Category Archives: Books

Silver linings that shine brighter than all the diamonds in the world…

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Amanda

Balance exists in our lives. It is not always easy to see, and if you subscribe to certain eastern philosophies, you may never recognize this balance as it permeates myriad lifetimes. But, as I accuse some people of the need … Continue reading →

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50 Shades of zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz………….

Posted on June 28, 2012 by Amanda

I have resisted commenting on all of the hubbub about this “novel” for some time now. [And, oh how I have wanted to use the word hubbub.] The “novel” in question is E.L. James‘ 50 Shades of Grey. The hubbub … Continue reading →

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Washing out the dirty laundry…

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Amanda

Dirty little secrets Dirty little lies We got our dirty little fingers in everybody’s pie We love to cut you down to size We love dirty laundry I generally have the news on in the morning while I am getting … Continue reading →

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Scared of the wrong things

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Amanda

I am scared of the wrong things. This has likely always been true of me, but like most of the elements of our personalities we come to acknowledge them through events and experiences, mishaps and miscues… living. I know that … Continue reading →

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I finally finished the book: 365 photos, 366 days later.

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Amanda

One (long and very interesting) year after I completed this photo project, I have completed the book of the photos. It is for sale via the Blurb website for the cost of the book – a total non-profit enterprise, as I imagine … Continue reading →

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S/He’s got a… personality.

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Amanda

As an element of their work to analyze Holden Caulfield in J.D. Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, I had my freshman students complete a Myers-Briggs personality quiz as if they were Holden, and then retake the test as themselves. It … Continue reading →

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King Lear: We haiku you.

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Amanda

Irrational Lear Lost everything he owned Once hidden, now known. I give you King Lear: Madness, betrayal, bad weather. Everybody dies. The eye does not see when the storm reduces man madness his nature Lear – angry, crazy: A dragon … Continue reading →

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the best text ever that should have come from… well, another time and place.

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Amanda

Damn. You remind me so much of why I miss(ed) you, and Grad school, ie: Western literacy/cosmopolitanism. _My Dinner with Andre_: actually actual, not actually impossible. You remind me why I love books and bookishness above fucking all. Gracias doctora, … Continue reading →

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The Wife of Bath? Really? Hmm.

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Amanda

We have spent the past two weeks examining Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in my AP Lit class and it has – as so many things do these days – illuminated a series of interesting reflections of a more personal nature. … Continue reading →

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Holy Crap. This guy is my hero. (Well, one of them…)

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Amanda

I had heard of Romanpoet (also here) somehow, not sure how. It sounded kind of, you know… cool. But being neither Luddite nor particularly motivated to explore the tech-underworld I never really investigated. Should have. Meet Virgil Griffith. Here is … Continue reading →

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