Ryan C. Cordell

• RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @jbj on "Berube’s 'Teaching to the Six'" – http://bit.ly/c5bgnc #
• My undergrad professor Margaret Soltan has a new post about Amy Bishop up at IHE: http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/university_diaries #
• The boys, still in Pjs & drawing http://twitpic.com/14wu7t #
• Congrats @briancroxall // Phone interview scheduled. #jobmarket #
• Pleased & a little dumbfounded to receive an acceptance email for #DH2010 now the question is, can I afford it? #
• @barbarahui congrats! me too! in reply to barbarahui #
• @nowviskie yes, that's a real plus. The plane ticket is the only wildcard… in reply to nowviskie #
• @seabright I primarily use on the Mac, but having my lists on my phone is handy-here's my @ProfHacker article on Things http://bit.ly/doC2ZU in reply to seabright #
• @seabright ah-nevermind in reply to seabright #
• @seabright the desktop app is much more important to have-if it really becomes part of your workflow then the phone app will make sense in reply to seabright #
• Each Wed. the lanes in UVA's Olympic-sized pool are set lengthwise-it's my weekly reminder of how little Olympic ability or spirit I possess #
• I don't text-message // I scored 71/100 on the Pew Research Center How Millennial Are You? Quiz http://pewresearch.org/millennials/quiz #
• @movingtype @warnick @eviedc @cforster I think it was: 1. no landline 2. no newspaper (I interpreted as print) 3. play video games in reply to movingtype #
• @ktcrow tatoo can't be important to the quiz-I was pretty high sans tatoo in reply to ktcrow #
• @gordon_ryan thanks for recommending @echofon-I'm really digging the computer to phone syncing in reply to gordon_ryan #
• The proposal reviews returned w/my #DH2010 submission (esp. 1 negative review) will really help me prepare-wish more conferences did this #
• @ktcrow it was very detailed-four reader reports, an evaluation rubric in reply to ktcrow #
• Wow-just wow // RT @briancroxall: Nikola Tesla's letterhead is amazing: http://bit.ly/b7Tpxy. @foundhistory was kind enough to share. #
• @jenterysayers @acavender @jcmeloni double points if you get a tattoo of a piercing in reply to jenterysayers #
• @nowviskie @ktcrow I'm a two-spacer in the midst of a conversion-still two-space by default but am consciously working to stop in reply to nowviskie #
• @nowviskie essentially I heard an editor argue convincingly that modern Word processors make that issue largely moot-at NLH we were 1-space in reply to nowviskie #
• Just got a campus visit invitation for a non-TT job I applied for-it was remarkably freeing to say "no thanks" for the first time #jobmarket #
• @LizaPotts Indeed-hope I wasn't too catty in my last update-didn't mean to be, but it is nice to be on the other side of the job search in reply to LizaPotts #
• @warnick you could instead refer to them as "Bobby Fischer-esque" in reply to warnick #
• @betajames you know, the "good old days" of 1994-95 in reply to betajames #
• Awesome // RT @powermobydick: How to kill Moby Dick http://bit.ly/crMvHJ #
• 10 years ago I married my high-school-sweetheart. Happy anniversary, @eviedc–I love you! #
• Got a particularly brutal reader's report from a journal today-Rejection I can take, but this one makes it hard to keep writing right now #
• Emory grads!-DM me if you'd be willing to talk about the Ph.D. program with a friend from UVA's MA program who's been accepted there #
• @erinsells Yeah-it felt much better to be on-campus with an article under consideration-if they invited you to campus, they value your work in reply to erinsells #
• @academicdave I agree w/you in theory, but timidly worry about what my tenure committee will say about that in a few years #cowardlyDHer in reply to academicdave #
• @academicdave This is the problem with institutional inertia-the folks best positioned to make changes are those who stand to lose the most in reply to academicdave #
• Much needed today (from @lifehacker): Set up a Praise Folder to Track Successes for Performance (& Tenure?) Reviews http://bit.ly/b9tt2w #
• @triproftri that's what I was trying to get across-it's often junior faculty members working for change-& they often have to tread lightly in reply to triproftri #
• @johnmjones Congratulations! Now you just have to get through the campaign… in reply to johnmjones #

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• Unsure about the proposed solution-but sadly true // RT @sivavaid Why academic mothers have it tougher than fathers http://bit.ly/blJZkJ #
• I second @kfitz!-also available for Mac & PC, but tons of fun on the Wii // RT @kfitz: @GeorgeOnline World of Goo! #
• Starting to investigate out moving options-moving co. will be too expensive-anyone have a 140 ctr review of "u pack, we move" service(s)? #
• @mattthomas well-them and the piano in reply to mattthomas #
• @SLK1891 I have to second @nerdysciencemom-Twitter has very little to do w/my day-to-day life in Cville-it's for bigger conversations in reply to SLK1891 #
• Just found out that a very good friend in my program also got a job offer today-couldn't be more thrilled for him #jobmarket #
• @warnick yeah-the Chronicle forums (recommended by @eetempleton) spoke highly of ABF-they're looking good. in reply to warnick #
• @nowviskie I don't think so-he's not a Scholars' Lab regular-though he was at my talk on Wednesday… in reply to nowviskie #
• @betajames the lead singer of Offspring was a Ph.D. Candidate in molecular biology-he left w/his Master's after the band got popular in reply to betajames #
• @erinsells don't you think that stems from uncertainty about what's politically correct? They over-correct into biological descriptors… in reply to erinsells #
• @erinsells not thinking it through?–undergraduates? in reply to erinsells #
• Buying an antenna sober can watch the Olympics-we haven't had non-Internet TV in our house in years #
• Oh geez-the iPhone corrected "so we" to "sober"-I certainly wasn't drunk, I suppose #
• @mattthomas We tried that-mostly highlights & limited events-not the same as watching live-I was disappointed no-one was streaming this year in reply to mattthomas #
• I second your excitement // RT @lymburner 40 years old – & I'm as excited as my 7 year old about The Last Airbender… http://bit.ly/cJ5Szl #
• @jcmeloni I agree. I'm not much if a sports fan but I can watch the #olympics for hours in reply to jcmeloni #
• @seabright We couldn't figure it out-the "live stream" is a dud-you can watch replays but those are full events-ended up buying an antenna in reply to seabright #
• @seabright I mean't to say "AREN'T full events"-what's with my typos on here recently? in reply to seabright #
• Okay-now to finish the dissertation #jobmarket #
• RT @jrgmckinney Interesting issue-is framing another's content copyright infringement? http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/02/15/framing #
• $#%@@$%@@!$% there's more snow falling-if this shuts downs schools the rest of this week, I suspect there will be blood in the Cordell house #
• @crevier so will you be the guy at St. Norbert that I'll be asking for help on my Digital projects? :) in reply to crevier #
• @profsyn Poe's *Gordon Pym* (and Verne's sequel to it) played w/hollow earth ideas-& were cited as real travel accounts by some believers in reply to profsyn #
• @profsyn wikipedia tells me that Jeremiah N. Reynold's lectures about the hollow earth influenced *Pym* in reply to profsyn #
• @crevier ok, thanks-though the projects I'm refering to are websites (celestialrailroad.org is my main proect right now) in reply to crevier #
• @crevier thanks! in reply to crevier #
• I don't get the new scoring system for #olympic skating-barring horrible mistakes (& even then sometimes) the results seem preordained #
• @jrgmckinney what kinds of stuff? I'm starting to think about WC budget stuff for my new post (includes running the WC) next year… in reply to jrgmckinney #
• @captain_primate–you should create a twitter group of all tweeting campers-that way we can follow them all in one click. in reply to captain_primate #
