2008 09 01 tweets
Replying to @kfitz
@chutry: gah! This year, I'm chairing a panel on the 29th at 1.45pm, which feels like primetime. Last year's panel was during lunch.
New blog post: The Work Ahead http://tinyurl.com/5ptymc
New blog post: The News from Baton Rouge http://tinyurl.com/625gr6
New blog post: Bringing It Home http://tinyurl.com/5fr7fp
Replying to @kfitz
@bighandsome: mom's only sent me one blurry photo of the tree down in their driveway. Really wishing the 'rents were a bit more techy.
Replying to @kfitz
@chutry: thanks -- it's hard being this far away and feeling the world so silent about it all.
New blog post: But Where's the Minotaur? http://tinyurl.com/6alv8z
Replying to @kfitz
@bighandsome: Thanks -- the announcement went out to faculty late last night; I didn't know it had gone out more widely yet!
The announcement: as of 1 July 09, Pomona Media Studies will be converted from an interdisciplinary program into a full-fledged department.
Replying to @kfitz
@calamityjake: I'm pretty amazed. I'd love to trace the network by which the word spread. \(Appropriate for such an announcement\!\)
Replying to @kfitz
@2xlp: it's a pretty unmitigated good - this gets us dedicated faculty, dedicated space, and a proper budget. There's very little downside.
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@wmrandth: Thanks -- we're ecstatic. This enables us to better support the students we've got, as well as the ones we hope to bring in.
Replying to @kfitz
@2xlp: but the disciplinary aspects allow us to branch out internally, to be unmired and coherent. You should check out the current major.
Replying to @kfitz
@chutry: sending good water-calming vibes your way...
New blog post: Department http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/department/
New blog post: Has the Large Hadron Collider Destroyed the World Yet? http://tinyurl.com/58htlh
Replying to @kfitz
@mattbucher: Not terribly well, but the general gist is right.
This has been a very very hard day. That is all.
New blog post: Placeholder http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/placeholder/
New blog post: In Memoriam http://tinyurl.com/6ztfmn
Happy to have reached the end of an utterly ghoulish week.
Slept in, wrote some, ran errands, and then ran. A good day of rejuvenation. Now I'm making gumbo.
Replying to @kfitz
@xina: I suspect that what @mattbucher heard may have been http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/09/19/05, for better or for worse.
Mmm. Chile verde.
Bizarre thing: came home yesterday and woke the MacBook Air to find that all Safari cookies had been flushed. Something you want to tell me?
The definition of depressing: when your weekend ends on Friday. *sigh*