tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post113958937584208802..comments2023-10-19T07:54:32.841-04:00Comments on Quod She: A rug pulls my whole day togetherDr. Viragohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139765478405417082006-02-12T12:31:00.000-05:002006-02-12T12:31:00.000-05:00Oh yeah, GD, now I remember how much you like that...Oh yeah, GD, now I remember how much you like that one. I'll have to play it on Tuesday in your honor. :)Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139682343045008082006-02-11T13:25:00.000-05:002006-02-11T13:25:00.000-05:00I show Grammar Rock to my OE students, too! My he...I show Grammar Rock to my OE students, too! My heart thrills when we get to pronouns. Ah, Rufus Xavier Sarsaparilla.<BR/>GDAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139636334508527282006-02-11T00:38:00.000-05:002006-02-11T00:38:00.000-05:00Bardiac -- Country. *Shudder*Bardiac -- Country. *Shudder*Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139608239042973082006-02-10T16:50:00.000-05:002006-02-10T16:50:00.000-05:00OMG, I'm so jealous of your office colors!When I m...OMG, I'm so jealous of your office colors!<BR/><BR/>When I moved in here, I took over what had been a much loathed admin assistant's office. The walls are painted concrete block; at least a non offensive off white. But at the top of the walls, all around, is the MOST hideous flower pattern little wallpaper but not wallpaper edging. <BR/><BR/>If I'm going to have flowers, I need them to be bold and brassy, and these are country pathetic.<BR/><BR/>I tried to take that wallpaper down, but it didn't come off well at all.<BR/><BR/>Happily, it appears I'll be moving into a new office next fall!Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139601751514983112006-02-10T15:02:00.000-05:002006-02-10T15:02:00.000-05:00New Kid, I should make clear that I didn't do the ...New Kid, I should make clear that I didn't do the painting *myself*. When I moved here and picked the office, the secretary handed me the paint chip book and said, "Pick the colors you want," and then in a few weeks it was done by one of the maintenance guys. And wacky colors seem to be a theme in our department. The Indo-European linguist has hers painted almost fuschia, and the African-Americanist, who also works on Carribean lit, has a Carribean color scheme with a different color on every wall. Victorianist colleague went with soothing Arts and Crafts colors, but I have to say her office is certainly a calm place to be!Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139601421157157682006-02-10T14:57:00.000-05:002006-02-10T14:57:00.000-05:00Wow, I'm just impressed you've gone to such effort...Wow, I'm just impressed you've gone to such effort for your office at school! My carpet there is decent, however, so it helps. The walls are cream, but one wall is windows, one wall is lined with bookshelves, one wall is the doorway (not much more than that!), and the last wall has a big huge lateral file cabinet and my desk against it, so now that I have some stuff on the walls you don't see much of the walls anyway. There's only room for my desk (massive, and brand new, and I like it, so that's good), the file cabinet, my chair, and one chair for visitors. Not much to coordinate! But your office looks awesome! The colors are all great (ahhh, to have colors in my office! I have some maps, that's about it0.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139601261849280742006-02-10T14:54:00.000-05:002006-02-10T14:54:00.000-05:00Katie -- I *love* the digital BT. It's so fabulou...Katie -- I *love* the digital BT. It's so fabulous to be able to scroll through it continuously and to give students a sense of its dimensions. Plus you can enlarge it enough to see the stitches. It has lots of supporting apparatus, too -- commentary, maps, a glossary of names, places, and events, etc. And though I haven't done it yet, you can make individual digital slides from it for Power Point, etc.<BR/><BR/>I use a PC, but I happen to know that Martin Foys, the creator, is a Mac man. Don't know if that makes a difference to you, but I thought I'd mention it.<BR/><BR/>Virgo Sis -- I took the other pictures earlier (note the greenery in front of my home!) so that's why I don't have my own picture of the rug. I will borrow the Boyfriend's digital camera and take more pictures at some point.<BR/><BR/>Lecturess -- our building is actually a WPA building from the 30s, which is totally cool. But that means it's pretty utilitarian on the inside (though gorgeous collegiate gothic on the outside). And my office is a little weird because they divided up old classrooms in the 70s and made more offices. That's part of why it's so tiny (I swear, it's the smallest in the department) and why the carpet color (and the original, hideous, made-to-match, never-been-cleaned curtains) is so 70s.Dr. Viragohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960384082670286328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139600398420864712006-02-10T14:39:00.000-05:002006-02-10T14:39:00.000-05:00I LOVE your office (or what I can see of it). The ...I LOVE your office (or what I can see of it). The colors are gorgeous and I'm impressed by everything you've done to spruce the place up!<BR/><BR/>It sounds like your building was designed when mine at Big Urban was, too--we have TINY offices (everyone does, not just the lecturers), which are pretty concrete-industrial. At least we have plain, hard floors, however, made out of whatever they use for high school hallways.La Lecturesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09892747650463978861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139599674556516782006-02-10T14:27:00.000-05:002006-02-10T14:27:00.000-05:00DUH, just found the link. However I would have lo...DUH, just found the link. However I would have loved to have seen it in situ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139599550049157112006-02-10T14:25:00.000-05:002006-02-10T14:25:00.000-05:00But where is a picture of the rug????But where is a picture of the rug????Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15231380.post-1139599447147207832006-02-10T14:24:00.000-05:002006-02-10T14:24:00.000-05:00How do you find the Bayeux Tapestry digital editio...How do you find the Bayeux Tapestry digital edition? I was considering purchasing it, but held back because it says it requires Mac OS 7 or later...pretty ancient. Is it worth it, do you think?Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08090338190550656545noreply@blogger.com