Friday Varia and Quick Hits
It’s the final Friday of the semester and the snow is in that weird intermediate stage between melting into icy patches and simply evaporating into the cloudless blue sky. This means that any stretch of payment visible is a possible icy mirage. Mind your step!
As the grading marathon begins, I’m very lucky to have the opportunity to be distracted by a wonderful weekend of sports. The first Ashes test has turned into something interesting as England appear to have come to terms with the changing conditions at the Gabba. The weekend also brings the stirring end to one of the best Formula 1 seasons in recent memory with Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton tied for points heading into the final race in Abu Dhabi. Finally, Vasiliy Lomachenko returns to the ring this weekend to face Richard Commey, who is always dangerous. With a win Lomachenko returns to the conversation at 135 where there’s a fascinating log jam developing between George Kambosos, Devan Haney and Gervonta Davis each looking to become or remain undisputed champion.
It also happens to be a New Book Week at The Digital Press at the University of North Dakota. Check out Rebecca J. Romsdahl’s Mindful Wandering: Nature and Global Travel through the Eyes of a Farmgirl Scientist. As with all books from The Digital Press, it’s available as a free download and as a low-cost paperback!
Of course, no week is complete, without some quick hits and varia:
On critical hope and the anthropos of non-anthropocentric discourses.
Master’s Degrees Are the Second Biggest Scam in Higher Education.
Charles Barkley Named His Daughter After the Christiana Mall.
What I’m reading: Rebecca S. Graff, Disposing of Modernity: The Archaeology of Garbage and Consumerism during Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair. 2020.
What I’m listening to: Barry Harris Trio, Premindo.
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