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Žižek’s Politics by Jodi Dean

bang Bang by Lynn Hoffman

Darwin’s Dangerous Idea by Daniel Dennett

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

Sufficient Reason: Volitional Pragmatism and the Meaning of Economic Institutions by Daniel W. Bromley

A Hedonist in the Wine Cellar by Jay McInerney

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Vacationing success.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

Well the house project has kept me too busy to blog. I end up putting me website energy into producing the construction pages to write much about day to day stuff or academic stuff either.

We are currently staying at Susan’s Grandmother house, “The Last Resort,” in Lake Placid. It is a lovely

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The May and June Summary of the Bad Dad’s activities

Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Well, I haven’t written an entry in a long time.

The knockdown and clean up are underway. The house got knocked down yesterday. The surveyor and the contractor are laying out the house today and tomorrow. A crew will be starting the foundation tomorrow.

I went to Salt Lake City over the

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Little House on a Big Lake

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Once again my daughters have amazed me. They continue to find good work. Janine is back with the U.S. Park Service at Yellowstone National Park. She spent some time working for the National Academies in D.C. this winter.

JoAnn found a good job at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. They are

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Where to begin?

Sunday, April 15, 2007

I have had a very busy month. Many deadlines upon me. Some met, others pending. So gentle readers this will mostly be a digest plus commentary.

I have my Galbraith paper and my Feminism and Institutionalism papers pending. I finished drafting the Galbraith paper, but it was/is too long. So I

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The academic day (like we don’t have enough to do) and how to gets sick of reading Thorstein Veblen.

Saturday, March 3, 2007

The Faculty received a report on the academic day--meaning the times classes are offered--from a special committee charges to consider making changes to minimize conflicts. Or at least that must have been how they interpreted their charge.

After listening to every constituency on campus whine

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