Category: Year in review
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I'm pleased to have more to report this year than the last several, not necessarily because I did more—although I suspect I did—but because what I've been doing has begun to appear in the world. First of all, as I've been banging on about for the last several weeks, A Philosopher Reads… Marvel Comics' Daredevil:…
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Christmas Eve in the park near where I live… Another year's round-up, this one rather short… Perhaps that's simply because I'm becoming more focused? (No, I didn't think so either, sigh.) First, my job situation, which hasn't changed much: As I reported earlier (and despite what I said in my end-of-2021 post), I did remain…
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At the end of this dizzying year, and on the occasion of my fiftieth birthday, I offer my reflections on the last twelve months in terms of work—reflections that, to quote Rick Blaine, "don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world," where matters of much greater importance are going on. <gestures wildly…
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Warning: This is gonna be short. If you read my last two posts (here and here), both titled "Work in a pandemic," there won't be any surprises here. It was more than enough to keep up with teaching* and my duties as department chair during a constant panic mode at my college, while trying to…
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This was a difficult year's-end review to write. 2019 was not a good year for me, neither professionally nor personally, and although I did have a good number of things come out, based on past efforts, I produced very little new material over the last twelve months. I had two books published this year, Batman…
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I'm feeling rather ambivalent about my life these days (see here) — which is not unusual for me the last ten years or so, but still. I have, however, come to some realizations of late that may suggest a corner is about to be turned. We'll get to that in due time… in the meantime,…
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I started doing end-of-the-year wrap-up last year: as I said then, it's a nice exercise to remind me of what I accomplished over this year. (Reminding yourself of accomplishments is often recommended for people who only seem to remember what they didn't do.) That certainly still applies, so here we go, summarizing my writing and…
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I've seen a lot of other people (mainly writers I follow on Twitter) doing this, and I thought it might be a nice exercise to remind me of what I accomplished over this year. (Reminding yourself of accomplishments is often recommended for people who only seem to remember what they didn't do.) I'll abstain from…
Mark D. White 