A few days ago, right-wing blowhard and professional alarmist, Alex Jones (of InfoWars), posted a tweet announcing that “Democrats Plan To Launch Civil War on July 4.” If you lean to the Left and somehow missed the memo about our impending revolution, never fear, because it’s all over the Twitterverse now. On July 2, Amanda Blount…
Read MoreThese are the letters from the second day of the 2014 Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. Day Four, 11:22am Dear Charles, I post this report on my station during a brief tho welcome respite. Forgive my wretched penmanship. I write quickly &…
Read MoreThese are the letters from the second day of the 2014 Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. Day Three, 9:33am My Dear Friend Charles, Your letter from yesterday was rec’d in due time, and would have been answered ere now, but for the…
Read MoreThese are the letters from the second day of the 2014 Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. Day Two, 3:05am My Dearest Leigh, You cannot imagine my joy upon receiving your letter! I worked ceaselessly to fend off any and all of…
Read MoreThese are the letters from the first day of the 2014 Grading War. If you landed here by accident and don’t know what you’re reading, click here for the backstory. Day One, 12:40am My Dear Leigh, It has been far too long since I’ve written to you. For this transgression, I can only hope you can…
Read MoreMy good friend and colleague Charles McKinney and I are continuing our #GradingWarLetterstoHome correspondence this term. If you’re unfamiliar with the backstory of how this hilariously ridiculous endeavor got started, I refer you to the archive of last year’s correspondences here, which also explains the origin and style of these letters. To save you a click…
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 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
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