I can't believe it!  I don't know if I ever thought this day would come.  But right in my living room, in quadruplicate, sits my contract for NICE AND MEAN ( Read more... )

So I'm doing something new for my work-in-progress: interviews!  In the past, I've been too shy to ask about issues I could only speculate about.  I guess I didn't want to ask my suburban students, "So, how does it feel to live in development-land and only patronize chain stores?"  But my newest project involves backcountry trail maintenance and ( Read more... )

Hello hello!  This is the first (well, actually second) time I have ever posted something personal on the web that bears my name.  The first was earlier this week, my discussion of the Top Ten Examples of Unresolved Sexual Tension.  (Actually, there were only 9, since I forgot that a number came between 8 and 10, but it's the thought that counts ( Read more... )