Archives for August 2011

When the bay meets the ocean, and then recedes, it leaves fish, crabs, and sandy bikes behind. Could have been so much worse.

Big sigh of relief for Saltaire. This photo was shared by scyounger on Twitter.

1015am report from Central Park UWS: Trees still standing! I refuse to be disappointed! #Macaulay not flooded! Hope we get good news from #FireIsland.

Funny that an English newspaper compares Ben Bernanke to Wyatt Earp http://tgr.ph/kirschner #Earp

  From today’s Telegraph, by Damian Reece: Ben “The Gun That Won The West” Bernanke certainly fired a series of warning shots from Jackson Hole on Friday at the Democratic […]

Internet slow as molasses….is it my cable modem or one more of Irene’s torture technique? And now it is pouring in NYC.

It’s only a house. So she says, heaving a deep sigh of concern. #fireisland

I’m not thumbing my nose at Hurricane Irene, but I am still on Fire Island. #saltaire

The evacuation order has been given for Saturday morning; I’ll be well out of here by then.  Unless I get too spooked by the helicopters (there is one now clickety-clacking […]

Teamwork, Tools, Talent: Welcome Macaulay Class of 2015! #Macaulay #highereducation

I’ll be joining Macaulay Honors College Class of 2015 tomorrow morning for the first of three days of orientation. It will undoubtedly be a crowded, noisy, boisterous morning, and my […]

Perks of Being an English major, check it out! #higher education #english majors

thanks, Peter!

Are America’s Colleges subverting the Liberal Arts? Do I like LAT’s shoutout to Macaulay? http://lat.ms/annkirschner #higher education

Pardon the snarky caption:  that’s me talking, not Professor Will Snyder; I’m sure he knows what the Blackboard means. I could write a book about this article and maybe I […]

Congrats to Smarthistory, one of TIME’s best websites of 2011! http://ti.me/oihfpC

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