Nod and Smile

Events past and quite recent have gotten me thinking about logic. I’m not talking about funky symbols and math proof kind of logic. I’m talking about logic and argumentation that people use when they talk and write. And what I’ve been thinking about it is this: people have forgotten how to use logic, […]

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Grad students: As another semester and year of graduate school comes to a close, a sudden change in personal habits is not advisable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwyrGwM4a7M

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I wrote this song for everybody who is mad at somebody about their blessings.
Mostly for family, you know, cause that…that thing does happen.
So cousin so-and-so whoever you are out there: Heh heh.
–Jill Scott, on VH1 Soul

Yes, Jill, that thing does happen. And in my case, mostly with family (but not my cousins). Thank […]

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OK, the summer has passed, and school is about to start once again. I feel like now that some time has passed, I can give a retrospective of some of the things I learned last semester being a discussion section leader in a 101 level class.
I went to a big state school, and I […]

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“The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions.” -Mike Krzyzewski

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“The problem with doing nothing is knowing when you’re finished.”  –Benjamin Franklin

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If you think you’ve got it rough, at least you can take comfort that you aren’t having as bad of a day as Jack Rebney the Winnebago Man.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuSERHqzKwI

Or maybe you are. In which case, you can take this as a strategy for blowing off some steam:
“I don’t want any more bullshit anytime during the […]

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This is a fabulous piece on how to avoid freaking out because you missed a deadline from insidehighered.com
If only I had read it sooner…

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