topics in composition studies course, in both Macomb and the QC. So, style! I’m thinking about the following texts:

Start with excerpts from Queneau, Exercises in Style, and excerpts from rhetorical texts which show evolution in thinking style (Aristotle, Demetrius, Meacham, Sprat, Abbott, Genung).
Look at some style guides: [...]

Florida 85
Oregon 77
Wow, what a game. I wish I had recorded this one. I’m still trying to figure it out. Look at the different paces: slow, fast, slow:

For about the first fifteen minutes, lots of pressure on both ends. I don’t think Florida wanted to try to outrun the Ducks. But toward the end of [...]

I had a good time in NYC, attended some good sessions, had some good food and good beer. Only one major foulup: I screwed up my presentation timing. I went over by a minute or two, even though I practiced. And I talked too fast. I think I was thinking about getting on a plane, [...]

Erin and Madelyn have traveled to Florida, where they will see both sets of grandparents. Peace and quiet! I can finally spread out all my stuff and work with no interruptions. I don’t have to worry about Madelyn stealing the trackball, typing on the keyboard, or destroying my papers. I don’t have to stop and [...]

Florida 74
Purdue 67
Back in the round of sixteen! The Gators head to St. Louis thanks to a strong second half, especially the last five minutes, when they didn’t turn over the ball once and made Purdue fight for every basket. And Florida was 27-31 (87%) from the free throw line, including 14 straight free throws [...]

Over at cgbvb, I wrote:
Add Texas Tech, Stanford, Purdue, and Georgia Tech to the list of “made it on conference cred.” (And I’m tempted to say Duke, but I’ll hush.)
All of the above teams have been eliminated, excepting Purdue, who hasn’t played yet. Go NCAA selection committee!
Update: OK, Purdue won; their reward is playing Florida [...]

The conference wrapped up yesterday at noon or so; I spent the afternoon grading in the hotel lobby, Rock Bottom brewery (darned good Hefe), and Union Station. Some more session recaps:
A pretty good discussion of social software Tuesday afternoon; Facebook, Second Life, etc. I talked about using my delicious in 480. I was disappointed that [...]

Our dean, working through our provost, asked me and a bunch of other folks from Western to attend Educause Midwest 2007 to learn some interesting things we can do to improve our IT climate. I’m not going to try to liveblog the conference (I’m spending my spare time grading, and wireless in the hotel is [...]

Florida 77
Arkansas 56
Domination. Admittedly, the SEC is down in hoops this year, but Florida’s performance during the tournament was pretty amazing: in three wins, they led every minute of every game. That’s three SEC tourney championships in a row for Florida. So much for their late-season stumble! Defensively, the Gators are playing as good as [...]

Last week I met with a very bright student who had transferred to Western from Illinois. She has enrolled in our teacher education program and is thinking about graduate school, so I explained some of the patterns in English studies which many students don’t know (where you can teach with various degrees, etc). I’m always [...]