As some of you know, a couple of weeks ago, I embarked on a very short-lived adventure/experiment. I had been reading this book called More or Less by Jeff Shinabarger (which, incidentally, I very much recommend to anyone and everyone). The purpose of the book is...
The week before last, my Shakespeare class finished up our study of Midsummer Night’s Dream. I adore Midsummer Night’s Dream. It’s brilliant. We finished up our study discussing the use of dream imagery in the end of play, when everyone (except for Oberon and Puck, of...
As I type this post, I am sitting in a very comfy chair at the public library in the teen section. Surrounding me are middle schoolers and their babysitter. The middle schoolers (minus the one reading a fashion magazine) are complaining about how boring reading is....
linguisticsnerd: Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Part 6: “… there are cases when women are very, very glad to be insulted in spite of all their show of indignation. There are instances of it with everyone; human beings in general, indeed, greatly love to be...
