http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/ Musings of a displaced UW Husky 2008-09-21T18:57:17-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/09/dawgnotes_has_m.html For a variety of reasons, it has long been time for DawgNotes to find a new cyber home. Said new home was acquired in August, but I waited to post the update until I figured out how to migrate all... cageyer 2008-09-21T18:57:17-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/07/kopelson_carniv_1.html After a few months of traveling and dissertating and forgetting to blog about any of it, it seems fitting to re-enter the sphere as a participant in the carnival Derek opened last week on an article in the newest CCC:... school cageyer 2008-07-17T10:53:48-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/04/a_new_definitio.html Posted new Module for students in Intro to College Writing course. Vacuumed both the floor and ceiling of the dining room. Vacuumed the carpet in the living room. Vacuumed the floor in the kitchen. Did "some" laundry. Put on "out... personal cageyer 2008-04-22T17:28:38-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/04/educational_act.html Personally, I'd like to see a whole lot more teachers take a stand like this: Seattle teacher, suspended for refusing to give WASL, calls test "bad for kids" Thanks to Patty Ericsson at WSU for sharing this link. Update:More thanks... school cageyer 2008-04-22T10:51:24-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/04/before_you_know.html It's a beautiful, nearly perfect spring day. Clear blue skies, sunshine, 50-ish degrees and hardly any breeze. So there I was, sitting outside on the deck in a t-shirt, doing a little reading on African American rhetoric, and before you... personal cageyer 2008-04-15T20:16:00-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/03/when_i_liked_fl.html Alaska Airlines was the primary reason why. Now they're demonstrating again why they hold a 50% share at Sea-Tac airport, and why if I still lived anywhere they flew, they would always be my airline of choice. There are three... Travel cageyer 2008-03-19T19:31:02-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/03/tying_my_shoes.html Yesterday, I could sit in a chair, bend over my knees, and with both hands, tie my shoes. Today, for the first time in 34 days, I could bend over enough in the shower to wrap a towel around my... personal cageyer 2008-03-03T12:58:04-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/02/lets_talk_about_1.html No, really. I mean it. Let's talk about it. With some real concrete and honest assessment and no polarizing, politicizing, inflaming rhetoric, and skip the whole crazy idea of privatization, and really get to the heart of the issue. Game?... Politics, etc. cageyer 2008-02-12T12:08:31-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/02/lessig_on_obama.html Several folks who are in the part of the blogosphere I regularly browse will be familiar with Lawrence Lessig. But even if you're not, you should be sure to visit this video or this transcript of his explanation for endorsing... cageyer 2008-02-11T18:00:18-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/01/speaking_of_elo.html This in this morning, courtesy of rickydoc over at rootwork the rootsblog.... Politics, etc. cageyer 2008-01-29T08:46:49-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/01/the_watchman_on.html Yesterday, Caroline Kennedy, only surviving member of John Fitzgerald Kennedy's marital family, endorsed Democratic candidate Barack Obama for the office her father died while holding. Today, Senator Edward Kennedy, only surviving brother in that Kennedy generation, was expected to do... Politics, etc. cageyer 2008-01-28T20:55:57-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/01/a_kennedy_refle.html Madeleine Albright has a new book out, called Memo to the President-elect. In the short excerpt from Chapter 1, she quotes from John F. Kennedy's inaugural address: we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any... Politics, etc. cageyer 2008-01-10T13:49:23-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/01/new_years_nonre.html I am not one to make New Year's Resolutions. If I'm going to "resolve" to change things in my life on any sort of wide-scale, reflective response basis, it is usually at my birthday, when spring is inspirational, or in... personal cageyer 2008-01-02T13:39:25-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2008/01/a_new_years_ble.html I received this as a forward and it seemed so appropriate for the year to come that I offer it here as my New Year's blessing for all of you. My Wish for You in 2008 May peace break into... personal cageyer 2008-01-01T20:45:25-05:00 http://writing.syr.edu/~cageyer/dawgnotes/archives/2007/12/crt_response_1.html In their short primer on Critical Race Theory, authors Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic offer discussion-type questions at the end of each chapter. In this series of posts, I'm responding to those questions Delgado, Richard and jean Stefancic. Critical Race... Dissertating cageyer 2007-12-11T15:03:13-05:00