Recently I attended a speech given by the Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne, a world-renowned English particle physicist and Anglican priest. It was a great experience and I'm posting my notes here, typed in paragraph form.

The Compatibility of Science and Religion
by Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne, particle physicist and Anglican priest

[Notes are abridged and ( Read more... )

Both of these were read for English class. Just some notes and thoughts.

Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Seamus Heaney (trans.)
213 pages (trade paperback)
Genre: Poetry/Literary/Historical

I really like Heaney's translation, though Kennedy's strict adherence to the poetic structure is attractive. Here though, Heaney's voice shines through as he ( Read more... )

The way things are working out, I'm going to have two essays and all the research for a 5-10 page research paper due the Monday right after Confluence. Woe. I meant to start the narrative essay yesterday, but I can't think of an awkward situation that would make a good essay. Class is at the main campus library tonight, so I'll get preliminary ( Read more... )

Yesterday was my first class for the English 101 course I'm taking, Composition & Critical Thought. The professor is funny and engaging; we're writing a research paper, but we get to pick any illustration from the main textbook to research/analyze. The textbook, Seeing and Writing 3 by Donald and Christine McQuade, is wonderful. I think the course ( Read more... )

I'm so tired, it's not even funny. Staring at the computer screen for 4 hours does that to you. Glad I don't have any pressing homework. Don't know what the hell I'm going to do if this ends up printing wrong ( Read more... )

I've barely thought about Alex recently, much less written any more of her story. My writing has been more and more neglected--I haven't even gotten around to finishing book reviews for LJ. I owe two banners to various friends, promises I made a month ago, and I don't remember when I last opened Photoshop. I just found a great resource for movies, ( Read more... )

Went to the book sale today! The science fiction section was woefully tiny (encompassing fantasy), but I find a few worthwhile books to buy. I was tempted by a few thick volumes by David Eddings, Anne McCaffrey, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, but I've read enough negative reviews of them to resist.

However, I did buy both volumes of Roger Zelazny's ( Read more... )

Thanks so much,
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Whee! Dad bought a new laptop yesterday, and it's newly up and running right now. Turns out we do have a microphone, apparently (as well as a webcam), so maybe I'll make a voicepost sometime. Tomorrow I really need to work on my English project though -- writing my commercial analysis speech and then memorizing it. Oh, the fun.

I'm supposed to be typing up my English essay draft right now, but I just wasted an hour catching up on LJ. Ah well. For a list of favorite books: http://community.livejournal.com/bookshare/194586.html

Any book recommendations? I can't promise that I'll read it for a few months, considering the size of my to-read list (only somewhere around 70-80 ( Read more... )