Received in the mail Friday.

While I would love to see the rich diversity of CCCC's stay together I would note for those new to the field that there are other possible places to get professional development rhetmap.org/rhetcon/

A colleague sent me some posts from Doug Hesse.

The Biennial (Thomas R. ) Watson Conference on Rhetoric & Composition is still accepting applications! You can link through at rhetmap.org/rhetcon/

The Fall term is coming on too fast for me. I haven't even finished half of my summer reading yet.

Trying air yams supplied by David the Good. RhetCompgardening

@arbakke.bsky.social These are the only feeds I follow.

We rarely see stupidity of this magnitude but well here we are: Alcoholic drinks themed on a kids' book/movie franchise.

Fourth Amendment constitution.congress.gov/constitution...

Some Guy in Canada said so.e stuff at WEF in Davos. Among that stuff: "If we're not at the table, we're on the menu." -- PM Carney

I do not understand this place . . . but I will take this harvest every time.

How it's going. . .

How it started . . .

#rhetcompgardening This is the first one this summer for me!

#rhetcompgardening If I can learn the care for this tree a bit better I might get more usable fruit.

#rhetcompgardening Starting slowly but it is starting! Ate half the potatoes yesterday and this is the remainder, posing here with some shiny green peppers and a jar of blueberries.

I may need that one too.

One wouldn't think that onions should be made into a jam, would one? Well actually, this is quite tasty!

#rhetcompgardening Trying something new this year: Covering the rows to smother weeds.

AOC telling Montana a out it. She said something like--Donald Trump, when you wanna search the country for the rapists and criminals, you can start by lookin' in the mirror!

The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself-- Reams p.20

rhetmap.org/rhetcon has some updates including the Rocky Mountain MLA conference.

Is anyone talking about this coin? Heads: Gen AI will democratize labor in several industries affording better jobs for many. Tails: Gen AI will dilute the talent pools by de-skilling the labor pool so that higher salaried skilled labor can be whittled down and wages can be reduced.

I can't remember my lessons were people happy in Germany in 1930? encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

Except . . . it was Nazi sympathizers saying "America First" then wasn't it?

I am torturing my family again with good food.

I just sent a question about the default condition of the check box to support.