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Plans or an addendum to busyness

Excuses, excuses! 

Actually I have tons of stuff I should have been blogging about.

To quote Bugs Bunny, "I've been sick."  Ok, I was ill for 2 days.

Anyway, I promise to blog harder from now on out.

Upcoming topics:

  • English 1810:  "Writing Center Theory & Practice!"
  • Writing Centers as places of social change!
  • TYCA Midwest & TYCA Pacific Northwest report!
  • The great work of community college students!
  • How SLCC English Department faculty members Lisa Bickmore & Jen Courtney kick ass!
  • The contradictions and complications of a Writing & Social Justice *Conference when your guest speaker charges mondo (i.g. $KKs) cash to speak.
  • How to actually keep a blog going when everything seems to be falling apart by promising way too much on facebook.
  • NCPTW(IWCA) 2011 report!
  • How to beg-off writing/creating an article/web-thing even though you should be writing it really, but you are gasping for air.
  • NCTE 2010 report!
  • Big old shout out to Across the Discipline's special issue on community college WAC initiatives authors!
  • Writing center spaces & their discontents!
  • How to cook a good curry when you have every plate on the stove occupied.

Ok, Ok...enough is enough.  I posted this facebook share thing of the excellent  Student Writing Center picture posted just below.

Another blogging vow.

I promise to live up to this one!

Blogging harder!
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  1. Lisa B.October 21, 2010 at 10:10 PM

    thank you for saying "kick ass."

    I hope I get to hear about all or almost all of these, incl. the curry one. I feel it is about time we all made potluck, and you could bring curry.

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  2. Clint GardnerOctober 22, 2010 at 4:33 AM

    Well the curry one is an analogy, but a pot luck might be fun.

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  3. Lisa B.October 23, 2010 at 8:39 PM

    Ha ha! I missed a metaphor! Well, but still: aren't you, like, the curry king? I'm pretty sure I heard that somewhere. And wouldn't that fact also apply to your analogous situation? I believe that it would.

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