I’ve published another poem, “Invocation to Benevolent Deities Inc” – a shorted and somewhat revised version of the invocation on the VirtuBene site. I got my copy of the book a few days ago, and I have been enjoying all the other works. I am honored to be included among so much talent. It’s volume 6 in a series edited by Marlow Peerse Weaver – In Our Own Words: A Generation Defining Itself. Mine looks just like these, but the…
How did I miss this? The only reason I found it, almost exactly a year later, is that someone clicked on the link this morning and I saw it in my stats. Last November 21, the “Something Understood” Show of Religion and Ethics on Radio 4 BBC used my collected quotations of the Compassionate Buddha on their “For What We Give Thanks” show, hosted by Fergal Keane. This is one page from the Virtual Church of Benevolent Deities Inc subsite…
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I’m a South Park character!! Assemble your own at Planearium. Thanks to the witty (but liberal-bashing) Samantha Burns for this one.
There is a bit of a controversy about blogs by academics, especially if they are not yet tenured or are looking for a position (like myself). When a colleague warned me against blogging, I did a little bit of research and found that a full-scale conversation was already under way. It began with an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education by anti-blogger “Ivan Tribble” – “Bloggers Need Not Apply.” That’s when the committee took a look at their online…
For a quiz on postmodernism, there were very few choices. The questions didn’t have anything much to do with postmodern theory. The first question was about what you like to drink, and it didn’t get much better from there. It seems that many of the academic blogs have picked up the meme, but I’m not really sure why. Note: I don’t teach in a camisole, and have never heard any Indonesian hophop. However, I do eat journal articles for breakfast….