Pumpkin Pie, Baby

I’ve got something to say about the research drafts. Ever make a pumpkin pie? Aside from the pumpkin and that gooey condensed milk stuff, you have to add a bunch of spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg, clove, and allspice, right? So imagine that you’re sitting there, making your pie, adding your spices, and you pick [...]

Posting on the blog – a reminder

In order for your post to receive full credit, you must have selected 3 categories: *term (Spring 2010) *assignment type (reading response, short essay, research draft) *subject matter (energy, conservation, pollution, etc) Thanks!

New category

The Spring 2010 category is now available. In order to get full credit on your posts, please add this category each time.

Welcome to English 213- TXA/TXB

Congratulations! You’re reading this so you’ve found the class blog. There’s nothing to it, just click on New Post and get going. Remember that for every post you must use at least 3 categories: 1) always use Spring 2010 2) choose the assignment type (response/essay/research/XC) 3) choose a category that represents what topic you’re writing [...]

Something neat I found

Found this neat interview about this recycle artist dude.  Check out the pic of his house!  I wish I were that creative. 

Settling in

Thanks for your patience, gang.  I’m getting settled in Colorado and online and reading all of your work.  You’ll be hearing from me shortly.  I’ll be responding via email.

In Defense of Food

One of the books that I have on the reading list this semester is In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan, and it’s making a big uproar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  They’re giving it to students for free and encouraging professors to use it in the classroom. Here’s the link to the article.

Makeover

You might have noticed that the blog looks different today.  I changed the theme from a 4-column blog to a 3-column blog.  I liked how the blog looked before, but it wasn’t working in terms of column width.  I think this will be easier to read, but I’m not liking how it looks. Stay tuned [...]

Farmers’ Market: Food for Thought

Ok, so here’s the deal. Turns out that some of the produce booths at the Farmers Market are selling fruits and veggies that they’ve used pesticides and herbicides and fungicides on.

Contributor Vs Author?

I’ve changed the settings for those of you that have created user names already.  You are now “authors” instead of just “contributors.”  What that means, basically, is that you can post to the blog.  I’m unclear if I will be required to moderate posts or not. I hope not.  Someone try and post something and [...]