Well, I got into the Masters of Professional Writing (MPW) program at USC for fall, which makes me happy. I’m not absolutely sure it’s my next step, but I like to know that it could be. I need to investigate the availability of T.A. positions. If I get one, it would be a lot like … Read more
Before we were “in the know” enough to know that the best games are generally not available at K-Mart, Paul and I used to go to K-Mart and look at games. Truthfully, we went to K-Mart to look at most things. Alice Springs, AU was a fairly uncomplicated place to live as a consumer. There … Read more
I used to be into musical instruments. I played several, some of them well. This was not one of them. In ninth grade or thereabouts, my parents sprung for a very nice flute, open hole, solid silver head. We found it in the paper and bought it from a guy, who I believe was a … Read more
For those of you who patiently bore my obsessive rants, posts, and questionnaires about dynamic ridesharing…you can see the resulting essay here, attached as a “written statement” to my profile for a contest sponsored by Keen Footwear, who look like a pretty interesting company based in Portland, OR. Winners announced by March 24. A lot … Read more
Friday I woke up with a sticky right eye—my first experience of the dreaded and reported “pink-eye” I have heard about for years. The pink-eye arrived in the wake of a lingering throat malady that had arrived in the wake of a hideous flu/cold that took me by storm. Such everyday illnesses, especially series of … Read more
All My Life for Sale is a book by John Freyer, who in 2000, on the road back to Iowa after a summer job in New York realized that he was basically returning because of his possessions. He says, “the objects I owned were making decisions for me.” Subsequently, he put everything on E-bay and … Read more
I’ve been a little down lately…maybe a lot down, I won’t deny it…but I feel I’m working through it. One nice thing is I do feel I am back to work after all the travel and sickness. It helps that I finally figured out a place to work. I now have what Virginia Woolf, Stephen … Read more
The bigger and more colossal the pick-up truck, the more likely it will have one of those fish with the cross for an eye on its bumper. What’s the connection do you think? My theory is that the drivers have faith that God will come down with more oil when we’ve used it all up.
Back when I started this blog, I invited people to read it. My mother read it once or twice, and so did my uncle. When I was visiting my parents, I saw an email from my uncle and opened it to see how he was. He thought I was long-winded. My mother responded that she … Read more
Unpacking and re-packing to leave the hotel, I did an itemization. For one week in New York and surrounds: 11 pairs socks 14 pairs underpants 3 pairs tights 3 skirts 3 pairs pants 2 two pairs sweat pants1 pair North-face waterproof pants4 bras 1 top with a built in bra 4 tank tops 3 T-shirts … Read more