Another semester has come to its midpoint, a sentence punctuated by an all-too-insufficient hyphen known as KU's Fall Break.

Don't get me wrong; at least WE get one. ASU sucks forever as the school that gives no vacation until Thanksgiving ( Read more... )

Some force in the universe is seeing that I am well taken-care-of ( Read more... )

[crossposted to both the blog and the livejournal]

In the shadow of Katrina and Rita, a single fire seems a minor concern. For my neighbors, it wasn't.

At about 1:30 this morning I witnessed the burning of an apartment building about 50 yards from my front door. The aftermath was shocking. The building went up and was completely in flames ( Read more... )