barrington99@gmail.com I think I have a new blog crush. When you log in at Blogspot, in addition to the tools for creating or editing your posts, etc, there is a little sidebar of links called “Blogs of Note,” that changes every week. It’s kind of an impulse aisle where you can click on random blogs with … Read more
I was interested in this article about Chemo-brain that appeared in USA Today on Thursday. A recent study of breast-cancer survivors suggests that that chemotherapy changes the brain’s frontal cortex functions, and that memory loss associated with chemo lasts much longer than originally thought—a decade or longer. No one seems worried that any patients will … Read more
I think of myself as a person who owns a grapefruit knife. I recently bought a bag of grapefruit on sale at the grocery. At home, I cut one open, and reached into our “everything but the silverware drawer” to rummage for the grapefruit knife. I know what it looks like; it has thin metal … Read more
Five weeks into the semester, and it feels like its been months. I’m just slogging through it, social excursions at a minimum. I finally snuck out to see Little Miss Sunshine on Sunday and felt like a rebel. This past weekend was particularly tough, as I needed to read and note feedback on 18 student … Read more
Last year, Paul produced one of the ten finalist films in Coca-Cola’s Refreshing Young Filmmakers Award. (It was called “The Kiss,” and you can see it here.) This year he has dreams of going all the way. The contest, which began in 1998, is open to college film students only. The winning film garners a … Read more
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned that after attending many classes at the beginning of the term, one that made the cut was Old English…not like “good ol’ english” but like the English that was spoken back in the 6th through the 11th century. Beowulf is the famous literary peice that was originally written in … Read more
I just woke up from a nap and realized how appropriate is the term “falling” asleep. For me it’s a free fall, and almost as fast (I am generally sleep deprived, yes). I hit sleep like concrete and dark waters at the bottom of a deep well. And waking up, it feels like I have … Read more
Five loads of laundry in the morning. We’re back living at our old apartment now so this means driving it to the laudromat that is here on the compound. Decided to go wild and use dryer sheets, which I don’t normally remember–static cling isn’t really at the top of ones clothing woes when the average … Read more
Sunday night before the new school term starts tomorrow. I think by now it is pretty firmly established that I LIKE going to school. I’ve been going to school every chance I could get for the last few decades. So why do I still feel that gnawing Sunday night pre-school anxiety? Up until yesterday I … Read more
