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Today was an important day for me. To mark it (and because I was eligible as of yesterday), I went to give blood. Sometimes, it's import...

Yep, one of those emails. Summer emails from students are rarely good. The best one can hope for is a request for a letter of recommendati...

I went for a ride this morning out on Joe's River Road. I've been meaning to ride out there for a while, but the hills seemed intim...

Last fall, I signed up to do another library presentation thing. What was I thinking? And I agreed to teach a class I really would rather n...

Garage door begins to shut and the door to the kitchen closes. Old Bike: Well, you were out for a good long time today, and she didn't t...

When I got to the theater this morning, the acting class part was sort of still in session. It looked chaotic, and the woman who works on s...

"I'll see your pencils and raise you a set of magic markers." Can you guess the context?

One of our actors had a great question after our session today. It was one of those questions that showed she'd been thinking and proce...

Various sorts of drug or whatever are supposedly common in professional (and higher level amateur) biking competition. The Tour de France, ...

You know those sculpted not an ounce of extra body fat legs on the Tour riders? The only thing my legs have in common with those legs is tha...

Today was the first day of my dramaturgy gig. It should be easy. I should be able to do this with the text tied behind my back or somethin...

Little league was obnoxious when I was a kid: girls weren't allowed. Period. There was nothing even remotely comparable for girls wher...

Procedural Initials in the NYC/Miami Library - Watch a librarian investigate and track down answers to the questions we all want to ask. W...

I like the director I'll be working with for this production, but she's not always on top of answering email. I'd emailed last ...

On Monday, I start a short gig with the local community theater group's high school production of As You Like It . It's fairly prosa...

*My friend came through her surgery well! I was expecting as much, but it's good. She's been doing better each day since the surge...

100 Kilometers. 62.3 miles (what I actually rode, which is slightly more than 100 K, but not enough to worry about). It took me just under...

How to detest plagiarism Detesting plagiarism isn't difficult at all. First, respect people's efforts, ideas, and work. Then recog...

I was in a sort of casual off-campus conversation with an administrator the other day, an administrator in the academic chain of command. H...

On campus, we have something we call the hill. The picture above may or may not be OUR hill, but it gives you a pretty good idea of the sor...