OK. There was the Tour de France, the best and most controversial in years. I was glued to the set, unable to blog, unable to work, to do much else besides teach my class (barely) and wonder what the world was coming to. Floyd's escape on stage 20 (?) went beyond mere athleticism into the realm of heroism. I asked my students if any of them had seen any of it. They all looked at me like I had just dropped my pants and was commencing to stroke myself in a lascivious manner; i.e. not in a good way.
After that, and the eruption of the testosterone controversy, much faeces began to hit many different sets of rotating blades. Can't and won't bore with it here, but suffice to say, given the title of this journal, these events, thoughts and situations are with us still, and wil continue to constsitute the present. As Jameson says, "Always historicize."
Wishing you and yours a joyous Celebration of the Lizard (see Dec 05 post).
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