Ah, the eye of the generals hurricane. I'm just bumming around, sleeping, reading, moving, painting. It's a really blessed time here in Columbus, OH.

I know many of you, especially wsasianboy was wondering about Daywatch, and at least one of you, rae_too_serious, have already seen it. Allow me to say that it was a very good flick, but for different reasons than ( Read more... )

Ugh. I'm done writing. 40 pages over four days in the last week. I wrote essays on Consumerism, Urbanization, historiography, the 1960s/1970s, women and labor, consumer credit, and globalization. Now, I wait until Friday before I sit in front of the firing squad and defend those answers ( Read more... )

So, I start writing my exams around 6AM on Friday ( Read more... )

So, I'm back from MI, where unloading about 12 foot by 8 foot by 8 foot of crap for Shannon and Jeff completely wasted me. Roadway quoted them around 3500 lbs., which Shannon and I did pretty much alone, with only about an hour of help from random samaritians from her new department ( Read more... )

So, July has consistently been my "traveling" month, and this month did not disappointed, and I still have quick trips to Michigan and Chicago on the docket for the next month. In fact, this update comes to you live from the Tampa Airport ( Read more... )

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Didn't really do much this week. Like I mentioned before, all i do is read this summer. Although I have been working on my course in the fall. I decided to assign the Education of Henry Adams, the second half at least. There won't be a textbook, just the source reader that all of us have to assign. I hope the kids dig the book; I think it may ( Read more... )

This weekend was Community Fest, lovingly referred to as "Comfest" in the Columbus area. Besides the fact that I burned the tip of my nose and about 6 square inches on my forearms, it was alright. Expensive food, mediocre to good music, shit tons of people. In Columbus, women can walk around topless (thanks to a Franklin County courtcase in 1991 ( Read more... )

Well, the quarter more or less ended last week. I finished grading in almost criminal fashion. My students finished their exams around 1100AM, and I had them done by 1100PM. Keep in mind that in the middle, I had a econ exam to take ( Read more... )

I know, I know, I may post something worthwhile eventually.

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