Posts That Pop
Still thinking over names for this Saturday spot. Ironic Mom, who’s currently stalking Oprah, suggested the above title. Keenie Beanie and I came up with something else that sounds like ExClaymations. Still thinking over the possibilities.
Anyway, here’s the roundup. Pay no attention to the twitchy, sleep-deprived, pasty white guy in front of the camera. 😉
Dr. Kelli Marshall writes a blog on pop culture and teaching called Unmuzzled Thoughts. We found each other through our mutual adoration of Gene Kelly. From what I can tell she’s as funny as she is smart and–in a move that totally endears her to me–uses social networking technology like mad in her classes. One ongoing feature is “Favorite Student Tweets” where she gathers the best of what her students have to say on the movies they’re watching for class. Here’s the selections from Singing In The Rain week.
Kristen Lamb’s Warrior Writer blog featured 10 Ways To Improve Your Likability Quotient. Great tips on how to display proper Netiquette (internet etiqutte) while establishing your presence. Kind of like the Golden Rule for the interwebs.
K.B. Owen wrote Show Me The Money: 19th Century Bank Robbers & Counterfeiters. I’m a big fan of people who can make history really come alive and these anecdotes do that.
Check out Strength, Thy Name Is Woman! from Wendy at Herding Cats In Hammond River. Really neat post about some cool inventions that have changed our world. And they’re all done by women. I will now forego all women jokes for the next 3 hours in honor of this fact.
Why You Aren’t As Successful As You Want To Be by Chris Brogan. Warning: Don’t read if you don’t like blunt advice from strangers. But he’s right.
I actually found the Brogan post from a recommendation on Twitter by Jesse Desjardins, a top notch communicator who makes “presentations that don’t suck.” Here’s one of his finest pieces, a killer slideshow on how to not suck at PowerPoint.
What did you find this week that merits mention? Let us know in the comments?
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Life. Culture. Education.
Life as Pop Culture Professor Clay Morgan
In The Matrix, Morpheus tells Neo he can take the blue pill and go on believing whatever he wants to believe. Or he can take the red pill to stay in Wonderland and find out how deep the rabbit hole goes.
This is a red pill type site that provides information in an entertaining way. It’s about clear thinking and good writing. It’s about finding meaning amidst the absurd. It’s about humor and truth.
I’m a writer / speaker who teaches history and political courses at a couple of local colleges. Where is local, you say? Well, that would be Wonderland of course.
On topics ranging from pop culture to the meaning of life, my brain’s always poppin’. Take the red pill and unplug.
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