• RT @clintongardner: Happy International Writing Centers Week everybody! #
• @trauman @warnick I third your enthusiasm-so much fun in reply to trauman #
• RT @dancohen It's @chnm's third annual THATCamp-The Humanities and Technology Camp-May 22–23, 2010-Fairfax, VA-Join us! http://thatcamp.org/ #
• RT @nowviskie: Randall Cream's talk on http://sapheos.org/ begins at 3:15 in the Scholars' Lab. We'll be podcasting, I do believe. #
• @foundhistory THATcamp.0 in reply to foundhistory #
• RT @ProfHacker @jbj introduces "TeuxDeux: The closest thing to an online version of your post-it note" http://bit.ly/ayMNaY #
• @briancroxall did they seem to think that would make the letter more palatable? in reply to briancroxall #
• Up close to Mt. Chipolte (the accumulated snow from one C'ville shopping center this strangely snowy season) http://twitpic.com/13ne3x #
• @trauman thanks! in reply to trauman #
• @wpwend42 For what it's worth, our job coach recommended that we not draft thank you notes in response to job interviews, phone or otherwise in reply to wpwend42 #
• @wpwend42 the short version (from an email): "It's NOT a social occasion"). She did recommend (if possible) following up on (1/2) in reply to wpwend42 #
• @wpwend42 professional conversations from the interview ("Here's a link to that site we talked about" or "Here's a copy of that article") in reply to wpwend42 #
• @wpwend42 she explicitly recommended "no handwritten cards," though-not sure about handwritten emails-could be a UVA snobbery thing (3/2?) in reply to wpwend42 #
• @wpwend42 That's the kind of follow-up she encouraged-a thank-you, but a thank-you with professional substance in reply to wpwend42 #
• @erinsells I seriously doubt it would kill an app-I really do suspect there's a fair share of UVA-ness in that recommendation in reply to erinsells #
• RT @publichistorian: Look @ the slang for Quakers RT @adevenney @lucyinglis @artful_bodger @elecmonk: 18C Thieves' Cant http://bit.ly/d2kYxx #
• @erinsells true-but I can't imagine a committee saying "well, we were going to hire her, but she did send a card"-worst case they ignore it in reply to erinsells #
• @jtheibault both former undergrad professors of mine! in reply to jtheibault #
• RT @jtheibault: Decouple Bishop case from problems w/ tenure say @jeffreyjcohen http://bit.ly/9FnpSP & Margaret Soltan http://bit.ly/92inkE. #
• Margaret Soltan's longer piece on Bishop at Inside Higher Ed also worth a read if you missed it: http://bit.ly/9lqd84 #
• RT @ILhumanities: Literary works that should never be adapted to film or TV again via @The_AV_Club http://bit.ly/9wYZLG New stories, please! #
• @KelliMarshall yes, though Romeo and Juliet is mentioned in the article's introduction…. in reply to KelliMarshall #
• @eetempleton you know how inaccurate those Cylon tests are… in reply to eetempleton #
• RT @clintongardner: Writing Across the Curriculum 2010 Conference schedule is up: http://bit.ly/ck79fv . #
• @erinsells Congratulations! in reply to erinsells #
• RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @jbj on "Overreacting (or the Utility of a Short Memory") http://bit.ly/a0imQZ #
• RT @russeltarr: "Intelligent minds operate differently when forming creative thoughts": http://tinyurl.com/pbfmqy #
• Second! After 6 mo. working w/it I need some live help // RT @GeorgeOnline: Wondering if there will be an @omeka playdate prior to @THATCamp #
• RT @omeka: Ever wanted to build a plugin? Give it a try during @Omeka Plugin Rush 2010: http://bit.ly/9Eo3X5 #
• I had a student seizure during my 1st final (as a TA) / RT @ProfHacker: @jbj on "Managing Medical Emergencies in Class" http://bit.ly/9Lqr86 #
• Well thank goodness-I only had to recall that book three times for it to get back to the library! #
• Yay-the podcast of my Scholars' Lab talk is up (http://bit.ly/aXLoeg) – not sure how it will translate w/o the visuals, though… #
• Chrome for Mac is giving me the "Ah, snap!" timeout error message whenever I work in WordPress or Omeka-both work fine in Safari-thoughts? #
• @gerryblog I'll try that-but where is the option? I can't seem to find the "HTML mode" switch… in reply to gerryblog #
• @cvillenick web-i-fide Juxta! web-i-fide Juxta! in reply to cvillenick #
• @gerryblog oh I see-in WordPress itself-I thought you were talking about a setting for Chrome. Hm-not sure I like this "visual kills Chrome" in reply to gerryblog #
• @joegilbert Joe-can one find the Scholars' Lab podcasts outside of iTunes? I'd like to provide links that don't launch a program… in reply to joegilbert #
• @eetempleton I assume you're recommending a tv show to @edward3henry, and not a horrific crime spree? in reply to eetempleton #
• @nowviskie wait-can one just buy a 9s t-shirt somehow? in reply to nowviskie #
• RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @jbj cops to daily quizzes in "Quizzes in an Age of Course Management Software": http://j.mp/cPGd6m #
• Huzzah! // RT @nowviskie: 3 upcoming areas of Juxta dev: TEI import/export+browser-based +VersioningMachine http://www.juxtasoftware.org/ #
• @nowviskie awesome. in reply to nowviskie #
• @omeka Oh no! The date conflicts w/the C19 Conference… in reply to omeka #
• @baconred "I'm gonna open a foil pouch of Whoopass on you" just doesn't have the same ring to it… in reply to baconred #

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• @rustinc what do you think I've been doing the past 4-5 nights-I think it's driving @eviedc crazy in reply to rustinc #
• @warnick I haven't turned that corner yet-I'm bummed if a b-day passes w/o a new thing that lights up or makes "beeps" and/or "boops" in reply to warnick #
• Shoveled a spot for Hero to do her business out back-then a snowball fight w/the girls-now hot chocolate-great day so far #fb #
• I must say: being stuck inside for days isn't helping #jobmarket anticipation. @eviedc & I can't think about anything but… #
• @edithfrost Ernest? in reply to edithfrost #
• So this morning we have both power & Internet-but no cell phone (our only phones) reception… #
• @ABrement here too-and I'm supposed to be on an important call at 1-might have to skype it. in reply to ABrement #
• @eviedc would like a good OS X WSIWYG editor for her WordPress blog-she tried MarsEdit and Bloggo, but neither really did the trick-recs? #
• I should specify, @eviedc needs WSIWYG not for the blog layout itself, but for her posts to the blog-so she can place pictures easily, etc. #
• @samplereality happy place. Shoving students out of their happy places. in reply to samplereality #
• @jcmeloni whoa-that was a weird convergence in reply to jcmeloni #
• @acavender I just downloaded it & she's trying it now-the iPhoto integration alone wins major kudos-thanks for the rec! in reply to acavender #
• Serious cabin fever setting in for me & @eviedc-her especially-hasn't helped that the kids have been home (& inside) for nigh-on 2 weeks #
• I am not watching the Super Bowl. There-I said it. #
• @captain_primate I'm surprised every week how sports-crazy this otherwise geeky twitter crowd gets… in reply to captain_primate #
• @captain_primate sigh-fool me once, shame on you….fool me twice…. in reply to captain_primate #
• It's been a busy day, folks-prepping for my Scholars' Lab talk on Wednesday & working on soon-to-be-unveiled news #
• Hey @sselisker // RT @Smarterware: How to Ditch GoDaddy (Redux) http://bit.ly/c4X71F #
• @dancohen So toes only, is what you're saying? in reply to dancohen #
• More snow fallin'-you know, I like snow, but this is a bit much-not the snow itself, only the complete town shut-down that accompanies it #
• RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @eetempleton on "Prof-Hacking the Phone Interview": http://bit.ly/crZreX #
• I think @dropbox is finally working again on the desktop-had to unlink the computer, delete the folder, and then relink the computer #
• Wondering if I can even get in for my Scholars' Lab talk today-or if I did whether anyone would be there-lots of regrets emails already #
• @nowviskie Bethany-I'm going to try driving. If I get stuck somewhere, I'll tweet it. in reply to nowviskie #
• @eetempleton possibly-but it's too late to cancel catering-I made it to Cville, though-here's hoping for an intrepid audience in reply to eetempleton #
