So, I sort of made a dumb deal with myself in which I would participate in NaBloPoMo to keep my writerly juices flowing (because the flood of freelance work and academic writing isn’t enough?!). Mostly I wanted to goose my blog writing because I have a bunch of ideas but haven’t taken the time to [...]
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On eating local food
Posted by boxingoctopus on November 2, 2011
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/oneatinglocalfood/
Slow Food Quiz Bowl!!
Well, it’s official. On Sunday, August 14, I will be representing — along with Jodi, Megan, and Kathryn — the Austin Food Blogger Alliance at Slow Food Austin’s annual fundraiser. What is it, you ask? Why, a Quiz Bowl, of course! I am a fan of the Slow Food movement because it is committed to [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on July 26, 2011
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/slow-food-quiz-bowl/
Sesame baked tofu
My current dissertation chapter deals with veganism and the ways in which certain subcultures politicize it as a way to represent their particular “communities of meaning.” While I will never, ever give up cheese and ice cream, I do agree that meat consumption — especially that of beef — is unethical in terms of its [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on August 9, 2010
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/sesame-baked-tofu/
Sarah Palin, like the rest of the Rethuglican Party, is a fucking hypocrite
I’ve been wanting to say something about Sarah Palin here, but I just can’t find the time or the words. In fact, I’ve been thinking about her and the whole debacle so much since last Friday, that I’m just sick to death of her already. So, instead of throwing yet another opinion out into the [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on September 4, 2008
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2008/09/04/sarah-palin-like-the-rest-of-the-rethuglican-party-is-a-fucking-hypocrite/
Dissertating for fun and profit
So, I’m sat at a favorite coffee shop that has a really yummy bagel sandwich (hummus, fresh veggies, chips and salsa on the side) and a vegan carrot cake that I want to marry and I’m making a little progress on my current chapter. I feel this horrible pressure to whip it into shape now, [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on May 14, 2008
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/dissertating-for-fun-and-profit/
There I go again
…shooting my mouth off and alienating people. I got up on my high horse about my U’s daycare center on my gradmoms mailing list, bitching about the lunches that they serve there (come on, fish nuggets, king ranch casserole, and tater tots?) and that the menu was a deal-breaker (we were considering sending Harry there [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on February 8, 2008
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2008/02/08/there-i-go-again/
Yes we can?
I’ve been lukewarm on Obama and left with a tinny taste in my mouth with Hillary, and my loyalty to Edwards has now been rendered moot. Who will my candidate be? I watched this (via) and feel moved, weepy, and generally inspired, but dare I get my hopes up? I don’t know. Can we really [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on February 5, 2008
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2008/02/05/yes-we-can/
The difference between reading and listening
… is profound. You may have noticed. I got out of my Spanish class about 45 minutes ago and I’m still wiped out from concentrating so hard to understand what the fnarsh the professor was saying. Reading Spanish? No problemo. It sits there, waiting to be understood, not going anywhere. Listening for comprehension in Spanish? [...]
Posted by boxingoctopus on August 30, 2007
http://boxingoctopus.wordpress.com/2007/08/30/the-difference-between-reading-and-listening/
