Not to be out-done by Emily and her recent tourist adventures, I have headed over to Tucson, Arizona, to spend a few days with David, and his father, David the First. David the First lives at the foot of some hills, surrounded by endless, cloudless skies, and fifty-foot tall cacti. Did you know the “arms” [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Desert Escape
27-Mar-09Putting the Late in Late Capitalism
25-Mar-09I keep thinking back on Emily’s post of a few weeks ago about learning how to manage your time and be more productive, but also feeling suspicious of that tendency — like, wtf with all this being productive all the time? I’m wondering again why the work overload in academia goes so unquestioned. It’s complained [...]
PARTY AT JULIA’S 2NITE
18-Mar-09Wandering around with my London houseguest Bob last weekend, we encountered two hacked digital roadwork signs. Did anyone else see these? On Houston, we found the friendly invite cited above in the header. The other, on Broadway in front of NYU — photograph below. Nice work, people!
Tell Us How You Really Feel
17-Mar-09As reported by Democracy Now: In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu has formed a pact with far-right politician Avigdor Lieberman in an attempt to a forge a right-wing government in which Lieberman would become Israel’s foreign minister. Lieberman has called for laws to require Palestinians living in Israel to swear loyalty to the Jewish state or lose [...]
At Home He’s a Tourist, 8: MOMA redux
09-Mar-09More or less recovered from the conference and safely ensconced back home, Dean and I joined David for an early spring Sunday stroll through the WV and a delicious brunch. Afterward, David took his leave of us to engage in one of life’s simple pleasures while Dean and I headed uptown to MOMA for a [...]
Dang, Rethinking Sex is Heavy
05-Mar-09Am writing from Philadelphia, where I’m attending the Rethinking Sex conference. It’s a real who’s-who of queer studies people, and my brain is pretty mushy after a long day of concentrated rethinking. A few observations: I am more sociological in my approach to questions than I realize; the UPenn campus is kinda dumpy, which surprised [...]