Weekly Roundup: 12/25/2022

Here's a roundup of stuff from this week that I've been doing here, as well as recommendations for stuff to listen to and read elsewhere.

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar

Recently, I heard folks on The Majority Report podcast praising a recent comedy film that I hadn't heard of: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar. It was fantastic and a refreshing entry into the comedy genre.

Covid: Day Five

This will probably be my last daily post during my Covid quarantine. I'll stay in this room for a few more days to ensure that A doesn't get it. But I think this little format has run out of steam.

Covid: Day Four

Today will be a shorter post. Rather than write, I spent most of the day a) submitting grades and b) working on a new track.

Covid: Day Three

I do hope that these posts don't communicate: "pity me!"

Covid: Day Two

My second day of Covid. The good news: A tested this morning and so far continues to come up negative. The bad news: I feel like butt.

Covid: Day One

Well. I made it several years into the Covid-19 pandemic without catching the virus. Unfortunately, my time has come.

Genre and Difference

Here's a short post on how I've integrated some of the genre-thinking across other "recent" posts into my classes this semester.

What is Genre?

A concept that is has been popping up in recent posts is genre. It's not surprising, as genre is central not only to film--increasingly, the focus of this blog--but to rhetoric and writing studies, my academic home. But what *is* genre?