Chaucer Pardoner stuff to get at library (often updated)

Gabriele Cocco. “I Trowe He were a Gelding or a Mare. A Veiled Description of a Bent Pardoner.” Neophilologus (2008) 92:359–366. Downloaded PDF.
Rowland, Beryl. Animal Imagery and the Pardoner’s Abnormality. Neophilologus Volume 48 Issue 1, 56-60. Dec 1964. Req’d via Summit 05-11-08 (U of O).
Green, Richard Firth. “Further Evidence for Chaucer’s Representation of the [...]

don’t-forget-to-do list

respond to N.L. and T.
practice with my own enthymeme
take Seligman’s signature strengths questionnaire at authentichappiness.org
arrange date to present Weaver’s “Language is Sermonic”
finish revising letter and c.v.
copy Mills’ Discourse (due Feb 4)
[Heheh, here's what you call a fascinating blog post!]

Elbow and Bartholomae and Emerson (note to self: get a copy of this)

This looks interesting, especially the Emersonian angle.
Wiley, Mark. “Writing in the American Grain: Peter Elbow’s and David Bartholomae’s Emersonian Pedagogies of Empowerment.” Writing Instructor, v9 n1-2 p57-66 Fall-Win 1990.
ABSTRACT: Argues that, although Peter Elbow’s and David Bartholomae’s pedagogies attempt in different ways to authorize students to write, both rely on the experience and resistance to [...]

Vicki Tolar Burton article on John Wesley (note to self: get a copy)

Vicki Tolar Burton, “John Wesley and the Liberty to Speak: The Rhetorical and Literacy Practices of Early Methodism.” College Composition and Communication, Vol. 53, No. 1 (Sep., 2001), pp. 65-91 doi:10.2307/359063
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0010-096X(200109)53%3A1%3C65%3AJWATLT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Y#abstract

Link to “New Testament, Byzantine, Patristic and Early Medieval Rhetoric: Selected Sources”

For future reference, a short bibliography from Wake Forest University: New Testament, Byzantine, Patristic and Early Medieval Rhetoric: Selected Sources.

an unusual sensation (at least for me)

I just found and listened to the microcassette I had recorded on July 26, 2004 (when I had been having some trouble with tendinitis in my hand(s), and was using this to record thoughts). It’s about five minutes long, I’d guess. I don’t remember recording it. But, thing is, now I’m impressed with my speaking. [...]

Christ is baptized, the world is made holy (possibly use for Akira’s baptism)

Note to myself to possibly use for this for Akira’s baptism:
With Christ’s glorious appearance to the world, earth’s waters were sanctified. Draw water from the Savior’s fountains. For now Christ our God has made every creature holy. (p. 1429 Benedictine Daily Prayer — antiphon for The Baptism of the Lord)
Christ is baptized, the world [...]