( Wherein I talk about faith stuff ... )

I've reviewed difrancis 's newest book Bitter Night both at Barnes and Noble and at Amazon. It will take some time before my reviews (under my reviewer-pen-name waxen wings) will show up in either place.

When I am no longer feeling fuzzy with sickly funk, I'll post something a little more detailed here. But basically, it was a fabulous read. I honestly had ( Read more... )

I had to give my dear friend, Drie, credit today for refraining from a well deserved 'I told you so' when I told her the sob-story of my crash-and-burn illness. She's told me almost every time we talked about all the insanity I was up to (and how little I was sleeping as a result) for well over a month now that I needed to stop and sleep more or my ( Read more... )

Got my most recent paper back from Early American Literatures. Prof loved it. I have another one due this week. I have no idea what to write. I've picked a favorite pair of texts and cannot muster the brain power to say anything intelligent about them. Curses. Expecting the rough philosophy exam back this afternoon. Although I probably won't do ( Read more... )

Serous exhaustion. Was falling asleep in class. That's only happened to me once before.

Will try to say something of substance at some point. For now all I've got is that I'm still alive.

( Kvetching ... )

Particularly since sonflower886 cannot stalk me on facebook any more access other social networking sites, I'm really trying to write here more often.

I had a delightful moment on the phone (to call it a conversation would be a stretch I think) with a student's parent today. The student has been out sick a lot this trimester (according to the student herself, ( Read more... )

AOL's 'news' today had an interesting blurb of an article about The Key to a Happy Marriage. I'm mostly interested in the first two paragraphs, which claim (based on highly scientific opinion polls) that a marriage is more likely to stay together if the wife is A) Younger and B) better educated than the husband. The same, the author says, is not ( Read more... )

My whole life is behind. In case you were unaware.

First, I have finished and need desperately to review Eyes Like Stars bylisamantchev ; it was simply brilliant; more to come. Second, I'm half way through  jimhines newest book, The Mermaid's Madness; thus far, it is excellent; more when it is finished. Third, and due to nepotism, most important, difrancis's newest book Bitter ( Read more... )

I unintentionally (we'll find out if it turns out to be accidentally) told my middle school students I keep a blog. I'm fairly aware that what I write on LJ is open to the world to read. But I mostly have a specific audience in mind. I'm not sure whether it should bother me that my middle school students may start reading this stuff. Of course, the ( Read more... )