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Fall Review
Image via Wikipedia During 2007’s fall break, I took a breather and penned (odd word for a blog post, but I’ll use it) an update on how the semester was going and the changes I was going through at that time. A question from Brother Thomas and my friend Rani’s firing up of her own …
When Bush speaks, you just get all the anxiety and none of the reassurance, because his presence inevitably reminds you of all the plans and projects that have gone awry over the past eight years. The bully pulpit only works if people think you can lead them to a better place. And there just aren’t …
There ought to be behind the door of every happy, contented man some one standing with a hammer continually reminding him with a tap that there are unhappy people; that however happy he may be, life will show him her claws sooner or later, trouble will come for him—disease, poverty, losses, and no one will …
A couple times a month I’m asked to speak at tech, Linux, and PHP student conferences at various types of events, which would be a flattering opportunity if I was a naturally more tactful person and therefore not worried about dropping f-bombs in a room full of technology-persuing Christian undergrads v-nessa.net » All Work and …
Writing research papers
First in a (no doubt about it) ongoing series. When I had to do my first literature review, and my first big grad school paper, last fall, I asked my mentor, The Indomitable Cassidy, for her advice. Here’s what she said: I actually like starting with a “haphazard search,” but I prefer to start in …
“The Midnight Disease”
A few years ago, I read and enjoyed Alice W. Flaherty’s memoir, The Midnight Disease. Suffering from postpartum depression after the death of her newborn child, she began experiencing hypergraphia — the uncontrollable urge to write. She filled pages and pages with her writing, and couldn’t stop — the opposite of writer’s block. Flaherty is …
When it comes to Hollywood, Alan Moore can’t catch a break, not that he necessarily wants one. The price of being a visionary is that everyone wants to use your vision to show how much of a visionary they are. The Watchmen Film Trailer Creates Buzz For Movie | Top 50 WTF Moments In Comics …
People use books like law school. They think if they have some piece of paper – a degree, a contract – then people will respect them and then they’ll respect themselves. But self-respect comes from having some sort of vision for one’s life and heading in that direction. And there is no one who can …
Birthday horoscope for Sept. 24
Here’s the regular daily ‘scope: People are more impressed by your efficiency than by your eagerness to please. You need to back up your smiles with an authentic performance. Additional diplomacy must be carried in your toolbox. Here’s usually the most interesting thing. Let’s make a date to check it next year, shall we? If …
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