Today, I begin my annual Year in Review lists for 2013. (If you’re feeling nostalgic, you can check out my past lists for the 2010 Year in Review, 2011 Year in Review and 2012 Year in Review.) I make several lists every December, but almost every year, the Music list is my favorite to compose. …
Read MoreThese are the letters from the ninth (and final) day of the Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. One last note: this whole #GradingLetterstoHome adventure was great fun, and a very welcome relief from the drudgery of grading. Thanks to Marcus Battle…
Read MoreThese are the letters from the eighth (and penultimate) day of the Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory 12 December 2013, 3:28am Dearest Leigh I hope this dispatch will find you in good spirits and in the very best of health. I…
Read MoreThese are the letters from the seventh day of the Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory.11 December 2011, 9:09am Dearest Leigh, I know not whether this missive will find you, but I pray that, if it does, it finds you well. The…
Read MoreOnce again this semester, I assigned short-film projects to the students in my Existentialism course. And once again, the products of that assignment (which I only just finished grading) were amazing. I’ve employed this assignment in select courses for the last several years and each year the students’ films have gotten more and more impressive. …
Read MoreThese are the letters from the sixth day of the Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. 10 December 2013, 11:45pm Dearest Charles, Today, we persevered. Your friend,Leigh M. Johnson Click here to proceed to DAY SEVEN of the Grading War Letters
Read MoreThese are the letters from the fifth day of the Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. 9 December 2013, 10:55am Dearest Charles, I received your note and hope you do not mind that I shared it aloud with the boys at breakfast…
Read MoreI was recently asked by a colleague, Dr. Lisa Guenther (Philosophy, Vanderbilt University), to add my signature to an open letter to Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, petitioning him to suspend the scheduled execution of 10 inmates beginning in January. I agreed to lend my name to the petition alongside several others in a coalition named…
Read MoreThese are the letters from the fourth day of the Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. 8 December 2013, 11:35pm My Dearest Leigh, It is my sincere hope that these few words find you well. I have had no time to write,…
Read MoreThese are the letters from the third day of the Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. 7 December 2013, 11:20am Dearest Marcus, Oh Happy Day! This morn found my heart both gladdened and relieved after procuring news that Providence continues to shelter…
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