The other evening, in a restaurant, the waitress called me Ma'am. It was as though I aged thirty years in an instant. Ma'am.

I got out of bed this morning thinking I would write a page for my syllabus or lab manual or book or something discussing the definition of "Math" and how studying Math is the process of clearly defining certain things and ( Read more... )

So it's been a while, LJ. I don't think it's ever been quite so long a while before. Suffice it to say, "life" has been happening, as much of a life as I tend to have, anyway. In other words, "work" has been happening, and not much else ( Read more... )

Just a quick post to say that I liked the "FAQ" letters in this post from Neil Gaiman's blog and to mention that reading the post made me realize how much I appreciate the freedom Wells' creative writing program offered me. I pretty much just wrote what I wanted to, without concern for restrictions away from "genre."

Also, Neil's words, "I find ( Read more... )

I keep coming up with witty things to write here, but then I forget them by the time I get around to sitting at a computer ( Read more... )

...the alien egg is gone ( Read more... )

I recently signed up for alerts from The Chronicle. 99% of the titles that sound interesting are for subscribers only (which, right now, is too expensive for me to justify), but I still find a few gems in free articles, like these videos.

Old Spice Guy...



and a response/parody...



The Chronicle is also where I found out about Freecycle. ( Read more... )

I can't remember with whom I was speaking (or, if I were saying this instead of writing it, "who I was talking to"), but I mentioned that I've kept a blog for ages. And then I corrected myself and said, "Well, actually, I've kept an online journal for a while. Blogs and online journals are different." And the person with whom I was speaking (and ( Read more... )

So I went back to the ol' hometown this past weekend since some friends of my older brother (who is out at sea, somewhere) tied the knot. The whole family attended, and it was nice to see Megan again, and to meet Nevets's new girlfriend (though we didn't get to have a "Spit-off," as Steve's been calling it).

( more on visiting home under the cut )

Evidently, during the last week of class, attendance is optional ( Read more... )

Well, song, really. It goes like this:

By the first toilet seat
there’s an empty roll
Hop on over
to the very next stall

But lyin’ in the water
someone left feces…
Turn around quick
to stall number three

Ain’t got much choice,
gotta do your job now
Thanks for dancin’
the restroom ho-downAfter a long hiatus of not writing jack-bob, this is ( Read more... )