• Scholars' Lab talk went so well-great turnout (despite the snow) & great questions-thanks to @nowviskie and @joegilbert for inviting me! #
• Okay-the phone speaker in my iPhone suddenly stopped working. Can use headphones or speaker phone (1/2) #
• It seems to think headphones are plugged in even when they're not (2/2) #
• @cathycrea Yes-it didn't fix the problem in reply to cathycrea #
• @dancohen thanks-didn't seem to fix the problem but I'll keep trying in reply to dancohen #
• @warnick Congratulations, Quinn–That's so exciting! in reply to warnick #
• @hethermc oh don't say that! I can't afford to replace this phone! in reply to hethermc #
• Phone is fixed! Problem wasn't w/the headphone jack, but the dock jack-plugged and unplugged there & poof! Sound restored. #
• @ontoligent Oh, Carlisle! My dad attended the War College there many years ago… in reply to ontoligent #
• I just accepted the position of Assistant Professor of English & Director of Writing (WAC) at St. Norbert College! (www.snc.edu /@stnorbert) #
• In the coming months I'll be looking for advice about moving from a large DH community (à la UVA) to being a lone (but supported) DHer #
• In the meantime-thanks for the flood of well-wishes! I think twitter will provide that DH community. #
• @jmcclurken Well-technically I'll be right on Lake Michigan, so I'll be at the next #ThatCamp Great Lakes! in reply to jmcclurken #
• @kelkel926 Digital Humanities-most of the folks in my twitter stream either work in DH or are local to C'ville. in reply to kelkel926 #
• @nowviskie I'll have to ask @captain_primate about that… in reply to nowviskie #
• @crevier Thanks–I'm looking forward to it! in reply to crevier #
• RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @GeorgeOnline on "Scheduling 101: The Ideal Academic App," http://bit.ly/cpGANe #
• @erinsells good luck! in reply to erinsells #
• @gordon_ryan official congrats! in reply to gordon_ryan #
• RT @captain_primate RT @hcayless DH Job @ UNC Chapel Hill http://jobs.unc.edu/1002349 in Research Computing unit-programming skills required #
• Alert Victorianists! // RT @pfyfe Student curious about Dickens and cats stumbles on Dickens URL shortener http://dickensurl.com/c47d #
• @phdaisy I definitely will-thanks! in reply to phdaisy #
• RT @foundhistory: Michigan State to launch undergraduate specialization in digital humanities http://bit.ly/aSA1vW (via @deahreh) #
• @briancroxall So a Foucauldian playwright with a background in Renaissance Asian literature-I mean, isn't that everyone? in reply to briancroxall #
• RT @dancohen: Brown University launches Center for Digital Scholarship: http://j.mp/ctvyea #
• RT @JimCarmin Yoknapatawpha source! RT @GuardianBooks Discovered plantation diary key inspiration for Faulkner's novels http://bit.ly/9ODDNN #
• RT @ProfHacker: @acavender updates our "All Things Google" series with "Using Filters to Manage Your Inbox" http://bit.ly/bJNhsI #

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• A fantastic second day in my on-campus interview. I've been really impressed by this school so far #jobmarket #
• Ugh-in the airport & worried that I won't make it back to C'ville b/c of #snowpocalypsedeux #
• Okay folks-what have I missed over the past two weeks? #
• @sterflu mostly Twitter-though honestly I've tuned out much of the world during these interviews-there were some big speeches or something? in reply to sterflu #
• @acavender thanks! I do try to keep up with @eviedc, even when other things fall away- in reply to acavender #
• @warnick oh no! I have a connecting flight & I'm afraid I'll be stuck in an airport w/nowhere to go-if I knew now the school would put me up in reply to warnick #
• @eetempleton iPad? #sokidding #drankthekoolaidyearsago #iwantone in reply to eetempleton #
• @acavender she'll be thrilled to hear that. I was so proud when she moved from iWeb to WordPress this year-some of my geekiness rubbing off in reply to acavender #
• Snowpocalypse Deux:
  The Revenge of Jackie Frost

  "What's cooler than being cool?
  ICE cold" #

• Yup-before I left the flight was on-time, but now that I'm midway the flight to C'ville is cancelled. Finding alternatives now… #
• @ProfHacker @lincolnmullen um…I nominate @Nowviskie (which I'm sure she'll appreciate… in reply to ProfHacker #
• Yep-I'm stuck inside of Detroit with the C'ville blues again… #
• There's a trippy musical lightshow in the tunnel between concourses in Dertroit's airport http://twitpic.com/10iwgc #
• @triproftri I'll be presenting on my Hawthorne project at C19–I'm guessing you'll be there, too? in reply to triproftri #
• A bird just flew by my head and perched on the seats across from me in the concourse-definitely surprised me! http://twitpic.com/10j3m9 #
• @LynnBeighley I'm pretty sure he was holding a full-sized toothpaste tube in reply to LynnBeighley #
• @kelkel926 I'm going to hold off on details until the process is over-but thanks for the good wishes! in reply to kelkel926 #
• Now officially a "distressed passenger" headed to the Detroit airport Best Western for an unexpected night in Michigan #
• @KelliMarshall Possibly? Honestly it's all a blur at this point… in reply to KelliMarshall #
• You know, I really like snow. I'd love to be *in* the snow, rather than stuck *outside* the snow #
• @triproftri nice! I'll be on a Sat. morning Pecha Kucha panel in reply to triproftri #
• Sadly & so often true // RT @tengrrl this is why people hate English teachers & the unforgiving grammarians they spawn http://bit.ly/aOHSrU #
• The security at Detroit's airport (likely b/c of recent events) by far the longest & most intrusive I've experienced #
• @eviedc so can I stop and pick up Mass Effect 2 when I pass Gamestop on the way home? #
• Waiting on my plane and prepping for an unexpected phone interview this Wednesday… #jobmarket #
• @captain_primate I wish you'd seen my tweets yesterday-I was stuck here overnight b/c of snow in Virginia (oh, irony) in reply to captain_primate #
• @captain_primate w/o giving away too much, I will say that if this interview bears fruit I'll be at the next Great Lakes #thatcamp in reply to captain_primate #
• @eviedc that's just cold in reply to eviedc #
• Just posted a quick list of "Celestial Railroad" references I compiled preparing for a Scholars' Lab talk next week: http://bit.ly/b9M9cn #
• @eviedc deal. thank you dear. in reply to eviedc #
• Have landed in Charlottesville-may actually be home soon! #
• Groups of students visiting the Writing Center today to sign up for standing appointments-runs much smoother in the Spring than in the Fall #
• @erinsells none volunteer for standing appointments-a sequence of appointments are tied to our basic composition courses. in reply to erinsells #
• Looks nice-but I need to embed // RT @ProfHacker: @GeorgeOnline falls in love with Tungle http://bit.ly/b1n2lL (@DoodleTweet @TungleRocks) #
• @edward3henry yeah, I think they just know what's going on-I don't have to walk them through scheduling &c.-tutors have more experience, too in reply to edward3henry #
• @erinsells Separately-they have to complete x number of appointments (depending on which comp) in order to pass the class in reply to erinsells #
• @erinsells & they have to work on comp assignments during their required appointments-they can make additional appointments for other papers in reply to erinsells #
• @Tunglerocks excellent-so good to hear. in reply to Tunglerocks #
• @erinsells It's part of the curriculum-not optional for developmental comp profs.-profs. of standard comp can decide about WC requirements in reply to erinsells #
• Finished a good meeting w/designers that might be helping us w/redschoolhouse.org-didn't sense any potential content/design tensions #
• Okay–is there any way to get this Adobe Digital Edition of Piracy onto my Kindle? #
• & schools will be closed tomorrow for the second straight day b/c of snow four days ago #
• @JenAnsbach thanks-there are far worse things I could have to complain about in reply to JenAnsbach #
• RT @ProfHacker: New-ish at ProfHacker: @drnels on "The Down-and-Dirty Article" http://bit.ly/9Ox75g #
