Lauren's new project, and a note from the "king of starting over"
Lauren has come up with a terrific idea: Project Help Us Help Ourselves (working title), a collaborative blogosphere effort to provide a clearing house for information about how to cope with money,...
View ArticleNot merely disliking, but absolutely hating "Borat"
Last night, my wife and I took her younger brother and niece to see "Borat." The buzz has been tremendous, and though I had some reservations based on what I had heard, the kids were eager to watch...
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Monday afternoon notes:We are having a complete HVAC redo at our townhouse. We're getting a newer, larger condenser/compressor whateverthehellyoucallit, getting the vents and coils and wiring redone,...
View Article"He said I wasn't a Christian": teaching confirmation class at a liberal...
Yesterday afternoon (after the long run, before going off to Borat), I spent a few hours with our 2006-2007 Seekers Confirmation Class at All Saints Pasadena. We've got about 19 kids this year, and it...
View Article"Bless your lil' right-wing heart": loving me some young conservatives
A colleague of mine (a poli sci prof) and I were chatting in the hallway yesterday, talking about last week's election. She and I are both solid liberals, and we expressed our satisfaction and relief...
View ArticleA radio interview, chin update, and a confession of love for Bobby Knight
Yesterday at lunch time, I trundled over to the KPCC radio studio here on campus to do an interview with NPR. They're doing a story on Ratemyprofessors, and they got my name from this InsideHigherEd...
View ArticleA quick note about being outside the feminist mainstream
A former student I like very much came to see me yesterday. She's a woman studies major at UCLA now, and she and I chatted about her work at length. She told me she had picked her major after taking...
View ArticleThursday Short Poem: Hearle's "Politics of Memory"
This fine Kevin Hearle poem makes this sixth-generation Californio smile in recognition, and wince at our state's particular propensity for (literally and metaphorically) paving over the past.The...
View ArticleAnother long post about pleasure, feminism, food, and sex
In recent years, as I continue to fiddle with my women's studies syllabus, I've moved away from emphasizing certain themes and towards others. One theme that has become more and more important to me:...
View ArticleVanity posting
I'm home from the gym and a quick nine-miler in the hills around the Rose Bowl. I'm happy to report my body has now adjusted to the vegan diet quite well; I'm grateful for all the wonderful recipes...
View ArticleLast post
Folks, this blog will be dark until November 27. Check back on that day for a link to my new Word Press blog! Lauren of Faux Real Tho has helped create a new blog site for me, and she's busy...
View ArticleOut with the old... announcing hugoschwyzer.net
Today's the day, folks! I am now blogging at hugoschwyzer.net Please update your bookmarks, and come on over!All the archives from this site have been moved to the new one, and we're even in the...
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