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Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:04:34 +0000

[...] I also really liked this video of a Taylor Mali poem that John shared here this week (typography is by Ronnie Bruce) — and the resultant conversations about that [...]

By: Eileen

Eileen — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:22:53 +0000

My first thought was that I must show this to my students when I teach freshmen composition. But then I stopped, and I realized that the ya-know-what-I-mean persona is one that I often adopt with my students as a way of connecting. And then I started to spiral into what could have been a deep contemplation of the contradictions of my teaching persona, both authority and ya-know-ing. But then I stopped. Too much thinking too deeply about an activity that I’m not currently engaged in.

By: John

John — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:54:42 +0000

Jules & Jill (wasn’t that a Truffaut film?): I think my favorite phrases — apart from the ones delivered perfectly by the speaker — are “the bandwagon of my own uncertainty” and “the most aggressively inarticulate generation to come along since, like, a long time ago.”

And I’m so glad he walked the narrow line separating his point from the mutterings of an old fogey disturbed by These Kids Today. Which would have been so, y’know, not cool.

I’ll have to bop over to Jama’s LiveJournal to see what she’s got about him!

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:26:41 +0000

Jules sent me this on Facebook after listening to it here, and I, like, LOVE it more than, like, Paris Hilton’s dog, you know? Classic. I want everyone to hear this.

By: Jules

Jules — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:31 +0000

I love this! So much. It made me happy and made me laugh very hard.

And Jama Rattigan posted about Mali today, too, which is, like, you know, so weird! Like, the universe is telling me to get to know more of his, like, works.

I’m sending Jama over here now.

By: cynth

cynth — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:39:27 +0000

I saw Marta’s comment and for some strange reason, I thought of the character is Lil’ Abner called Stupifying Jones who was so beautiful that she merely stood still and guys were, like, stupefied into standing stock still–I presume until Mammy Yokum smacked them upside the haid! I really liked the poem and would love to know how to go about doing that with some of the things with which I’ve tinkered.

ReCaptcha: Beowulf trade how classic is that!

By: John

John — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:56:16 +0000

Squirrel: I’m sending it to my children.

That’s what I call a Paid Political Advertisement when The Missus does it: embedding of a “message” in an ostensibly social exchange. Heh.

marta: Much more civilized than a Cruciatus!

By: marta

marta — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:34:00 +0000

Oh geez. The recaptcha: sTupefy Mr.

That’s right. STUPIFY!

By: marta

marta — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:32:56 +0000

I’ve posted it on facebook, ya know?

By: The Querulous Squirrel

The Querulous Squirrel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:56:58 +0000

Oh, I am so tempted but of course won’t say this is so “like, you know, totally” fantastic. I’ll just say it’s really great. Thanks for posting it. I’m sending it to my children.