Belated happy new year everyone. I’ve had good intentions to blog more often, but all of my writing energy is going toward new songs, editing research papers for publication, and trying to land a letter in Penthouse Forum. Here is a bunch of things I’ve been reading/digging/thinking about over the last month, culled from my [...]
Tagged too many to list, twitterFor academics: outstanding post by @tenuredradical on departmental workload issues, w/ good advice on how to handle it. http://bit.ly/4j0ygd # Good news: Amy had a short story accepted by Third Coast, a great literary journal. You can read some of her work here: http://bit.ly/DJSxN # 67 excellent documentaries available through Netflix http://bit.ly/cjXRT # Excellent column [...]
Tagged academics, documentaries, literature, music, sociology, workNY’s Mercy College offers 1-on-1 mentoring for incoming frosh. Our students frequently complain to me about advising. http://bit.ly/23MfAo # Minnesota’s AD: Big 10 about business, MAC about educating. I feel the same way about research vs. teaching schools. http://bit.ly/16HO2L # GOP parents teach their kids an early lesson about partisan hatred. Nice work. NYTimes.com http://bit.ly/cutwL [...]
Tagged twitterAkron/Cleveland bummer: Bang and the Clatter Theatre defaults on loan, closes up shop. cleveland.com http://bit.ly/XHs3J # I love this. GOP strategists worry about effect of Palin, Beck, Limbaugh on party’s future. Reap what you sow. HuffPo: http://bit.ly/91oYm # Interesting question of taste vs. perception: craft brewers moving from bottles to cans. Akron Beacon-Journal: http://bit.ly/ZraRu # [...]
Tagged Akron arts, good beer, sociology, wingnutsCoffeeshops as proxy for gentrification: hoods with more coffeeshops see decreases in violent crime http://ow.ly/nzDv (via @praxishabitus) # Can’t make it, but – RT @HickoryinAkron Akron TWEET UP!! 7 p.m. Thursday 9.3.09 @ 746 Hickory – You are invited! Bring a friend or a group. # Taught my first Intro To #Sociology class ever this [...]
Tagged Gentrification, sociology, taxationLong, interesting article about the unusual world of Craigslist (the business). http://bit.ly/ofMbl # RT @Shelia_Cotten @sidneyeveSurvey: The new digital divide is Internet-access speed: high-speeds vs. the slow-pokes” http://is.gd/2xPFn # Just switched from Seesmic to Tweetdeck. So far, so good. # RT @timwiseman: Great article today on the ‘Made in Akron’ store in Highland Square http://tr.im/x3Nt [...]
Tagged twitterSome urban school districts are recruiting students (likely white students given segregation & white flight) – AP – http://bit.ly/MUChm # Is Obama close to moving on health care legislation w/o Republicans? Bloomberg – http://bit.ly/7Xqri #thisisaninfuriatingissue # Please fwd, especially to ppl who don’t know Pollan/Food Inc. Time: Getting Real About the High Price of Cheap [...]
Tagged food industry, health care, LeBron, urban schoolsOur land line (still need it for Amy’s work) has been out since Monday. AT&T sucks. So does Time-Warner net. Hate not having better options. # Going to see the House Popes & Peep @ Annabelle’s in Highland Square Friday night. Join us! #Akron #music # LeBron James documentary screens in Akron. Finished 2nd to [...]
Tagged health care, LeBron, music, publishing, wealthRT @eszter sociologists marginalize lots of work w/real-world apps RT @craigjcalhoun Why do sociologists marginalize communications research # Nate Silver @ FiveThirtyEight: “ample reason for Democrats to be worried — perhaps deeply so — about 2010.” http://bit.ly/10D8UK # Free e-book: GIS in the Social Sciences – http://bit.ly/2bmiYs (via @ssresearchnews @meoneogeo) #sociology # This seems to [...]
Tagged Election 2010, GIS, Google, health care, sociology, twitterFor fans of The Wire – The Big Issue in Scotland – Features – Dominic West http://bit.ly/BqANh # RT @lukasneville: A (co)citation graph of the 50 most-cited papers in the past 10 years of AJS, ASR & SF: http://bit.ly/11sGXL #sociology # Krugman was right. Hopes of post-partisanship were foolish. Trying to work with conservatives is [...]
Tagged Akron music, politics, sociology, The Wire, wingnuts