Death is universal, so one day I'll face these decisions. I just asked my tween to put down her Legos…
For years, Shakespeare has been thought to deploy greater linguistic variety than contemporaries like Marlowe, Kyd, and Jonson; scholars have…
"It's not really fair to say, 'Look at this guy who died 400 years before I was born. He certainly…
Being a word-oriented thinker, I don't have much interest in emoji icons. I dislike it when an autocorrect turns a…
RT @pewresearch: Teens Haven’t Abandoned Facebook (Yet) -- @mary_madden says reports of Facebook's demise among teens are premature http://…
The name "Bottom" in A Midsummer Night's Dream is already funny, but I expect my students will likely snigger at…
I remember having a Fisher Price airplane pull-toy, and a school that came with a chalkboard and a tray of…
Maybe I'll start a cover band, cleaning up hip-hop songs, remixing them as instant breakfast food jingles. I'll call it…
If this professor thing doesn't work out, I'll start a nerd-rock band called "Force-choked by Jesus."
On a visit to the Washington DC area for my father's 80th birthday, we did nerdy things. (more…)