• @eetempleton hey-freelance dentistry could be a nice side-business… in reply to eetempleton #
• Little nervous about tomorrow's phone interview. Will be much harder to gauge interviewers' reactions & responses #
• @eetempleton of course, an English Prof. performing dentistry would give "Prof. Hacker" a whole new meaning! in reply to eetempleton #
• @eetempleton I've done one before, but I guess it didn't go well (I didn't move on) in reply to eetempleton #
• @eetempleton seems like a great idea-surely there will be lots of folks w/phone interviews in the coming months // @ProfHacker in reply to eetempleton #
• If these predictions are right, Albemarle County Public Schools will be closed until spring break #fb #
• @eetempleton I do have that! @eviedc gets me an edition of Moby Dick every year for Christmas-that was my gift in 2008-love it. in reply to eetempleton #
• Must RT @samplereality: If you're not naked during your phone interview, then you're really not taking advantage of the form's affordances. #
• RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @billiehara on "Disruptive Student Behavior: The Case of Talkative Nancy," http://bit.ly/ciERHt #
• indeed // RT @samplereality I'd be more impressed with U of Chicago's free monthly ebook if it were ePub rather than heavily DRMed Adobe DE #
• With LOST beginning again tonight, can we all agree in advance to not live-tweet episodes? Many of us watch on Hulu &c. &c. #
• Okay folks, I slept in a bit but have several meetings today-how are roads between Crozet and C'ville? #
• @betajames don't know about that-sometimes post-apocalyptic is about recreating a frontier in a space where it had been closed off in reply to betajames #
• @betajames so modern America becomes a new, even wilder West-old slate wiped clean in reply to betajames #
• Finally getting to school. Phone (nay, Skype!) interview in t-minus 43 minutes. #
• @betajames Refashioning w/religious imagery/ideas much older than the Western-do you mean Christian Second Coming or adaptations thereof? in reply to betajames #
• Yes, yes it is // RT @MasToMillers: Marco & Luca's now on the Corner | Cav Daily – http://bit.ly/ddM9Qf http://bit.ly/acCluV #
• @mkirschenbaum yes it did!-midway through my time here. It's one of the few places-& now M&L-that you can eat cheaply & well on the Corner in reply to mkirschenbaum #
• @betajames @eetempleton I don't think so, but then again that's my particular area of scholarly interest in reply to betajames #
• @eetempleton @betajames I was talking post-apocalyptic-but in Westerns, folks like Cormac McCarthy do interesting things w/genre in reply to eetempleton #
• @eetempleton @betajames for my money, the best post-apocalyptic novel is Canticle for Leibowitz in reply to eetempleton #
• @eetempleton @betajames they're similar the way 19thC novels are similar-lots of overlap in James, Eliot & Bronte-but important differences in reply to eetempleton #
• @betajames @eetempleton signing off of this great conversation now-must interview #
• Skype FAIL for my interview-video was working on their side, but on my Macbook the light came on but the video was solid black #
• Actually, looking around it may be MacBook FAIL-video in iChat is also black-sites recommend resetting my PRAM to fix the problem #
• @Scrivenings @jcmeloni it's strange, but I think of Bodo's (b/c of Corner location) as a lunch spot-I very rarely have breakfast there #
• All this talk convinced me to get lunch at Bodos #rubbingitin #whatmymouthateforlunch #
• RT @mkirschenbaum RT @dougreside TILE project directors blogging on four-layered model for multimodal editions http://www.tileproject.org/ #
• @yellowbuzz Which software will you use remotely? This is a cool idea but I'm not sure if I need what's there right now– in reply to yellowbuzz #
• #snowpocalypse continues // RT @dancohen: @stakats local radio: 100 inches, followed by invasion of carnivorous robots. #
• @mirrorcove32 I gave Endnote up quickly-integration w/word processor never worked well-wasted more time reformatting than I saved w/database in reply to mirrorcove32 #
• @DailyProgress hmmm-I believe the robots will rely on the snow slowing us all down… in reply to DailyProgress #
• It really is // Seriously? This really is the end of the world – RT @schuttedan: uva now closed for tomorrow. /via @cloudbrain #
• @nowviskie way to bring the employees down! :) in reply to nowviskie #
• @yellowbuzz any excuse works… in reply to yellowbuzz #
• Nice-#iceschaton // RT @msstewart: No snowpocalypse for us, maybe iceschaton though #
• With all this #jobmarket craziness, we've yet to ski any during this snowy winter-I should amend that once the roads to Wintergreen clear #
• @erinsells believe it or not, there are a few places in the Blue Ridge-usually they rely in man-made snow to stay open in reply to erinsells #
• My blog is getting slammed w/spam & Akismet isn't stopping it-help! #
• @mikeclovell I get 1-2 a day typically-but today I'm getting 2-3 each time my mail client refreshes in reply to mikeclovell #
• Well-if this is the #snowpocalypse at least it's a pretty one-and I know from apocalypses #
• Thanks for all the spam-thwarting advice folks-the tide seems to have receded #
• @zotero crowd-activate! // RT @Interfolio: Taking a longer look at Zotero. Anyone in #highered using it? #
• @colinthomas my twin boys are 22 mo.-too young or just the right age to start? in reply to colinthomas #
• @colinthomas excellent. in reply to colinthomas #
• @mirrorcove32 I'm duty bound to recommend @zotero, especially if you're a firefox user in reply to mirrorcove32 #

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• Ha! "Digital Humanities & the Case for Critical Commons"-a Downfall détournement http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VREJV–VHSw #
• RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @nmhouston considers the metaphor of working in "The Salt Mines: http://bit.ly/6gM2vO #
• @academicdave I want to have that. in reply to academicdave #
• Sorry I've been so quiet folks-I'm laying low (& pretty distracted in any case) until on-campus interviews are over-back full time next week #
• RT @ProfHacker: New-ish at ProfHacker: @captain_primate offers "Tips & Tricks for Effective Lecturecasting": http://bit.ly/8aPw8t #
• RT @dancohen: Rather obvious way for Obama to regain momentum at State of the Union speech on Wed: unveil revolutionary tablet computer. #
• @dancohen // @evidc suggested that this will require the President to come out in jeans and a black turtleneck… in reply to dancohen #
• RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: Guest author @lincolnmullen on "Keeping Up With Journals" http://bit.ly/bFjfGO #
• Google Voice's new web app for iPhone looks very nice. Now I just need a road test. #
• For now, off to bed. Tomorrow will be frantic last-minute prep, then off to the airport for my second on-campus interview. #jobmarket #
• @kelkel926 Well it starts today-I'll be essentially interviewing from this afternoon through Saturday morning-academic on-campuses are long in reply to kelkel926 #
• From How to Write Badly Well-"Base Your Characters on Real People"-http://bit.ly/aHANsL #
• Yum // RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: @billiehara asks "what's for lunch?," and offers sausage and rice: http://j.mp/atv6QI #
• Oooooh! / Lay-over / a lay-over! / Wifi's expensive, so for all intents & / purposes / I'm purposeless / an hour to read & not work! #
• @eetempleton wonderful post-the Zen Ten is hard to pull off (especially at first), nut I've found it can pay real dividends, too in reply to eetempleton #
• @eetempleton thanks-now, of course, everyone is painfully aware of why I DON'T teach creative writing in reply to eetempleton #
• Class demo was shakier than I'd have liked, but overall the trip has been very positive-I think I really want to work here- #hereshopin' #

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• @briancroxall glad to hear it, Brian-I'll see you there. in reply to briancroxall #
• Didn't want to work this weekend, but I got some good suggestions for the job talk via email last night-off to @MudhouseCrozet for awhile #
