10 Minute Post #2

Most blogs have a recurrent feature, like a weekly post on music or a book review. On my old blog I used to post photos, but since I’m working for anonymity here, I’ve got to forgo that one.  So I’m going to try out the “discussion post” trope, in part because it ironizes the quiet [...]

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Further evidence of my ever-deteriorating writing skills: over-reliance on dashes and dots. I don’t seem to pay attention to the “better” ways of linking phrases.  I just represent thinking with an ellipsis, conclusions with a dash. Perhaps it’s the blog’s fault.  I’m “thinking out loud” here in a way I normally wouldn’t (even my emails [...]

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I didn’t start out this way.

I was supposed to write about being disorganized, but why tell when I can show?  Instead of a coherent post, here’s a list.  A lovely little whiny little list:

I decided to start playing the clarinet again. I don’t know why.  Just an urge.  I was never that good at it;  I was average, maybe.  And [...]

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What I’m up to these days.

The problem with getting a Ph.D. in literature is that it’s hard to explain to people exactly how the dissertation process works. I probably wouldn’t recognize the extreme differences myself but for the fact that Mr. Wizard is also working on a doctorate, but in “the sciences.” Add to this the fact that [...]

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18 Miles of Books

There are two things worth talking about today. No, three. Three things [insert laugh of Sesame Street's Count].

Topic the First: book shopping, and why it makes me minorly panicky and majorly brain dead.

The Second: my dissertation, and why I need to explain to my family what I’m up to these days.

The [...]

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Book Shopping

I’m updating via mobile, not because anyone reads but because I don’t want to fall out of the habit. However, the mobile updating process is not fun, what with the two-fingered typing and two-inch screen. I did buy some books for the diss today, though. And took some pics of the covers of [...]

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Don’t piss off the librarians.

My mom taught public school for 30+ years, and one of the best rules of life to come out of that experience was: don’t ever piss off the janitorial staff. They are key to keeping your classroom running, and yet they are generally underpaid and under-respected for the essential services they provide. If [...]

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10 Minute Post

I’m giving myself 10 minutes to play around on the internet before going back to my reading.  In this short span of time, I offer a question to the group:
Um, what’s up with all the Christian bloggers on WordPress?
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.  It’s just that I noticed most of my “tag surfer” [...]

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