Monthly Archives: March 2007

I just realized the link I put up to my personal essay was wrong.  Sorry about the confusion.  You can read the real essay here.

On Tuesday, I mentioned to my writing group that when I was in college my freshman year, I had an interesting way of doing laundry.  I had a clean pile, and a dirty pile.  When the clean pile got too … Continue reading →

So, I’m not sure how many people actually read these things, but I enjoy writing them.  It gives me a good opportunity to think about my writing and how I do what I do and why.  I have to say, … Continue reading →

My wife suggested that I post my Masters Thesis to my website, and since it’s catch-all Friday, I figured why not.  So for all of you out there who have always wondered why you’ve never watched a really good Huckleberry … Continue reading →

No–it’s not poetry that I wrote three years ago.  It’s a book/poem that my three year old son just came up with.  He took out our Goodnight Moon book and brought it over to one of his stuffed animals (named … Continue reading →

As this semester winds down, the job search is heating up.  On Monday I sent out five applications to different libraries–three academic and two public.  This means that, theoretically, I could be moving in as little as a month from … Continue reading →

This week’s academic paper is focused on why Jar Jar Binks sounded so ridiculous to everyone. The short answer? It’s because his dialect is grossly inconsistent and fails to follow linguistic principles, which in turn renders it confusing and disturbing … Continue reading →