• One more poetry inquiry-need a good short poem that students will instinctively (but problematically) read as confessional (I as author) #
• @nowviskie just saw this follow-up Bethany-home use is essential-especially for piddly recurring tasks that I recurrently forget in reply to nowviskie #
• @viola_lasmana @cforster think I'm going to pair "Jewel Stairs' Grievance" with Hughes' "Mother to Son" http://bit.ly/5NBnZJ (see 2nd line) in reply to viola_lasmana #
• @cforster @joegilbert the last time I taught "Lady Lazarus" I tried to push against that assumption-but it was a hard push in reply to cforster #
• @ericganderson I was thinking of Dickinson's "I heard a fly buzz–when I died" in reply to ericganderson #
• Whew-Received detailed itineraries for both of my campus visits today-it's going to be a busy but exciting two weeks! #
• Intrigued by Mac app Things after my @ProfHacker post? Buy here http://bit.ly/8ng6Qc & $ goes to Haiti /via @amandafrench /via @ProfHacker #
• Seeking advice: during my on-campus interviews, what are the most important questions I should ask (that I might not know to ask)? (1/2) #
• Or; those of you who've been on search committees-what questions do you always hope candidates will ask/know to ask? (2/2) #
• @captain_primate whoa-I think you just blew…my…mind man… in reply to captain_primate #
• @ktcrow not gettin' much yet–I'll keep you posted. in reply to ktcrow #
• How sad // No show at Poe's tomb this year: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100119/ap_on_re_us/us_poe_mystery_visitor /via @amyeetx #
• RT @eetempleton talk to students & ask about what kinds of courses they like, what they find challenging about being at (X)U #jobmarket #
• @eetempleton More teaching-intensive (but w/definite research expectations & support) in reply to eetempleton #
• RT @eetempleton ask potential colleagues to describe a typical day/week. How do they balance teaching, service, and research? #jobmarket #
• RT @eetempleton Ask what kind of advising responsibilities can junior faculty expect? #jobmarket #
• RT @triproftri ask about future of dept; where do they see it going in 5 yrs? #jobmarket #
• Sittin' in the depot, waitin' on a train… #
• RT @ProfHacker "What opportunities are there for interacting with students outside of the classroom? Clubs? Honor Societies?" #jobmarket #
• RT @baconred Ask if there is a roll envisioned for this hire in the dept (historical or expected). R you replacing somebody? filling a need? #
• Enjoyed touring the city w/a friend of @eviedc's-now for dinner & then back to the hotel room to go over the job talk before tomorrow #
• Off for a day of interviewing-offline until further notice #jobmarket #
• Quickly-what does it mean to dream about interviewing all day only to realize that you forgot your tie? Somehow odder than being naked… #
• Slept late today after yesterday's long interview. Decompressing-soon to the train station for the trip home-writing center work beckons… #
• @captain_primate I do too! in reply to captain_primate #
• Discovered @Instapaper's Kindle export during this trip-how did I keep up before this service again? #
• @mwidner wonderful until the next time the other party has a majority-a 2004 stopgap rule change led to Senator Brown-these things backfire in reply to mwidner #
• Train nearly to DC's Union Station-working on a completely different job talk & class notes for my much longer on-campus next week #fb #
• Home again, home again-jiggity jig #

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• Frustrated w/@amazon's Kindle Store: the "Kindle Edition" often doesn't match the print edition it's linked to: http://bit.ly/8WKsix #
• I want to request a Kindle ed. of the Riverside Walden I teach from, but can't b/c it links to another (much poorer) Kindle text // @amazon #
• @ktcrow Prob. w/older texts is multiple free & cheap versions but quality impossible to judge-& often good print eds. link to these (1/2) in reply to ktcrow #
• @ktcrow when books aren't in Kindle format there's usually a link to request one-but that link isn't there if an ed. links to a generic one in reply to ktcrow #
• RT @eviedc: Cuddle up with Daddy http://yfrog.com/33lmmhj #
• @nowviskie I'm not a bona fide Prof. Hacker, but I live & die by Things-I can't remember anything w/o it // @ProfHacker in reply to nowviskie #
• RT @ProfHacker: New @ ProfHacker: "Academics & Social Media: #mla09 & Twitter," by @GeorgeOnline (and a bunch of you) http://wp.me/pAGUw-19K #
• @jcmeloni Um-yes! in reply to jcmeloni #
• Reading the contributions to the #mla09 tweetup post on @ProfHacker, I realize that @mkirschenbaum has us all beat for geek-worthy metaphors #
• Starting 'em early… http://twitpic.com/xfped #
• @captain_primate absolutely-what's a guitar without a bottle (contents undisclosed) to go with it? in reply to captain_primate #
• @jcmeloni only one, really-what format should I send the post to you in? in reply to jcmeloni #
• Ruminating on the first #mla09 Twitter paragraph in the @ProfHacker piece (candidate out b/c of his post) is making me tweet-shy #
• @billiehara @samplereality Day 10,750 of not owning a cat. He ate light. #whatmycatateforbreakfast in reply to billiehara #
• @profsyn @eetempleton I know-I know (but thanks for reminding)-w/tensions already high that comment just threw me-I won't disconnect in fear in reply to profsyn #
• @hcayless ah yes…spurious. Walt Whitman would never have made the cut. in reply to hcayless #
• @academicdave true, but a hard principle for the poor job-seeker to stand on in reply to academicdave #
• @mlaconvention wait-was Mr. Blake interviewing in Philly? in reply to mlaconvention #
• @academicdave I understand-but it's not quite Big Brother if a few members of a search committee don't get it-the larger dept. might be fine in reply to academicdave #
• @erinsells Thanks. Were you at any of the mla tweetups? in reply to erinsells #
• Back in the office tomorrow. To-dos: 1.) write a recommendation 2.) work on job talk 3.) work on @ProfHacker post about getting things done #
• @erinsells okay-good. I was feeling guilty about not introducing myself. in reply to erinsells #
• @nowviskie do you know if grad students/instructors can get those? in reply to nowviskie #
• Netflix-renting habits reprented geo-spatially: or, Minnesotans Love to Rent “The Bucket List” http://j.mp/547Ibr #
• @barbarahui congratulations! in reply to barbarahui #
• @jcmeloni I just shared a Google Doc of my @ProfHacker post with you. Be merciless. #
• From Mental Floss: 13 Incredibly Focused Graduate Programs http://bit.ly/4GmOLq I coulda been a puppeteer! #
• @briancroxall @samplereality ditto smooth in reply to briancroxall #
• @nowviskie @shanakimball @kfitz my post on Things should be out on Thursday @ProfHacker in reply to nowviskie #
• Google to stand up to China on censorship? RT @atebits: Hell yeah, Google. http://bit.ly/4MAjhJ #
• RT @ProfHacker: New at ProfHacker: "The Writer As Athlete," by @ billiehara http://www.profhacker.com/2010/01/12/the-writer-as-athlete/ #
• @tjowens I'd say so-but in reply to tjowens #
• @tjowens last tweet should have read, I'd say so, but at least there are plenty of zoos & aquariums to work in… in reply to tjowens #
• RT @academicdave: So Facebook says "screw u and you privacy." Google says "we will fight for you.". Google wins. #
• RT @baconred: @ryancordell Redux: If you've ever observed the available means of persuasion in a given situation, you might be a rhet-neck. #
• @jcmeloni You should give Digital Diversity & c19 Transatlantic lit (1 class) a try. #
• My goal for today: head home with a nearly-finished draft of the job talk #jobmarket #
• @jcmeloni Getting *Things* Done? in reply to jcmeloni #
• @jcmeloni please steal one of @amndw2's suggestions: Where the wild Things are? A tune upon the blue guitar of Things exactly as they are? #
• @jcmeloni Putting the THINGS in GTD: Managing an Academic Life with Cultured Code's Things in reply to jcmeloni #
• @jcmeloni & let me officially congratulate you on Twitter, the only social network that REALLY matters :) in reply to jcmeloni #
