Wednesday, January 1, 2014

2013 is history. I believe you're looking for 2014. If so, how can I help you?

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I am, after all, me because of who we are together. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm proud to say that Community Crandall - Ubuntu  reached ...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Last Day of 2013! Crandall's Annual Video Montage to Capture The Year in Review. Ubuntu!

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Yesterday, I set out to teach myself the IMovie upgrades. Where I failed, however, was in exporting it into a sizable file to post onto ...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Praying to the Great Whatever That Today was Not as Eventful as it Could have Been.

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My father warned me not to take 17 home today, but I didn't listen. I needed to stop in the Bricks of Syracuse to play Santa Clause, ...
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Sunday, December 29, 2013

And with 9 days off, I need to begin thinking about heading home...sigh...never a good feeling

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Syracuse win over Villanova - check Louisville loss to UK - check, although frustrating Louisville win over Miami - check Cynderbal...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

In Celebration of Cynderballs, 2013, and her Prancing Pony - Bella the Wonderdog!

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In the holiday traditions of December we, the Crandall/Isgar/Barnwell posse, celebrate the 3rd day after Christmas, in celebration of Cyn...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Sleepover with the Barnwell Boys: Monster University, Popcorn, and afew beers

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There's not much more to write. I learned something new, however, about Jake. He likes to narrate exactly what will happen next in a...

We have other roads to walk: Nelson Mandela, education, and global inequities. A post-Christmas thought

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Yesterday, Christmas day, the twins, Mustapha and I went to see Long Walk to Freedom , the Nelson Mandela story. Although impossible to c...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

And then the 25th of December returns. May your day be peaceful and with the joy of family.

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And may you have the deliciousness of baked goods like those on my mother's famous cookie trays! For two days, I'm saying, ...
Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Twas the day before Christmas, and all through my house...all I could think about was getting my sisters drunk!

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Thanks to Clement Clarke Moore for his classic (as for my sisters....well, we shall see) A Visit from St. Nicholas. Twas the night...
Monday, December 23, 2013

The laps I first ran as a high school student always bring me home and make me feel centered

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The temperatures are a usually a little rougher at his time of year and the roads are definitely more icy. Yet, this year's CNY weath...
Sunday, December 22, 2013

Hark! The Herald angels are singing during my father's 6 a.m. 'Butch' fest.

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6 a.m. - lighter. smoke. 6:02 a.m. - coffee made. 6:10 a.m. - Bryan awakes. Groggy. Not a morning person. 6:20 a.m. - Dad greets Br...
Saturday, December 21, 2013

And Santa stopped on Nichols Avenue just as I was leaving for Syracuse

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The goal was to safely hit the road for a relaxed, chilled-out return to CNY as soon as I finished at the gym. Yet, yesterday, the temp...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

My sleigh bells are jingling...heading out of Connecticut today for a little R&R.

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I am unsure if I have had substantial time off since this time last year. As students submitted work this week and I graded, I grew more ...

Thinking about digital outcomes in history? 'Why history' as a culminating writing event.

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While assessing final projects for my Teaching the Composing Processes  course, a graduate student put together a yearlong project tha...