Author Archives: lizcameron

Kenne calls in the Turkish military to deal with the Socktopus

Posted on January 19, 2012 by lizcameron

What are the Socktopus and the Turkish military doing in my dresser?  I don’t know the answer to that – but there they both were – in my dresser – this very morning.  My close friends and family know that my … Continue reading →

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The Karagoz puppets shake their fists at SOPA and PIPA

Posted on January 18, 2012 by lizcameron

All day, the puppets have been marching around the house, fists raised in air in what I thought was an homage to Tommie Smith and John Carlos during the Mexico Olympics but soon found out was not…this time.  Those puppets, … Continue reading →

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A Tiryaki Haze on the first day of school

Posted on January 17, 2012 by lizcameron

  It’s the first day of the spring semester.  As one of my students put it in an email last week, “you are going to need to find all of us – little pebbles in the forest – wash us … Continue reading →

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