• @jasonrhody I'd get off twitter and take care of that, Jason. in reply to jasonrhody #
• *I'm suddenly so sad* RT @amandafrench: Wow, this season of Firefly is the best ever! That Wash. So funny. #alternateuniversetv #
• @eetempleton I gave up on Dollhouse last season-it's really worth pressing on? in reply to eetempleton #
• Okay: I'm now accepting nominations for (short) poems you would teach in an introductory literature class to introduce speaker & situation #
• RT @nowviskie: decline & enduring myth of the "legible path" in academia (PhD–>faculty job) http://bit.ly/5GptOb (via @cliotropic) #altac #
• @cforster oh, I like this one. The footnote models precisely what I (hope) the students will be doing in reply to cforster #
• @ericrettberg that's about where I stopped watching, too in reply to ericrettberg #
• @viola_lasmana Hughes writes some great character pieces that would fit well: The Weary Blues maybe? in reply to viola_lasmana #
• @amndw2 I love Browning, but most of those are pretty long-teacher I'm guest-lecturing for seems to want 2-3 short poems in reply to amndw2 #
• Thanks everyone for these great suggestions (& keep 'em coming)-we need more of this kind of stuff on Twitter! #
• @pfyfe I'm prepping a guest (job talk) lecture & don't have control
  Over the textbook-but I'll look there for 2-3 poems to email/hand out in reply to pfyfe #
• @triproftri That one might work… in reply to triproftri #
• @alogemann That's a great poem I'd not read before. My knowledge of Polish literature is pretty darn spotty-or non-existent in reply to alogemann #
• @triproftri Yep, it is. Thanks for the advice and good wishes. I have a bit over a week still, but I'm prepping early. in reply to triproftri #
• Hurray! My guest post @ProfHacker about using the Mac app Things (by @culturedcode) for academic work is now online: http://bit.ly/4XPunt #
• @eviedc You need me to bring something home? in reply to eviedc #
• @dgrigar @jcmeloni so say we all. in reply to dgrigar #
• @amndw2 @cforster what are 1-2 of the best translations besides Pound's? W/o knowing how they're translated, I can't easily search for them in reply to amndw2 #
• Awesome! Moby-Dick (the literary classic that inspired the epic video game from EA) @ Penny Arcade http://bit.ly/8Ez755 @powermobydick in reply to powermobydick #
• @lincolnmullen wow! I'm glad that works now-when I first started using Things I assumed the name would have to change b/c this was a problem in reply to lincolnmullen #
• Let's try again: Awesome! Moby-Dick (the literary classic that inspired the epic video game from EA) @ Penny Arcade http://bit.ly/8Ez755 #
• For some reason two // keep getting added to my Moby Dick comic book cover link: http://darkgate.net/comic/images/pennyarcade/1263543791.jpg #
• My office (& all of the English Department) is shaking this morning b/c of construction outside-should keep me alert at least #
• @samplereality no question-production order. Believe me, the first three will warp their experience-I learned this the hard way in reply to samplereality #
• @samplereality Watched ep 4 1st w/oldest, but her sis came in late & saw eps 1-3 1st; 1st time she saw opening of ep 4 she asked (1/2) in reply to samplereality #
• @samplereality "Daddy, why are those clone troopers being so mean?" I realized I had failed her (2/2) in reply to samplereality #
• @shareski nothing-i've disabled it-eats up processing power & I never use it in reply to shareski #
• @shareski It's a little trickier than that-I used the terminal to kill it: http://bit.ly/8C1elu in reply to shareski #
• Just read through my job talk aloud-took 34 minutes-have to shave it down to 30-or even better, 27 #jobmarket #
• @janineutell argh!…and there's the other GTD shoe, falling… in reply to janineutell #
• @nowviskie I'm an Americanist, but I couldn't resist Chuzzlewit-& he goes to America-my various hard drives are Queequeg, Stubbs, & Dagoo in reply to nowviskie #

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• Okay-can I set up my gCal feed to display "Busy" (but not display details) for private events? I primarily want this @ ryan.cordells.us #
• @nowviskie yeah i'm trying to replicate yours, actually. I have the free/busy option checked, but the events just don't show on the blog in reply to nowviskie #
• RT @jcmeloni RT @samplereality: An overview of #MLA09 tweets + downloadable archives of the conference's backchannel: http://bit.ly/4qxENW #
• Finally in the theater to see #avatar with C.-we're both psyched #
• C has proclaimed #avatar the newest title on her favorite books & movies list-I suppose our wait was worth it. #fatherdaughterbonding #
• @academicdave @samplereality Pecha Kucha needs broader academic exposure-I'll be on a PK panel w/Meredith McGill & others @ C19 this spring in reply to academicdave #
• IHE's "Tweetup @ the MLA" (w/me, @eetempleton & @mkirschenbaum)-disappointed it concludes w/"trivializes language" bit http://bit.ly/6grf03 #
• My disappointment isn't that Prof. Lewis's quote is included-it should be-but that in the interview I was asked to respond-& that isn't here #
• Also, why don't @ryancordell @eetempleton & @mkirschenbaum appear in the article-let's drive some traffic, IHE! #
• @eetempleton That's a good point-I guess it's too late to recall the comment I submitted to the story…? eek in reply to eetempleton #
• My comment now on IHE http://bit.ly/8utphJ To qt. a FB friend: wait a bit before seeking Mellon funding (attn:@mkirschenbaum&@eetempleton) in reply to mkirschenbaum #
• @seabright Its on the article now-first post! in reply to seabright #
• My comment now on IHE http://bit.ly/7QtUZZ Thanks to @seabright for pointing out the bad link in early post #
• Wait-that one was bad, too–does IHE refuse shortened links? Here's the full URL http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/04/tweeps #
• @kfitz that's exactly what I was trying to get at in my comments in reply to kfitz #
• @rcooper Summers hands down. They've refused $1000s I'dve paid due to my ignorance by IDing less serious problems-honest father/son team in reply to rcooper #
• @rcooper they usually turn work around same-day, too-I really can't rave enough in reply to rcooper #
• RT @mlaconvention In part Twitter serves same function as the manicule in Renaissance books: it says, "look, this is interesting!" #mla09 #
• *Correction* RT @karikraus In part Twitter serves same function as the manicule in Renaissance books: it says, "look, this is interesting!" #
• @GeorgeOnline I'm definitely interested, George. What's the timeline? in reply to GeorgeOnline #
• RT @GeorgeOnline: If you'd like to contribute to a @ProfHacker post on #MLA09 & Twitter, please contact GHW http://bit.ly/7gpBUA Please RT. #
• @GeorgeOnline Ah, I see–Friday morning. Can do. in reply to GeorgeOnline #
• C's Death Star is completely operational http://twitpic.com/wp72h http://twitpic.com/wp72j #
• Some details of the Death Star-need a flash http://twitpic.com/wp829 http://twitpic.com/wp82f http://twitpic.com/wp82n #
• @eetempleton fortunately Obi Wan is 1 of 24 minifigures included! If you can't tell, dad is as enamored as daughter (though she built 98%) in reply to eetempleton #
• Me to C this AM: aren't you a little young for ironic detachment? E responds for her sis: aren't you a little old to be hilarious? #touché #
• @nowviskie I like the "Selective Twitter Status" FB app-it only pulls tweets w/a #fb hashtag into FB-ignores them otherwise in reply to nowviskie #
• For those writing recommendation letters: will RT a #twitrec from @jeffreyjcohen, one of my profs @ GW who wrote grad-school letters for me in reply to jeffreyjcohen #
• @loriemerson where would I find this much-discussed syllabus? I'm curious… in reply to loriemerson #
• @loriemerson Thanks-I will! in reply to loriemerson #
• Planning my job talk-any advice re:big picture vs. focused sample models? Advisors seem divided in the issue… #
• Wow-just got off the phone with another school I interviewed w/at #mla09. I've been invited for a second on-campus later this month! #fb #
• RT @mkgold: Wow. Must-read by @academicdave: "The MLA, @briancroxall, and the non-rise of the Digital Humanities" http://is.gd/5NvBq #mla09 #
