Reimaging Xianity in the wake of Modernism's passing
Posts tagged night
Dragic’s Shot
May 8th
This is what Reggie Miller dreams about each night:
Except Reggie would have kicked his leg into the defender…
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Sometimes we are forced to slow down
Mar 8th
Meredith and I, because of the nature of our beings and our situation, go go go go go.
Last night I tweeted that it was going to be a long day. I had two lecture to give, a hour and a half to drive, a test to compose, two other lectures to write, a study guide [...]
Air
Mar 2nd
Our lil man, Reed, grinning at our waiter at Rio Grande last night. The lil man was shy at first, or perhaps inquisitive, but he soon warmed up to him. You can see is four front teeth in the pic.
Here’s another pic from last night:
Sometimes it is good to stop and enjoy the [...]
An Ethical Icebreaker
Jan 11th
Did student introductions this morning; instead of the standard “where are you from?” set of questions, I had the students give preliminary answers to an abridged version of the famous violinist dilemma:
One night after passing out at a party after drinking too much, you awake with a sore back. Reaching back, you discover, to your [...]
Textbooks, Revolution, Patches and Paradigms
Dec 4th
Tonight, as I was watching Reed as he woke up in the middle of the night (full happy awake – he has gas), I pulled The Structure of Scientific Revolutions off the shelf and began re-reading it. I came across this insightful quote:
Textbooks being pedagogic vehicles for the perpetuation of normal science, have to [...]
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