Which American accent do you have?
Neutral
You're not Northern, Southern, or Western, you`re just plain -American-. Your national identity is more important than your local identity, because you don`t really have a local identity. You might be from the region in that map, which is defined by this kind of accent, but you could easily not be. Or ( Read more... )

This summer I will be in a 5 week seminar course studying graphic novels. Good thing I'm somewhat familiar with the topic and material, because it could otherwise be overwhelming to learn in 5 weeks. It is taught by the same professor who does the Storytelling courses and she is awesome. Very rigorous, and also very supportive. Here are the texts ( Read more... )

remind me if you are part of GoodReads or LibraryThing. Anybody have any love or hate stories about these services? Should I join? Any opinions welcome.

Wow.

In addition to two large textbooks, here is the list of trade books we are reading this semester ( Read more... )

Budget cuts not good for public libraries.

Drool over this. Too bad I can't be there for the whole thing.

Susan Stockdale (2008). Fabulous Fishes. Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers ( Read more... )

So, I just turned in my final paper for my Storytelling class and my final paper for other class is due Tuesday. After that I have 6 weeks until the start of my next semester. One might think I would use this time to rest and relax, and hopefully I will. But perhaps of greater importance will be reading some of the 100 plus chapter books that are a ( Read more... )

When you are trying to do homework, someone in the family will need you, even when they are supposed to be sleeping.