• *& it's in Dublin!* RT @bluesaepe: NINES Summer Workshop announced, accepting applications now: http://tinyurl.com/ydwxmg6 #
• *Yes, yes they are…* RT @eviedc: Just ordered 5 boxes of Thin Mints and I don't even like Thin Mints. They are all for @ryancordell. #
• New "How to Write Badly Well" post-"Let the passive tense be used" http://bit.ly/4nmxTS #
• @eviedc I doubt I'm going to Dublin-I'll have used up my departmental money by then-& I don't think there are scholarships available in reply to eviedc #
• @rcooper what-Marco and Luca are on the Corner? My lunch plans for the next semester just changed radically (attn:@eviedc too) in reply to rcooper #
• Today: a boot camp for everyone working on our effort to digitize UVA's writing curriculum-writing & coding all day. #
• Thanks @jcmeloni! Your book arrived today: http://www.amazon.com/Sams-Teach-Yourself-Hours-Coverage/dp/0672330970 #
• #97 in the Kindle store's "Literary Criticism & Theory" category? Foxworthy's seminal "You Might Be a Redneck If…" http://bit.ly/8GuLQn #
• Should revamp my 2nd chapter with a Foxworthian reading of "The Scarlet Letter": if you mortify yourself while hiding a secret lovechild… #
• even better-a Foxworthian "Moby Dick": "if you lose a leg and still won't stop fishin', you just might be…" #
• I love @jasonrhody's idea for a new game: guess the novel based on the Foxworthian reading (& answer in the form of a question)-anyone in? in reply to jasonrhody #
• RT @ktcrow Ha! Works for my diss too: Jane Eyre "If you try to marry your boss but he's already married to a crazy woman, you might be.." #
• RT @rachaelsullivan I had one going for Walden but it was way too easy. "if you live in the woods and get excited about beans…" #
• RT @baconred: If you've ever been asked to publicly drink hemlock for being a pain in the ass–You might be a Rhet-Neck. #
• RT @baconred If you've ever commented on inter-textual references while watching a TV sitcom–You might be a Rhet-Neck. #
• RT @rcooper Ethan Frome: "If you ever loved someone so much you tried to sled to your death, You might be a Rhet-Neck" #
• @eviedc There's supposed to be a Marco & Lucas on Elliewood Ave. now in reply to eviedc #
• RT @seabright: From the Annals of Improbable Research, How to Write a Ph.D. dissertation (& benefits therein): http://bit.ly/6ZDvts #
• Let's move into the 20th C: "If you flash your new dentures to flirt with the woman who loaned you a shovel to bury your wife…" #rhetneck #
• RT @ProfHacker "Shifting The Days of Your Syllabus" by @briancroxall http://bit.ly/4GDrk0. e.g. from a MWF to a TTh schedule #

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• @Scrivenings @JenAnsbach @seabright it thrills me to no end that she loves this stuff-I love helping her with it in reply to Scrivenings #
• Finally watching District 9… #
• Okay, I can't sleep b/c it sounds like something's walking around on our roof-probably just a raccoon but it's creeping me out… #
• @finnarne that crossed my mind as I was finally falling asleep-a tardy, larceny-minded Santa. in reply to finnarne #
• @mattthomas that is not a comforting idea at all. So thanks! in reply to mattthomas #
• @msstewart I'm a complete dork-our books are organized by subject (fiction/poetry/science/etc.) & then alphabetical by author in reply to msstewart #
• 2nd attempt to see Avatar foiled-movie sold out during the 30 min. drive from Crozet to C'ville-couldn't buy ahead w/voucher from last night #
• @gerryblog I'll be in Philly for #mla09-interviewing, but not presenting in reply to gerryblog #
• @gerryblog I'll be going to some panels, too-have to distract myself from replaying interviews in my head, right? in reply to gerryblog #
• @CrossFitCVILLE We were there last night-that was the first failed attempt to see Avatar-went back today w/our vouchers and it was sold out in reply to CrossFitCVILLE #
• *second!* RT @warnick WAY too much to do before I leave for #MLA09 in 15 hrs-Hoping for good weather, safe flights, & successful interviews. #
• Feeling late to #mla09-will be setting out in about an hour-driving up w/a friend, but will take the train home. #
• On the road headed for Philly & #mla09-can't wait to meet many of you in person- #
• I have arrived in my room @ the Marriott-must find something for dinner ASAP! #
• @amandalicastro I can't respond to your DM b/c you're not following me #
• Need to head downstairs to print some interview materials-hoping the Kinko's isn't swamped #mla09 #
• Might any kind soul & #mla09 have a spare iTouch/iPhone USB cord I could borrow? Without one my phone will be useless by noon tomorrow…… #
• T-minus 15 minutes until my first interview. Trying to swallow the butterflies (unsuccessfully). #
• Anyone up for lunch? #mla09 #
• @jcmeloni heading down the escalator right now… in reply to jcmeloni #
• Thanks for the well-wishes earlier-I think it went well-simple lunch-wonton soup-couldn't find @jcmeloni-Next interview in t-minus 15 mins. #
• @jcmeloni @warnick planning on it. in reply to jcmeloni #
• @warnick whoa! I'm here too-came in late after the interview. in reply to warnick #
• @nowviskie wait-@jcmeloni has a plan to collate & correlate all humanistic & historical knowledge into an archive/interpretive space? in reply to nowviskie #
• @nowviskie obviously so… #seatingfail #mla09 in reply to nowviskie #
• RT @dancohen: .@briancroxall gives the cold, hard facts about faculty employment, from tough personal experience: http://bit.ly/5qdX9H #
• RT @alogemann: "Reading, which was in decline due to television, tripled from 1980 to 2008." http://bit.ly/8uPEkk (via @Mark_Changizi) #
• Dear @jcmeloni, would you be willing to give me the 5¢ version sometime tomorrow? in reply to jcmeloni #
• @amandalicastro oh no-not at all! But apparently we both missed @jcmeloni and @nowviskie's plans for world domination in reply to amandalicastro #
• I fully intended to attend one of the fabulous 8:30 am DH panels @ #mla09-my body decided it would rather sleep later than it has in years #
• RT @chutry: @JenHoward has a thoughtful Chronicle article on @briancroxall's paper-in-absentia: http://bit.ly/6KRo2F #mla09 #
• RT @JimCarmin: RT @mkgold: Bill Pannapacker on the continued rise of the Digital Humanities http://is.gd/5Fz1H #mla09 #
• Cheesesteak expedition-meet in the convention center lobby #
• Correction-not the lobby, but the members area tables #
• Standing (& floor sitting) room only @ @nowviskie's Collaboration in DH panel-I have to scoot early so um lurking in the doorway. #
• As @jbj begins speaking the crowd spills into the hall #
• RT @academicdave @nowviskie is making appeal to academics with power (faculty) to recognize those without power. #
• Wish I could stay at "Links & Kinks in DH" panel, but I have to head over a few blocks for my final interview. #
• @amandalicastro yes, I'll be there. in reply to amandalicastro #
• RT @samplereality: (NOTE: Using Blackboard does not mean you "get" the digital humanities) #MLA09 #
• RT @briancroxall: And now my #MLA09 paper has been picked up by @bitchphd: http://bit.ly/4EuIz5. #
• Trying to decide whether to attend the final #mlatweetup @ 11-Want to see everyone, but I'm comfortable in my room (& it's cold outside!) #
• @eetempleton okay I'm here-where are you? in reply to eetempleton #
• @nowviskie thanks for sharing this, Bethany. in reply to nowviskie #
• A few shots of Reading Terminal Market, where #mla09 eats http://twitpic.com/vvpyo http://twitpic.com/vvpyl http://twitpic.com/vvpyt #
• Think I'm going to have a hearty Amish breakfast at the "Dutch Eating Place" http://twitpic.com/vvqvz #
• Any DHers still around & interested in coffee while I wait to leave for the train station? #
• In the 30th St. Station, waiting on a train-grateful to have such an engaged & engaging DH community tag along w/& learn from @ #mla09 #
• Last tweet should have read: "TO tag along w/& learn from"-I teach good writing… #
• @courosa looks interesting-has someone claimed the code yet? in reply to courosa #
• I just got a call from one of the schools I interviewed with at #mla09-we set up an on-campus for later this month! #jobmarket #
