Comments for Brian Sarnacki

Comment on Teaching Professor Blog by Adalberto

Adalberto — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:13:43 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I really appreciate your
efforts and I will be waiting for your further write ups thanks
once again.

Comment on Radiant Textuality by kocaeli

kocaeli — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:21:54 +0000

This is getting a bit more subjective, but I much prefer the Zune Marketplace. The interface is colorful, has more flair, and some cool features like ‘Mixview’ that let you quickly see related albums, songs, or other users related to what you’re listening to. Clicking on one of those will center on that item, and another set of “neighbors” will come into view, allowing you to navigate around exploring by similar artists, songs, or users. Speaking of users, the Zune “Social” is also great fun, letting you find others with shared tastes and becoming friends with them. You then can listen to a playlist created based on an amalgamation of what all your friends are listening to, which is also enjoyable. Those concerned with privacy will be relieved to know you can prevent the public from seeing your personal listening habits if you so choose.

Comment on Value of the Humanities by Svetlana Rasmussen

Svetlana Rasmussen — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 02:44:12 +0000

So then where should humanists publish in defense of their science and how should they access a placement in such publications?

Does something like this – http://journalstar.com/news/opinion/mailbag/letter-ignorant-column/article_f4753291-ef96-51d7-aa6a-98b0bf646d3f.html – count more that Inside Higher Ed and Perspectives articles or?

Comment on Clubs of GR by mel

mel — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:43:54 +0000

One of my first “afterschool” jobs in 1980 was as server in the main dining
room of the Penn Club. I waited on Sammy Davis Jr. and the Amway founders. Weges, MacInerneys and Samuelsons were regulars.

Comment on Radiant Textuality by DuefecepeMinc

DuefecepeMinc — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:02:11 +0000

shoe lifts insoles are not just for all those who seek an improve in height

http://www.topsitetally.com/member/33415/

Comment on Radiant Textuality by DuefecepeMinc

DuefecepeMinc — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:57:15 +0000

Getting an instant height increase from shoe lifts isn’t just for celebrities

http://www.jopydental.com/userinfo.php?uid=660

Comment on Single Life and Marriage in the 20th Century by Svetlana Rasmussen

Svetlana Rasmussen — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:57:04 +0000

Ok, I’m sorry, I guess I should have offered constructive criticism outright.

I thought about it for the last few days and here is what I would have come up with if this class were mine (I guess I could make it my class, couldn’t I?)

1) Think of a fictional class not in terms of books to read and things to watch, but the themes by weeks. So under your original title one could have come up with class themes like “bachelors at the turn of the century America” or “Working women in turn of the century America” or “Family life in Soviet Russia after WWII” (based on watching such wonderful films as “The Thief” (dir. Pavel Chukhrai – check this out, it is in the UNL library and I believe easily Netflixable/ordered) and “The Edge” (came out recently, but more fictionalized compared to “the Thief”)

2) Either limited the title to America’s white middle class or tried to come up with the title that would be both engaging and more cosmopolitan
Title 1 “Men and Women In and Out of Bed in America and Europe after WWII”
Title 2 “Men, Women, Sex: Family and Social life in Europe and America after WWII”

3) The best part: get students to read something and watch something for every theme covered in class. Aside from classics like “Leave it to Beaver” and the Russian ones I named, I recently discovered for myself a guy named Ed Wood and his film “Glen or Glenda.” I could also include watching Mystery Science Theater 3000 shorts “A Date with Your Family” and “Are You Ready for Marriage?” and a documentary on the “Little Red Schoolbook” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Red_Schoolbook) , as well as chapters on the history of Russian sexuality in the 20th century from Igor Kon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Kon). Some episodes from Alfred Hitchcock Presents might also be useful – he has some nice stuff on the 50s’ sensibilities.

Comment on Single Life and Marriage in the 20th Century by Brian Sarnacki

Brian Sarnacki — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:20:46 +0000

I had thought of this issue, particularly thinking I’d use episodes of various non-middle class and non-white family sitcoms (as well as addressing the issue through articles and lectures). If I ever actually teach the class I imagine the reading list would be tweaked, so if you have some good titles feel free to suggest them. But in the end, there was just a limit to how much effort I wanted to put into a fictional class

Comment on Single Life and Marriage in the 20th Century by Svetlana Rasmussen

Svetlana Rasmussen — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:33:31 +0000

Actually, “Single Life and Marriage in the 20th Century White Middle and Upper-class America”

Comment on Does size matter? by Svetlana Rasmussen

Svetlana Rasmussen — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 23:00:58 +0000

Now I look back at your post and see the economic, political and cultural dimension to a small city. What I wonder is if there are similarly distinctive dimensions to the mid-size and big city. It is just a question of curiosity.