Source: Center for Women and American Politics, Rutgers University
Women in Congress, 1917-2011
June 20th, 2011 — Uncategorized
The big fire
September 6th, 2010 — Uncategorized
This isn’t nearly as bad as the sky earlier in the day. But the fire shifted from southwest of us, to behind us to behind and northwest of us. I’ve been tweeting all day here and also using a beta product to assemble tweets here.
Competition
September 5th, 2010 — Uncategorized
With my nephew to post more often. Now testing using the iPad. It works.
The fireworks
July 4th, 2010 — Uncategorized
May come from the sky this Fourth of July.
Migration of the fishspew…
April 23rd, 2010 — Uncategorized
So, i’ve moved my blog from blogger to WordPress, because blogger would no longer support hosted blogs via FTP and because WordPress is more versatile.
i’ve also moved my Web hosting from GoDaddy, a company i consider sexist, to DreamHost.
Still plenty of kinks to work out here on the fishspew for the next few days, but it’s more entertaining than watching the Broncos draft and my blood pressure rising with it!
Watch this space for more developments!
Why doesn’t Comcast offer the CBC?
February 21st, 2010 — Uncategorized
i love watching the Olympics. The skiing and snowboarding are fascinating, short-track skating is a thrill, there’s plenty of snark about figure skating and, hey, those curling gals are kinda cute!
But i despise being forced to watch on NBC.
First, let’s address the primary issue. i know Bode Miller won gold in the super combined. There’s an AP story about it on my NBC Olympics iPhone app – since NBC is apparently too busy deciding how long we must wait to see the actual race on the freakin’ teevee. Clearly someone there has heard about the interwebs, since they were able to get the AP story out there… so really, since most of all know what happened, why make us wait to see the races?
While i’m on the subject, this whole idea of advertising is not working. i will never eat at Arby’s, Subway or McDonalds (let alone link to them), no matter how many times NBC shows their ads.
Then there are the laundry ads. Believe me, i love the adorable kids in their athletic gear in those commericals. But then they get to the end and – really? really?!?! – they’re aimed at moms who do laundry? (Apparently my husband and brother are the only men on the planet able to do the wash?)
Like i said, i love watching all these sports – and after a nasty stomach virus, there’s not much else i could do the last three days. But i’m sick of NBC’s delay tactics.
Why doesn’t Comcast offer up the Canadian Broadcasting Coverage? At least tonight i’ll be able to watch Canada-U.S. hockey – just not in high def.
Grammar, faith, communication…
January 20th, 2010 — grammar, teaching
So, i’ll probably write more about my weekend trip to New York City soon, but first a brief message about grammar.
We took the vertical tour of The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine on the Upper West Side on Saturday, where there are spectacular stained glass works. It’s a huge cathedral, with several bays of windows denoting various professions.
We began on the ground at the medical bay, denoting various healers through the ages (including modern times). i cracked to my girlfriends, all former Orlando Sentinel co-workers, “Where’s the journalism bay?”
Well, the communication bay was next to the medical bay! And it even included linotype and broadcasting!
Even more exciting/hilarious was when we arrived at the top of the education bay. There, the seven liberal arts were depicted. And guess what? Grammar is one of the seven! And it’s depicted with a whip and a sword!
Start at the bottom right of this photo and go up one – there they are! i’m sure my students are feeling the sting, too!
School starts, daily blogging, well, takes a dive!
January 12th, 2010 — Uncategorized
Excited!
January 9th, 2010 — Uncategorized
My first byline in a while (OK, i do have a full-time job teaching!) appeared today in Politics Daily: http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/08/colorado-u-s-senate-race-awfully-expensive-awfully-nasty/
Hopefully there will be more!!
On growing up…
January 8th, 2010 — Uncategorized
Every fall and spring, i interact with 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds. Their parents are often younger than me.
These kids are often immature. They’ve got crazy excuses (ultimate Frisbee, debutante balls, family reunions) to get out of tests. They e-mail begging for Ds. They send me goofy e-mails. They’ll grow up eventually, i know.
But right now, millions are watching a kid like them grow up on national television. Garrett Gilbert appeared to have no chance. But he’s coming on strong in the fourth quarter, replacing Texas senior QB Colt McCoy, injured in the opening drive of the national championship game.
Sure this Gilbert kid has an NFL dad, but he’s still 18 years old. And no matter the outcome (as i type, Texas is trailing 24-21), Garrett Gilbert is managing to mature in the space of a few hours.
This happens with my students over the course of a semester, or maybe three or four. Either way, it’s a delight to watch.