November 2009
3 posts
My Absence Explained (kind of)
Admit it. You missed me.
Things have been crazy ever since I started teaching again; and unfortunately, when I get busy, I’m forced to re-prioritize. That means that most of those activities that don’t directly contribute to the repayment of my student loan debt are brushed aside. My apologies to the legions of Writing Pittsburgh fans out there.
But there is some good news....
Standards for Grading the Life of an Adjunct... →
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At Least It's Not Cleveland
The Following was submitted by Stacie from Bloomfield.
I tell people I’m from Pittsburgh, but I live in Bloomfield. This tears my mother apart, as does my insistence on calling ‘pop’ it’s rightful name, which is soda.
My mother is a die hard Bloomfield lifer. She is from Bloomfield. She gets shifty when crossing over Penn Avenue. She’s a hopeless devotee of that Bloomfield/Garfield news letter...