Drafting a proposal for an essay about woodworking discourse.
Having done some drafting on the proposal, I'm now thinking of
writing about two different "authorial positions" for woodworking
writers, one of them best described as "authoritative" (authority
derived from technical mastery and long, successful experience) and the
other as "ethical" (an ethos of "passion" and curiosity that seduces the
reader into vicarious experience of the author's series of
discoveries). The "ethical" author also invites the reader into a
dialog; the Internet makes a truly Bakhtinian dialog, in which readers
become writers instantaneously, possible. Both authorial modes
studiously ignore the involvement of the mechanisms enabling woodworking
discourse (print, video, internet) in the same economy of production
and consumption that drives us all to feel we need to escape via
hobbies.
Only with lots of examples.
Thursday, April 2, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
Kevin Davis, RIP
This afternoon I went to Decaturish and saw this on the front page. It was a sock in the gut to realize that the Kevin Davis referred to worked behind the counter at Sawicki's.
The killing happened while I was out of town for the holidays. In his obituary I learned that Kevin was a fellow Wisconsinite.
I am not just a customer of Kevin Davis's employer. I am an enthusiastic fan of Sawicki's, and Lynn's employees are among the reasons. Kevin knew his stuff, was unfailingly friendly and helpful, and seemed to be an all-around good guy. I can't say he was a friend, but whenever I stepped in to Sawicki's to pick up a sandwich and he was behind the counter, I knew I would be taken care of.
I think I'll have more to say on this wrong. For now, let me say that of the dozens of places in the metro that Margaret and I have eaten in together, Sawicki's is in a very small group which are special not just because of the quality of what we eat there but also because of the love you see in everything the people there do: love for people, love for good food, love for the mission of bringing good food to people. On that list: Sawicki's, Sobban, Duck's. We are eating at Duck's tonight. I will pour out a libation for Kevin.
http://www.decaturish.com/2015/02/dekalb-sheriffs-office-clarifies-its-response-in-kevin-davis-case/
The killing happened while I was out of town for the holidays. In his obituary I learned that Kevin was a fellow Wisconsinite.
I am not just a customer of Kevin Davis's employer. I am an enthusiastic fan of Sawicki's, and Lynn's employees are among the reasons. Kevin knew his stuff, was unfailingly friendly and helpful, and seemed to be an all-around good guy. I can't say he was a friend, but whenever I stepped in to Sawicki's to pick up a sandwich and he was behind the counter, I knew I would be taken care of.
I think I'll have more to say on this wrong. For now, let me say that of the dozens of places in the metro that Margaret and I have eaten in together, Sawicki's is in a very small group which are special not just because of the quality of what we eat there but also because of the love you see in everything the people there do: love for people, love for good food, love for the mission of bringing good food to people. On that list: Sawicki's, Sobban, Duck's. We are eating at Duck's tonight. I will pour out a libation for Kevin.
http://www.decaturish.com/2015/02/dekalb-sheriffs-office-clarifies-its-response-in-kevin-davis-case/
Sunday, January 11, 2015
Jeff's High School days
Jeff didn't have it easy in high school, and classmates didn't always make it any easier for them to learn anything. Carl found this video the other day while looking at You Tube videos on/about/from DHHS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ImHwtzO48g
Jeff can be glimpsed occasionally behind the girl on the left in the green jacket.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ImHwtzO48g
Jeff can be glimpsed occasionally behind the girl on the left in the green jacket.
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