• @ericganderson I'm not, mostly b/c she came to UVA after I was well-embarked on my project-we've had some good talks, though in reply to ericganderson #
• @jcmeloni seriously-it would be pretty lame if @jenterysayers did that-pretty…lame… in reply to jcmeloni #

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• @amndw2 Amen it frakkin' is! in reply to amndw2 #
• *Yes please* RT @lesliemb: @andyojones Help @ryancordell? He's looking for sample digitally-themed comp courses-Maybe yr wrtng across media? #
• RT @eviedc: RT @cvcvo: I predict a bumper crop of blizzard babies about 10 months from now. Let's be careful out there. #
• @jcmeloni Absolutely! Right now I'm working up some upper-level comp syllabi *for* MLA, though (which I haven't taught @ UVA) in reply to jcmeloni #
• Okay-this is a longshot-anyone know if the "Great Moon Hoax" from the NY Sun (1835) is in print somewhere? maybe an "early scifi" anthology? #
• @jcmeloni I should amend that-which I haven't taught *alone* @ UVA-our upper-level comp classes are team taught (lecture + workshops) in reply to jcmeloni #
• @warnick @jcmeloni We definitely should. Will both of you be there for the duration?-I assume there will also be larger #mla2009 tweetups? in reply to warnick #
• @rcooper Perfect! Thanks so much. Now to request a scan…. in reply to rcooper #
• Wow! They weren't kidding, were they? We're buried in snow and it's still coming down fast. #snowpocalypse #
• Locals: best sledding hill in Crozet? #
• @realcrozetva @ancym good suggestion, but I think we're stuck to hills within walking distance-probably go to Crozet park in reply to realcrozetva #
• RT @profsyn: #MLA09 interview tip: Most interview committees have little to no chemistry. In fact, some barely have biology. #
• power flashes-this could be less fun #
• Maybe up north folks build an immunity to snow, but in VA it turns everyone into children-nice to watch neighbors all out playing w/kids #
• @nowviskie the guys were likewise unimpressed. I just shoveled out a playpen where the snow is 3" or so-will try again after nap in reply to nowviskie #
• @nowviskie good plan-we thought about that, too. I think the playpen will work-and I can shovel more if necessary in reply to nowviskie #
• @mkgold keep us apprised of the suggestions you get-theme sounds great in reply to mkgold #
• @mkgold what sprang immediately to my mind were articles that made the rounds a few years ago about vertical farming: http://bit.ly/4vASBz in reply to mkgold #
• @mkgold I know that New York magazine article isn't the best, but I can't remember where I read a more in depth discussion… in reply to mkgold #
• @amndw2 oh! my favorite books as a young teenager. Too bad the movie was so terrible… in reply to amndw2 #
• Sounds like most roads in Crozet have been plowed, but not our little dead-end cul-de-sac. Taking bets-how many days will we be snowbound? #
• Who do we call about plowing in Crozet? They seem to have stopped a few 100 feet up our road, but all roads around us are clear. #
• RT @barbarahui: I'm thinking now's the time to send The Ultimate Rejection Letter to all jobs I applied to. http://bit.ly/3LbFeT #jobmarket #
• @jbj I like Now Playing-it manages the Netflix cue and also incorporates Fandango searches & ticket buying in reply to jbj #
• E just informed us that she's a Jedi-fairy-vampire. "But don't worry-I only suck demon blood." Whew! That's a load off my mind… #
• Dec. 21, 2009. Third day snowed in. Running low on juice & coffee. Tensions building. Our eyes stay trained on the horizon-but no plows #fb #
• Was hoping to get to the office this week to finalize & print materials for @mla2009. My plan looks increasingly unlikely #
• Given the forecast for this week, I'm just hoping that @mla2009 isn't becoming unlikely-anyone w/4-wheel drive want to rescue me-say Sunday? #
• @rcooper I've been eyeing the dog-but she's scrawny-not good vittles in reply to rcooper #
• @nowviskie I was supposed to drive up w/someone & the train home (we're leaving on different days)-wondering if I should take your train up in reply to nowviskie #
• @nowviskie good luck through the mountains! in reply to nowviskie #
• Whew! just shoveled a minivan sized road to the other side of our cul-de-sac. I'll be POed if that plow shows up within the hour. #
• @iamjwal no they weren't-but honestly I wonder if c'ville should invest in a fleet of plows when they're so rarely needed… in reply to iamjwal #
• @mla2009 jobseekers: Check out @profsyn for "Five REAL #MLA09 interview tips…." #
• RT @briancroxall: #MLA09 tip: Watch http://9interviews.com. Watch and learn. #
• @mlaconvention I will ask you-where would one find those FREE post-interview treats? in reply to mlaconvention #
• @mlaconvention oh, never mind-should read up in the stream before responding in reply to mlaconvention #
• @kelkel926 a layer of snow can actually give better traction than spots where it's been plowed & refrozen. in reply to kelkel926 #
• @kelkel926 keep it slow, give yourself plenty of radius for turns, and don't slam on your brakes-if you head the wrong way lay off the gas in reply to kelkel926 #
• @courosa, @shareski our daughter is Emerson (Emi). She loves it now, but it took the family awhile. My wife lobbied unsuccessfully for Zoe in reply to shareski #
• @jcmeloni very nice! My iDissertation is sounding more & more dated in reply to jcmeloni #
• @GeorgeOnline @midwinter @jcmeloni so I should play up my (cyber)tat(i)on? in reply to GeorgeOnline #
• @jcmeloni wow-you get eye insurance? Our plan doesn't cover that or dental… in reply to jcmeloni #
• @jcmeloni That's so very nice. BTW-tweeted this to you and now @dental_plan is following me on twitter. Dental news on demand! in reply to jcmeloni #
• @nowviskie Age-appropriateness? The 9 y.o. really wants to see it, and I think yes. The 6 y.o. also wants to see it, and I'm not so sure… in reply to nowviskie #
• Okay, we need to find a regular TR afternoon sitter so that both @eviedc and I can take the new DH class @UVA. #
• Blue's Clues: a dim, creepy man-boy talks to his dog, mailbox, and salt-and-pepper shakers. Stay away from *that* house, kids! #
• @briancroxall (& @mlaconvention) if you're the one who passed a grant to me, I thank you. in reply to briancroxall #
• Just found out that the panel proposal I'm part of was accepted for the inaugural C19 conference in May. It's a DH Pecha Kucha panel! #
• @candace_nast @nowviskie she loved the recent Star Trek movie-which made me think she'd dig Avatar-is it more tense and violent than Trek? in reply to candace_nast #
• @nowviskie Thanks! in reply to nowviskie #
• Cleaning the house in anticipation of my parents' Christmas Eve arrival. Will be on "light tweeting" mode for the next few days. #
• @JenAnsbach Merry Christmas to you as well! in reply to JenAnsbach #
• @eviedc's brewing a Christmas Eve pot of glühwein-yum! #fb #
• Huzzah! a Kindle for Christmas! I'm now accepting reading suggestions for the trip to #mla2009. Good recent scifi sounds fun… #
• @jcmeloni I wish your HTML/CSS was available for the Kindle-I'd be buying it right now! #
• @jcmeloni Your PHP book is, but not the new one. I was hoping to actually *buy* the book (you know, so you get royalties & all) in reply to jcmeloni #
• @jcmeloni Thanks-though I'm burning through an accompanying gift card, not my own $$. But I'd appreciate a PDF if you can spare it :) in reply to jcmeloni #
• @finnarne anathem was my summer reading-would have been nice to have it on a thin, light Kindle instead of lugging the brick around. in reply to finnarne #
• Tried to take C to Avatar to cap off a wonderful day-theater roof had started to cave in from snow + rain-refunds all around-bummer #fb #
• @JenAnsbach yeah, and we watched CS a few days ago through Netflix Watch Instantly-1st time for the girls in reply to JenAnsbach #
• @JenAnsbach I think so-the girls were weirded out in a few spots-the lamp, evil Santa in reply to JenAnsbach #
• C w/the wire-bound instruction BOOK for her new Lego Death Star set (this was her dream present) http://twitpic.com/v8nhh #

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