I’m not one for most Metallica (or metal in general, for that matter), but I do love harp music, so I had to check out Harptallica when I heard about them earlier this week.
They do actually cover one of the two Metallica songs I like, and from what little of it is there, it’s really […]
Today, I’d like to introduce you to a fabulous, free resource in your community. That’s right, in your community. You don’t have to go far to make use of it. It’s your local library. Gone are the days when the library was full of old, moldy books that might or might not help you with […]
The archaeological community has seen a rather large shift over the past two weeks. A contest to select seven new Wonders of the World has come to a conclusion, and not much of the ancient world made the list.
The original Seven Wonders of the World (sometimes referred to as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient […]
When I was working on my thesis on relations between Olympic hosting countries and indigenous people, one of the most disturbing things I learned was that Australia has a hard time tracing its past. It wasn’t uncommon for a long time for Australians to tear down old buildings so they could build ones that better […]
All I really need to know about manga, I learned from this ANN announcement.
Graphic novels from countries that are Japan are called “world manga”. Now I wonder what cartoons from other countries are called. (I watch one out of Italy every weekend. I wonder if it’s just a cartoon, or if it’s something else.)
I knew […]
Recently, I listened to a director give someone directions to get to the center. Because the person gave their position off nearby landmarks, the director guided her to the center using landmarks.
I was sitting with another director, a fellow Texan, and I turned to her and asked her if that sounded like small-town Texas to […]
An interesting survey of Japanese girls has uncovered something I think is fairly obvious- girls like action stories.
Manga is divided into two classifications- shounen (boys’ manga) and shoujo (girls’ manga). Shounen is typically characterized by a lot of action and fighting. Shoujo is marked by touchy-feely moments driving the story.
While I tend to go more […]
Being a girl gets harder all the time.
At least smart girls are coming into their own and being recognized, but that they have to be beautiful and effortless? That’s really asking a girl to learn to pick and choose battles at a young age.
I’m watching so many of my students navigate these waters…it worries me […]
About a month ago, I met someone who took my world and flipped it upside down. It had a rather profound effect on me. In fact, I still am not sure what to make of the whole thing.
Then I decided to share what happened with a man of few words who essentially told me that […]
I’m shy. You might not realize that with my blogging, but I actually outgrew extroversion as a teenager and settled into a neatly introverted adulthood. Where I once loved being the center of attention as a kid, it makes me very uncomfortable now.
What’s funny about this is that I’ve spent most of my adult life […]
