Timlies to all. I was invited today to guest lecture at a philosophy course on my independent scholarship research. I am stupidly excited to actually teach my subject matter.

but we don't have the audience to attract high profile attendees.

Maybe if you marketed it to women of a certain age with Alan Armitage beauty shots like the ones here [link]

I was invited today to guest lecture at a philosophy course on my independent scholarship research. I am stupidly excited to actually teach my subject matter.

SA, what was it? I am shamefaced to say I don't remember.

SA, how exciting!

Very cool, SA!

Happy Birthday, -t!

Congratulations, ND!

ETA: Congratulations to Jess and to SA.

I sprang fullblown from the brow of Zeus. At least as far as I know.

Probably high school kid seduced by a traveling salesman, and a couple on the cusp of adoption cut-off at 40. Match made in Toontown.

SA, what was it? I am shamefaced to say I don't remember.

I'm not sure you would--this was independent post-MA work & I'm not sure I talked about it on here. I have been studying the increased individuation of voices of military personnel, particularly individuals who served in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last 12 years; and the effect of technology on making new voices and lived experiences accessible.

Basically, two hundred years ago, there was no individual soldier with a public voice; the names of infantryment weren't even recorded in the historical record. Today, a soldier can write a blog from a personal laptop in country, and take photos from a combat outpost. From an ethical standpoint it's a revolution.

I am so thrilled. And the prof was thrilled. We are collectively thrilled!

I was apparently such a freak that aliens abandoned me. In return, my little brother was bought as a K-Mart Blue Light Special. Our parents, unfortunately, have to take responsibility of our older brother.

I'm not sure you would--this was independent post-MA work & I'm not sure I talked about it on here. I have been studying the increased individuation of voices of military personnel, particularly individuals who served in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last 12 years; and the effect of technology on making new voices and lived experiences accessible.

That's fascinating. One of our friends has a son who served in Afghanistan, and she bought an iPhone so that whenever he was able to get online and Skype, she could talk to him. That was really the first sense I had that soldiers could be in such immediate contact with family and friends while they were serving. (My friend didn't sleep for 18 months, because she always wanted to be available to Skype whenever he was available. I mean, obviously she slept, but she never let that iPhone out of her sight and woke up whenever it made a sound. She was kind of a wreck for those 18 months.)

You can take your personal laptop to war. It's a whole new world.

I sympathize so much with your friend. A close friend's national guard unit was called up and saw combat in Iraq, and his wife was a complete wreck. The fear is just so strong.