A simple change in typeface can save lots of money.    And the hero is from Pittsburgh no less!!!

This is a performance in bureaucratic-related frustration. It is both actual and hyperbolized. Warning: Language. “Taxman” by the Beatles. I sent an updated W9 to a school district that I worked for last year. I was asked to do so … Continue reading →

First of all, I’m gonna get all scholarly about why this assignment is late.  Well, honestly, it’s because I forgot to do it.  But I forgot to do it because (and this is true) I filed it in the section … Continue reading →

I decided to bring back the corniness of my Pay It Forward-happy-message-money signment this week. Corniness has a nice symmetry, a symmetry that seems to round things off—like a balloon or a sitcom episode, you know, happy circles. Yeah. So, … Continue reading →

So I’ve been sending out weekly emails with the homework for the week written out point-by-point for my students. They like it better than a handout in class, because they can’t lose it, they’re forced to confront it when they … Continue reading →

This past week several of us piled into two cars and headed over to the 4Cs conference. It was such an interesting confluence of networks for me. I saw old colleagues and friends from all three of my former institutions as … Continue reading →

When I was a kid who was on the verge of not being quite a kid anymore – you know, twelve-ish – I was obsessed with what I might be like when I grew up. I should clarify. I didn’t … Continue reading →

Last week I was gchatting with my friend A, one of my closest friends, someone I know from college.  We gchat, text, facebook, tweet, all the time.  But last week she asked me to send her some of my writing, … Continue reading →

  Dear Materialities of Writing, I used to write letters ALL the time, before the internet.  I was a teenager in the early to mid-nineties, when there was internet–but none for me, until 1998.   I’ve had this Stuff On My … Continue reading →

I absolutely love sending and receiving mixed CDs — so I used this ‘signment as an excuse to compile a materialities/mail-related mix to send to you via this blog. Link to mix (it wouldn’t embed for some reason): http://grooveshark.com/playlist/Materialities+Mix/96473783 Rather, I … Continue reading →