Archive for March, 2006

Leaving on a jet plane. But I know when I’ll be back again. Tuesday.

So in two days we leave on our journey to Texas Tech in Lubbock, TX where they shall try to woo me into entering their rhetoric program. It should be fun. It would be more fun if I didn’t feel like breathing took a lot of effort at the moment and if I could actually [...]

Alexander Pope wrote “The Rape of the Lock.” And thus I write about wanting to batter a lock.

Today was not an exceptional day, not at all like the brilliant days of wonderfulness of which I’ve grown accustomed. The first bad part is that I’m sick. The horrible sinus infection/racking cough contributed to the rest of the day’s quality, I’m sure.
It rained. All day. And then I got locked out of the office [...]

Chicag-a-go-go.

So we just got back (last night, actually) from Chicago and the CCCC. What does this C-based acronym stand for, you ask? Well, I’m not completely sure…but I think it has something to do with “Conference on College Composition and Communication.” I think. Don’t hold me to that.
I learned many things about conferences. They have [...]

Spring break. What a misnomer.

Spring break is nearly over, and I haven’t accomplished much of anything that I set out to do. I’ve only slept a normal amount, first of all. I had planned a few all-day sleeping fests, but that didn’t happen. My body wouldn’t allow me to actually sleep for more than 10ish hours at a time. [...]

If I had a semblance of a theme in this post, I could title it.

Before I’m found dead under a bridge somewhere, I’d like to take a moment and thank my brother-in-law Brian for coming through with some fabulous toy train instructions complete with line drawings.
In other news, our trip to the U of M (Minnesota) went well. They have a fantastic usability lab. I was jealous. Well, I [...]