Hocus Pocus

This year’s quotation quotient got rolling even before the out-of-towners arrived: more »

We’ve just had a little fun on Twitter — with a collective game of Mad Libs. I think you’ll recognize the base text here, and this is the finished product. more »

I attended the HighEdWeb Association’s 2009 conference in Milwaukee (October 4–7) and benefited from the experience. Here are some of my reflections. This post will definitely remain under progress as I add and revise. more »

Kriss: “We should have done* Bessie, but we were just too confused when we brought her in.”

(“done” = skinned and tanned her for a bedroom rug)

Kriss: “Kitty Kitty did not die. Kitty Kitty got stolen by the bizarro nun.”

Kriss: “Do you have a hankie on your head?” Shannon: “Yeah, I forgot I put it up there!”

Maggie: “Mom, you know what’s good? Taco dip.”

Shannon: “These cheeks aren’t thorns. These cheeks are gifts.”

Ann: “Every stroke of genius comes with a moment of despair.”

Kriss: “People aren’t used to the taste of lard anymore.”

Maggie: “She [Lucy] shows no signs of becoming a psychopath.”

Kriss: “Hey, Jon, you’ve got some rutabaga in your Croc hole!”
derek (later): “If that’s what I think it is, what’s a Croc?”

Ann: “I just blanked myself on pie.”

In what’s becoming an annual tradition, I have asked derek becker and Jim Boyd for music recommendations so that I could get some fresh music in my collection. Here are the items they’ve recommended (with notes as I acquire some of them): more »

In June of 2007, I asked respected friends for music recommendations so that I could get some fresh music in my collection. Both derek becker and Jim Boyd gave fascinating tips, and I bought eight of the albums they plugged: more »

Shannon: “Moonboots never come off the farm.”

“Monkeys Control a Robot Arm With Their Thoughts”

— New York Times, May 29, 2008