So on Tuesday, I get an email from Kyle, wondering if I could make a brief video about Romania for a class he’s auditing. Heck yeah, I can! Man, did making these take me back! I’d forgotten how much I love teaching (and all I did was outline). Share:ShareClick to...
Here it is, my list of Thou Shalt Nots (or, at the least, the Me No Like-ys). What are yours? Nega Carta Steep Learning Curve – (I’m looking at you, Robert Jordan circa-WoT-book-7.) Even if the book has a lot of names and places, they need to be slowly added....
I’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. The founder suggests that, in preparation, you list all of the things that you love in novels. The things that you appreciate as a reader are also the things you’ll likely excel at as a writer. These bits of language, color and...
Do you know what the instant recipe for gratitude is? Contrast. For instance: after having a broken keyboard for over 2 months, all it takes is a simple ‘clack clack’ to make me smile Share:ShareClick to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new...
(Hopefully it works out better this time) I just discovered Posterous… and goodreads… and flavors.me What a crazy blagosphere, eh kids? Anyway, more mundane or silly daily updates will be at my Posterous feed. But I’ll keep putting up my writing here. I’m still trying to figure out how to best incorporate my...
i know that what i’ve been posting isn’t exactly what this blag is around for–kurt set it up so that he could share things with his family and friends and asked me to contribute with the easybib.com post, then told me this meant i would be contributing more often, which...
Well, Kurt’s time in RI is winding down. I figured, before I give him back to y’all out west, I’d post a little photo album of our summer together. Warnings: we are barfy (right, Mom?), very pale, and a little boring. Also these pictures miiiight make you long a little...
–Sun – Sudoku; get lost for a half hour while driving to Warwick; pretty great church meetings; groceries; laundry; VH1’s top 100 songs of the 90’s countdown; ravioli with incredible sauce; ‘Lord of War’; reaping the seeds of gluttony; chat with Mom; more SatC –Mon – Sarah at a conference;...
–Sun – last day of sleeping in, I swear!; bagels & an epic omelet; laundry; Psych; visit Dillon; cheap gas!; job application; Kim at Options; revisiting Dillon; ‘Psych’; phone calls & long talks–Mon – Sarah’s home from work; breakfast; ‘Psych’; nap; dinner at Kim’s; Three Sisters for ice cream; fix/set...
I know, I know; I’ve been off the grid for a couple of weeks. I’m sorry. I intend to write up my excuse in a future post entitled ‘An Open Apology to the Aliens Who Abducted Me and Whom I Inflicted Great Destruction Upon Whilst Having a Panic Attack Aboard...