home cooked theory

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The titles they are a changin’

My new title is the result of a treasured conversation I had recently with Will, in which we discussed lots of things but mostly gardening, writing and the educational qualifications of potential and current beaus. I hope he doesn’t mind me stealing the concept. Home cooked theory is an attempt to convey a few things [...]

Community service announcement

I feel compelled to advise anyone thinking of going that The Machinist is the least enjoyable film I’ve seen in a very long time. I mean it’s groan, laugh in despair and stare at the ceiling indeed anywhere else but the actual screen kind of bad. I am really starting to question my ongoing allegiance [...]

Noticing

(Subtitle: Confessions of a bourgie wanna-be)
Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about the merits of generationalism, particularly since a collegue expressed concern that my scholarship is limited by relying too heavily on it. I understand the point of the criticism - that by positing a generational perspective it’s inevitable that the position will leave a [...]

apple of my i

Does anyone know what the ‘i’ in ‘ibook’, ‘ipod’, etc. stands for? Someone asked me yesterday and I promised to get him an answer. If it’s mac specific, then why iburst? Speaking of which, check out the marketing genius at work here. A woman and a man get frisky in the office, a lady [...]

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