• “We could live forever but we’ll never be this young again”

    “We could live forever but we’ll never be this young again”

    So, as a continuation of my concert history (see this entry for part one), I saw another show a few weeks ago.  My third one in 5 weeks – the only 3 I’ve seen since I moved to Dallas. The Limousines played with The Sounds in Dallas about 2 and a half weeks ago.  They […]

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  • How not to write a textbook

    So this morning you got a medium-sized post about something happy and not at all work or school related.  Now you get a short (hopefully) post in which I vent about something school-related. Also, sorry for all the swearing that is about to follow.  I usually try to keep swearing to a minimum on here, […]

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  • Shiny new toy!

    I’ve been waiting for the Blackberry Bold 9900 to come out for AT&T ever since I first heard about it. I had a Bold 9000 that I loved the most out of any phone I’ve ever had. I lost that phone on campus at Ursinus (RIP Angela’s Blackberry Bold 9000, October 2009-December 2, 2009) and […]

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  • “American girls, they want the whole world.”

    “American girls, they want the whole world.”

    In this entry I’m going to depart from talking about grad school or teaching at all and talk about something I’ve been thinking about lately.  I’m not sure how entertaining these stories will be to someone who wasn’t there, so I apologize if this entry is boring to everyone but me. I really love listening […]

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  • Short update

    Three weeks from today is Thanksgiving. In five weeks I’ll be in Pennsylvania for my friend’s wedding. In six weeks the semester will be over. In seven and a half weeks it will be Christmas. I can’t believe winter is so close.  Some days this time of year, Texas is its old self – yesterday […]

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  • What a difference a day makes!

    Today has been a roller coaster day. It started this morning when I stopped at Starbucks for some morning coffee.  As is the custom, on November 1st (today!) they begin using their winter cups.  The first week or so that the red cups with snow-scenes on them are used, it puts a smile on my […]

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