Category Archives: * Footie

Blowing Out the Corneas

3/9/2010 – 2:05 pm

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Right, so I’m taking a brief moment during a baby nap to post what I’ve been up to. Which is reading.
Since my last post I’ve banged through two excellent collections published by the MacArthur Foundation for Digital Media and Learning, specifically The Ecology of Games: Connecting Youth, Games, and Learning and Digital Youth, [...]

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Pedagogical Musings and the Return of the Champs League!

2/16/2010 – 2:32 pm

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Yes, so I’ve been reading and thinking and teaching. Quite often I’m reading about teaching or thinking about teaching and even reading about thinking. Most of what I’ve been reading (and thinking) has to do with my prelim area of digital pedagogy, or how to effectively incorporate computers into instruction. The strong [...]

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Midweek Disappointment

2/11/2010 – 11:08 pm

Good Lord, the midweek Premier League games couldn’t have been more disappointing for me. I’m so very tired of Spurs spurning every opportunity to make a run at fourth, especially when it’s against poor opposition. I can honestly say my hopes never rose while Spurs occupied their top three/four spot, and that’s because they’ve [...]

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Yet Another Format Change, Spurs’ True Colors, and Reflections on XBox 360 Games

1/23/2010 – 4:27 pm

Awhile back I changed the name of the site from “The Always Insightful Insights of Trent Hergenrader” (a name I never particularly liked) to “A Propensity for Unstable Realities, ” which is another name I didn’t particularly like. My goal at that time was to create a more professional-looking site and take it away from [...]

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2,010 Updates

1/13/2010 – 11:02 pm

Geez, two weeks since I last posted an entry? Shows you where blogging is on my list of priorities. So, what have I been doing?

Reading, mostly. I finished my ninth book in three weeks tonight. If you’re interested to see what I’ve been reading, count backwards on this list (or everything between Gordon Henry’s The [...]

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Footie News That Was and Will Be

12/3/2009 – 1:36 pm

I just have to point out that since my last post, Ars*nal have lost twice with an aggregate score of 0-6, are out of the Carling Cup and, for my money, out of the title race. Loverly. I wouldn’t want to gloat, but I’ve been firmly on the (minority) side saying that their squad [...]

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Big, Big Weekend in Football Action and Picks

11/27/2009 – 12:07 pm

Whoa Nelly, it’s a big one this weekend. The Merseyside Derby, Ars*nal versus Chelski, and Villa versus Spurs. These games are big for different reasons. Everton need a win to move into a more comfortable spot in the table, and Liverpool need a win to get a foot back in the top four spots. [...]

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Main de Grenouille

11/26/2009 – 1:09 pm

Zeus writes:
How can you leave out the Frog handball incident in the only soccer blog that I read?
I’d completely forgotten about it, to tell you the truth. The main de grenouille incident (”hand of frog”) has been well-documented. This video clearly shows Thierry Henry double-handballing the ball in the crucial play-off game between France and [...]

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The Bimonthly Update

11/24/2009 – 1:07 pm

Things are winding down quickly in school; I only meet with my classes one more time as a large group and then in individual conferences. Teaching two new classes in my last semester of coursework isn’t ideal. Generally I was writing or modifying assignments each week based on how things went. Next semester should be [...]

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Have Baby Will Travel Abroad, and Last Men Standing

11/10/2009 – 10:35 am

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Call us nutty but we booked it—a trip to Europe with the wee one. Grey will be just over one year old when we head off to Switzerland to visit his Uncle Todd and Aunt Pee Wee with a stopover in London on the way home to see my high school bud Aaron. [...]

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