A Defense of Rhetoric – Michael Gerson – The Washington Post. In today’s Washington Post, Michael Gerson—a speechwriter for BushII—called a recent Santorum speech, “a 20-minute ramble of lame jokes, patriotic platitudes and half-developed campaign themes.” Gerson goes on to say that, on the evidence of these remarks, Santorum’s guiding philosophy is “free enterprise” and…
Sliced Bread=a run for its money
The AirPrint Activator v2.0 from Netputing just rocked my world. I changed my mind on a printer last year while at the store. I knew some of the models were AirPrint models and foolishly thought that meant ALL of them were. Mine wasn’t. Guess we know why it was on sale. I’ve been frustrated for…
Huck Still in Danger—Run, Huck! Run!
NB: I write this post using language that I never actually say and never actually said in a classroom. I taught Huck for years, but only in NYC, and only to classes that were predominantly filled with African American and Hispanic students (Dominican and Puerto Rican) and eventually some Asian (largely Chinese) students as well….
Madame Merch and Great Video
Last week, to celebrate the upcoming release of What Would Madame Defarge Knit? our artiste extraordinairé created free, downloadable holiday cards for you and yours to use this holiday season. You can view and download the goodies over at the Madame Defarge site. More goodies will be a-comin’ so keep checking back.
CraftLit Makes Headlines
Last night I received a lovely email from Online Schools and Accredited Online Degrees from Online Colleges informing me that CraftLit ranked in the top 50 of the top 100 Best Literature Podcasts on their site. To say I’m thrilled is an understatement. Their website is a marvelous clearinghouse not only of online learning programs,…