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Joe Paterno’s Apology

Posted on November 9, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I’ve seen a number of posts dealing with Paterno on Facebook today. I’ll admit my knowledge of the subject is a bit sketchy–coming mostly from a few minutes of Dan Patrick’s radio program the past few days. From what I … Continue reading →

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Happy Accidents

Posted on October 28, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Donald Murray, “Writing Badly to Write Well,” Expecting the Unexpected: You do have to write badly to write well. Of course. Badly in the sense of neatness and completeness, for effective thinking isn’t neat and complete. This word processor thinks … Continue reading →

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Silly Dad

Posted on October 20, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Rowan: Is today a sleep over night with Mommy? Me: I don’t know. Rowan: Well, Mommy doesn’t have to go to work tomorrow. So she doesn’t have to get up early. So she can sleep over. Me: Yes, but I’m … Continue reading →

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Obligatory Post on “Occupy Wall St.”

Posted on October 5, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

One of my graduate students, Adam Breckenridge, posted a link to Douglas Ruchkoff’s CNN article “Think Occupy Wall St. is a phase?” to facebook this morning. The article deserves some quality attention. I was particularly inspired by this paragraph: What … Continue reading →

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Goodbye to Terry Francona

Posted on October 4, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I’ve been meaning to find time to write this for a few days. Here goes in enthymematic form: The collapse was historic. A historic collapse requires blame. Blaming is often not a rational process. Terry Francona is willing to accept … Continue reading →

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Facebook is Down

Posted on September 29, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

A quick post to let everyone know that my Facebook is down right now. I probably won’t be back on until next week. So if you are sending me stuff, I’m not ignoring you. Feel free to email me at … Continue reading →

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Addition not Subtraction

Posted on September 24, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Latour: The critic is not the one who debunks, but the one who assembles. (“Why Critique Has Run Out of Steam” 246)

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Latour and Risk

Posted on September 22, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

From Pandora’s Hope:: Speech implies by definition the risk of misunderstanding across the huge gaps between different species. If scientists want to bridge the two-culture divide for good, they will have to get used to a lot of noise, and, … Continue reading →

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Walking Notes: Latour on Heidegger

Posted on September 9, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I was thinking today about Latour’s move to Heidegger in “Why Has Critique Run Out of Steam”. He notes that it might strike many as odd, a hyper-realist turning to one among the most speculative of phenomenologists. But Heidegger’s fourfold … Continue reading →

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SF Zero

Posted on August 3, 2011 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I’ll be putting more up soon about SFZero. For now, I need to post the URL for Rowan and I’s first mission. Mission Completion.

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