April 6th - MY day ... my 25202nd day!

[cool_moose]

Goddamn! I just racked up another year! Most people my age just hum and hope nobody notices - but not me. I like my age although it surprises me and it's hard to believe I'm 69. (No smartass comments about the digits, s'il vous plait

Comments

[aaronapps]

1937 ooooo... peculiar-body-shape-orgy

I hope you're around for many more years. =)

[halogencycle]

Happy birthday!

This may be a naive question, but what exactly does it mean to present a paper at a conference? Is it just presenting it to other people in the field who might be interested? Or is this a formal part of having it published in an academic journal?

[cool_moose]

Thanks Jason :-)

In this case, a bit of both. Sometimes it's just a matter of presenting (orally and in paper form) a 'paper' (essay, perhaps) and sometimes, as in this NEASECS conference in Salem, Mass, the 7 or 8 papers are intended to be published somewhere. When I find out more, I'll let you know.
I have every expectation that you will be an accomlished 'paper-giving' academic (and much more!) some day. Just count the number of responders you already get! It seems you are the 'new Kieran'.

[halogencycle]

Haha, but Kieran does it by being interesting and brilliant. Most of my entries are about homework and rain.

[cool_moose]

The trick to great writing is the ability to describe ordinary things in ways that make them become alive and vital. You share that talent with Kiearan, Jason - even if you don't realize it.

[keenman]

I hope you had a great birthday! A little after the fact because I'm just getting caught up on LJ after my trip to Las Vegas. I'll have to read up on Chatterton: from what you say, it sounds like he was a literary genius.

I'd be really interested to see how you use Powerpoint. I'll try to remember the next time I come up to Vancouver. :-)

[cool_moose]

Now you're in trouble! I'll send you some stuff on Bristol's 'marvelous boy' (Wordsworth) - a sort of 'John Lennon' of his day. He's the prototypical icon of the 'ignored genius' of the Romantic era - a gifted youth, isolated by circumstance.

A young lady studying in Belarus contacted me a couple of weeks ago after stumbling upon a reference to me in some journal - she's doing her thesis on Chatterton and the libraries in Minsk are devoid of anything useful. So I've been pipelining her with his story, image, etc.

As to PowerPoint, I always use it as a diagrammatic tool - not the 'point highlight' crap that is so numbing.

Great to hear about your new residence!!

[tisoi]

Hey Tom, I didn't know you had a new journal. I saw you comment in someone else's journal and I was like "hey, I recognized that face." hehe.

[cool_moose]

You're added, of course. I don't know how I missed you when I set it up - but it's taken care of now. I haven't been very prolific in LJ recently, although I read the friends' entries of both 'tomcan' and the new 'cool_moose'when I'm in town and not 'running around' as I have been doing this winter. But spring is here!!!
Happy Easter to you and your family.

[shofarot]

Back reading some of my LJ favourites in my usual scatter-brained kind of way. Funny how the days just roll by, I mean what the hell happened to April? It seems as though I was fired yesterday, when in fact it has been three weeks and ten countries later - hostie de tabernacle!!!

How about lunch this Saturday - rain or shine? I'll make sure to bring my laptop so that we can do Powerpoint Venn Diagrams and flow charts with float-in Chattertons...

Happy Returns Ol' Bean!

Sunday, pm !!

[cool_moose]

You must be climbing on an Air Canada flight in the next day or two. YAY!
But, alas, Saturday is out. Somewhere back there I think I either commented or e-mailed that Sandra and I are off to Seattle sometime tomorrow (Thursday) to attend Jim Stark's wedding on Saturday - and for some upkeep on le bateau. Damn - if you'd got here today, I could have used your youth & energy to spiff up the @#$%^&* boat.
We'll be getting back to Van sometime on Sunday afternoon - THEN the oyster stew and/or Starbucks. YES.
You'll probably feel a bit confused/deflated/disorganized for a few days - I always did after 'returning' from a time away in far off places. But it passes quickly if you get re-focused quickly on the 'new stuff'.

[cool_moose]

Are you in windy-North-Van? (Monday pm)

[shofarot]

I sure am! I now have a phone, so you can ring me on 604-710-2694. Are you free at all in the next little while?