http://flit.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by flit . en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:37:16 GMT 2010-01-03T13:37:16Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961863 ....with a quick update, and to wish you all the best of the holiday season. I'm still in OMG I HAVE TO GET THIS ESSAY AND READING AND THAT PAPER AND THEN THAT ONE AND MY SYLLABUS AND FINISH MARKING . . . Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:58:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977961863 flit . 2009-12-24T16:58:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951574 I have an essay due Sunday. It is about messages of citizenship in classrooms - what do we teach kids about how to be a 'good' citizen? - using institutional ethnography as my research methodology (all . . . Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:48:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977951574 flit . 2009-12-17T16:48:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945092 By this time next week, my paper will be done and handed in, and so will my marking. AND I'll be back here (after a very busy week) and able to stay until after New Years. Even though I will have . . . Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:58:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977945092 flit . 2009-12-13T17:58:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924071 Managed to scoop a few minutes of alone time today - left Ross to do whatever he is doing at John St. - the previous tenant moved out today and *happy dance goes here* the potential tenants that came . . . Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:47:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977924071 flit . 2009-11-30T18:47:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901352 I feel like a very bad gather-friend these days. I'm sorry! Honest! But I'm just a ~wee bit~ SWAMPED. Between now and Jan 15 I need to come up with 9 short papers, 2 long papers, 3/4 proposals, and . . . Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:06:18 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977901352 flit . 2009-11-15T02:06:18Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977893471 I can be SUCH an idjit sometimes! Over the weekend I wrote the paper I am to present - and hand in - tomorrow morning. Sent myself a copy - and also copied my files (I thought) to my flash drive. . . . Tue, 10 Nov 2009 04:34:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977893471 flit . 2009-11-10T04:34:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891267 Should be working but my brain went into overload somewhere around the word heuristic - which I should NOT have to look up again because I KNOW I've done that more than once already but I seem to have . . . Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:03:39 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977891267 flit . 2009-11-08T20:03:39Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977888709 Was supposed to have a friend over for coffee this morning...was looking forward to seeing her, but she woke up with a sore throat, so she cancelled. Probably for the best - if I manage to stay healthy . . . Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:44:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977888709 flit . 2009-11-06T18:44:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977883934 First yoga class (ever!) today .... there were 3 of us plus the teacher, who is a graduate student @ my uni as well. I really enjoyed it - even though, thanks to my wonky wrists and other assorted old . . . Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:28:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977883934 flit . 2009-11-04T02:28:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977882293 Just last week, wasn't it? That the news was full of the fact that the Ontario government was figuring on a $25 B illion deficit for this year? And had no plan whatsoever for managing that. Oh yeah . . . Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:50:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977882293 flit . 2009-11-03T01:50:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881624 Silly me! Was on a roll this morning - finishing up some reading and thought I might manage to actually write the paper on that section so that it would be done and out of the way. And did most of . . . Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:07:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977881624 flit . 2009-11-02T17:07:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879386 I have too many things to do today - just can't seem to focus on any of them long enough to actually get anything done. I need a time out! Should, I suppose, make a list of everything that needs doing . . . Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:39:26 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977879386 flit . 2009-10-31T18:39:26Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977870867 So ...it's reading week ...which means no classes - at least in theory. In reality, there was a scheduling ~oops~ and this is the week that we are doing our Core course meeting ... but not a huge deal . . . Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:29:56 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977870867 flit . 2009-10-26T18:29:56Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977867603 ...and the fact that reading week is here means that the semester is already half over!  Sure hope the rest flies by as fast - except of course, for the fact that that means less time to get my research . . . Sat, 24 Oct 2009 01:15:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977867603 flit . 2009-10-24T01:15:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977861214 Deciding to change thesis of paper due tomorrow at 1 a.m. = BAD IDEA! Which explains, of course, why I am still tippy-typing away at 4:19 a.m. But it is DONE DONE ALL DONE g'night Tue, 20 Oct 2009 08:19:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977861214 flit . 2009-10-20T08:19:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977859273 We came back to Peterborough early so that I could work - didn't get anywhere near enough done this weekend and hoped that having my printer available (I don't have one in the Harbour right now; need . . . Mon, 19 Oct 2009 01:12:14 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977859273 flit . 2009-10-19T01:12:14Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977856656 Just finished the last of the readings I needed to get done.... YIKES! What a lot of them there are! I'm working on a seminar I'm giving on Tuesday - about sexuality and citizenship ....and also on . . . Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:31:48 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977856656 flit . 2009-10-16T16:31:48Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977854064 I just rented the last room of our house ....! It took a bit longer than we hoped - but I am really happy with the tenants we have, and it really has been going really smoothly. No problems with messes . . . Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:41:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977854064 flit . 2009-10-15T01:41:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851449 Some people - erroneously of course -  suggest that I have quite enough books. But one can never have enough - or too many, even! This was a very good books weekend. Not only did my sister show . . . Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:54:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977851449 flit . 2009-10-13T15:54:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977847409 I had a very good mail week. $$ - my GST cheque came in, so that was nice. Lots of books - and more to come yet. Amazon.ca is my friend :) Artwork - 2 by ccMiranda , both of which I love! We've . . . Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:28:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977847409 flit . 2009-10-10T16:28:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846055 I'm at school - in my very nice office which I should take a picture of at some point - suppose I could take one with my cell phone. So many things I could be working on right now - I have archival material . . . Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:28:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977846055 flit . 2009-10-09T16:28:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977841089 Only got a few minutes of power left on my netbook - suppose I should have plugged it in but I didn't so there you go. I do have a power converter for the car, but it is in the far back of the van, and . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:10:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977841089 flit . 2009-10-06T16:10:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977839565 Second go at this - I don't know how the gremlins know when to eat my posts - but they always do seem to know when I've forgotten to copy before I hit submit. How long has it been since Gather's publishing . . . Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:38:01 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977839565 flit . 2009-10-05T17:38:01Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838371 This weekend I participated in a poetry colloquium at Laurentian University (where I did my undergraduate degree). As it worked out, I didn't end of doing much ... did all sorts of reading and studying . . . Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:23:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977838371 flit . 2009-10-04T21:23:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977836163 So ... only a few hours to go before I am to be part of a panel for a poetry colloquium and I still don't have a clue exactly what my role is to be - or what I am going to say about the poets' work . . . Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:15:52 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977836163 flit . 2009-10-02T20:15:52Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977833975 I had the photocopier, but then some girl that was in a rush showed up and needed it - so I'm sitting here letting her get her stuff done... which is, I guess, nice of me... but a ~tad~ frustrating as . . . Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:33:59 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977833975 flit . 2009-10-01T15:33:59Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830988 I'm home from school for the day - need to go in and get started on the work I need to get done today but made it as far as the couch on the porch and just stopped. It is raining out - just spitting right . . . Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:59:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977830988 flit . 2009-09-29T19:59:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977828779 Too tired to do any more tonight I think ....so I shall just ramble on here for a bit and then toddle off to bed. Been working on scholarship applications - a total PITA right now. Needed to write a . . . Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:25:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977828779 flit . 2009-09-28T03:25:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826913 Would love to know if the issues we have with voice and video being SO not together is typical of satellite TV or if it's just me? Thought maybe it was a particular channel or TV - but no, it is consistent . . . Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:04:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977826913 flit . 2009-09-26T02:04:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977824811 The ones we have here are still great  and have yet to irk me at all....  but the young men who have been renting our John St. house in the Harbour gave notice today; one of them has off and . . . Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:36:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977824811 flit . 2009-09-24T14:36:40Z