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Mothballed
Given that I have no control over who "friends" me here at Livejournal, I have made the decision to mothball this variant of The Pondering Tree. When livejournal gives me the ability to kick such people out of my blog, I'll bring it back to frontline status ( Read more... ) -
Pondering Shooter Games.
I've had the new XBox for about a week or two now. For those that lost track, Trinity got me an XBox 360 as an early birthday present. I've always wanted one but I've always been somewhat worried about getting one. My fear is that the damned thing will chew up my time that should be spent on writing, with my girlfriend, teaching, working out, ( Read more... ) -
Post Crispy Monday with some history, writing and video game ponderings.
Trinity and I, at long last, finally made it to the pool yesterday. The cloud cover cleared off around 1230 hours and from then on out we had perfect blue skies until we left at 1630 hours for dinner ( Read more... ) -
Personal wars and their cost.
Personal wars, not the kind of wars fought between nations or non-state terrorists, but the interpersonal kind between people, that is what I'm pondering today ( Read more... ) -
Book Trailer: After America by John Birmingham
Also known at this blog as Research Project Number - 04.
I had a very, very small part in this and it gives me goosebumps to see the trailer.
So buy the book when it comes out this summer!
Respects,
Steven Francis Murphy
Author of The Limb Knitter and Tearing Down Tuesday
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Pondering the Fallacy of Presentism in History Classes and in American Science Fiction.
Sometimes when I read my student's essay responses to the exam, I wonder what they are thinking. Or worse, what they are being taught outside of my classroom ( Read more... ) -
What is America?
A couple of semesters back I took American Literature II with Terri Lowry, who is the instructor in a Creative Writing class that I take over and over again to maintain some level of skill. It should be noted that while I hold a minor in English, none of my coursework is in American Literature ( Read more... ) -
First Week of Lifeguard Training, among other things.
The Lifeguard FrontGood news. I passed the initial swim test. Granted, it was not pretty but I passed. It was probably not smart eating a slice of cake an hour before the exam but I was tired and hungry. I didn't think it would do to fall asleep in the pool ( Read more... ) -
Pondering the Things Doing On.
Dad's back in the ER this evening, making it his second trip in as many nights. Not good.
Have a thought for him.
The Doings OnWell, potential snag on the lifeguard front. It seems when I signed up that they are short two students. Hopefully they'll square that up or run the class anyway. In any case, I should noodle around the ( Read more... )
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