Category Archives: Language & Etymology

Protected: Carolina On My Mind

Posted on October 27, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Bye Bye Burdies?

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Words for Wines and Other Important Things

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

There’s a fine piece in this week’s New Yorker (July 12, 2014) by Maria Konnikova entitled “What We Really Taste When We Drink Wine” that I think has some bearing on what we do in the Humanities.  I had begun … Continue reading →

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Protected: My World Cup Journal 2014

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Beatings and Latin again

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Skyhook

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Plumbing the Depths

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: To Spiral (transitive)

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

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Protected: Regarding “Our F***ing City”

Posted on November 10, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

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Remarks for “Foundations of Place” Panel

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Uncomely and Broken

My colleagues, John Willis and Jerry Smith, have given better talks than I ever could about the historical situation of the University’s founding a century and half or so ago, and of course I always tremble to follow Jim Peterman.  … Continue reading →

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