Questions for myself:

Why do I blog without an alias?
This blog started out as an impersonal storage space for my technology workshop series. It was a place for resource links, class outlines, and participant questions. I never thought I would be using this blog as all things Eric. It is now a respository of personal and professional thoughts and reflections. It’s a mix of my 9am - 5pm and my weekends. I post photos from my life in Oregon. It’s a journal and yet it’s a professional portfolio for my graduate program. My name is Eric Stoller. Read my posts, make some comments if you’d like, and have a great day!

Would you like to be featured in the Oregon State University Teaching With Writing Newsletter from the Writing Intensive Curriculum?
Sure! In fact, feel free to “print excerpts from my blog.” (What was I thinking…)

How would you feel if your personal writings mingled with your real world professional self?
I guess I have to realize that this blog is “out there.” It’s read by a few folks in a few states. I get Googled. People check out the site for a few seconds and then they move on.

What happens if your student affairs colleagues read the newsletter with snippets of your blog?
1) Panic….at least a little bit.
2) Inquire as to what posts were printed
3) Dig through a friends recycling to find a copy of the newsletter.
4) Gasp (while going very pale)!
5) See that the newsletter contains excerpts from this post — Oppression Harms the Oppressor.
6) Realize that several people now know that you are divorced.
7) Calm down and consider that you were and always have been honest on this blog.
8) Hope that my friends and colleagues continue to read my blog even after it eventually moves over to ericstoller.com.
9) Thank T and C for allowing me to vent, rant, and professionally freak out.
10) Thank the WIC for making me process the phrase “professional distance.”