Research Assistant Position

Good news! I was offered a Research Assistant position by one of my Professors from last semester. I could use a little extra money. The Professor is Jeswald Salacuse.

New Blog

Check it out: http://www.tuftsmarathonchallenge.com/runners/chrisboundy

I have two blogs! I'm some kind of internet superwizard.

MLK JR

It is a tremendous thing to have the day celebrating the life of America's foremost civil rights advocate the day before the inauguration of its first African-American President. It seems like a topic so rich for discussion: is the Obama Presidency the culmination of the civil rights effort? Is it realization of Dr. King's dream? Is it the end of all dreams deferred?

But who is to address these questions? They receive only the most superficial discussion in the press. And President Obama has responsibilities as its Chief Executive that will probably counsel against an extended analysis of the arc of the struggle for equal rights.

How do we define changes in race relations as they are occurring?

Shopping Day

Tomorrow is shopping day--a full day of class teasers. I'm pretty sure I know what I want to take. But, then again, that's what I thought last semester before being sent into a tailspin. I'll let you know the results tomorrow night.

And thanks very much for the package of Christmas goodies. I'm drinking the coffee right now...

You won't believe who I ran into...

Gene Robinson. That's right, the gay bishop who has caused such consternation at the Ascension Church (and elsewhere) came to St. Paul's last night to present a film he's a part of called "For the Bible Tells Me So."

The film was interesting. It followed four or five stories of children coming out to their parents in religious families. It certainly wasn't impartial, but it was interesting. Much was made of Dick Gephardt and his daughter (see the movie poster below).

Part of the Q&A afterwards talked about coming out as a political act, and how coming out created a snowball effect--forty years ago few people knew someone who was homosexual (in making this statement Robinson allowed for the caveat of "the two strange old women living alone together down the street") but of course the same thing can't be said today.

Still, although I know many, many gay and lesbians, it surprises me that no one in the old crew has turned out to be gay or lesbian. But maybe I'm speaking prematurely. Robinson didn't come out until he was nearly 40...

Photos

Photos from Florida:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisboundy/sets/72157612149193103/

Photos from Christmas:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisboundy/sets/72157612200989040/

Enjoy!

IPOD!!!

Will someone find my ipod please? $250. The last time I remember seeing it was when Chris, Amy and I were making Christmas CDs. Then I remember Chris flipping through it, and that's it. Ugh. It has to be in the house somewhere. It has to be.