Liz

Sonnet 30 When to the sessions of sweet silent thought,I summon up remembrance of things past,I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste:Then can I drown an eye (unused to flow)For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night,And weep afresh love’s long since cancelled …

From Vandy pics To perk us all up, here’s a picture I snapped this morning on my way into my home at Vanderbilt. The fall colors on campus have been just gorgeous. November is often a scary month for me, because it represents the waning days of the semester and often multiple paper deadlines. This …

Well, everyone, it’s Election Day… finally, and happily. I love Election Day. For a long time, I’ve loved this day, and this year feels special (though honestly, they almost all feel special at the time, don’t they?). I voted early so I wouldn’t have to face potentially long lines today, but I am eager to …

I read about this in a news article online, and had to check it out. It’s quite cute, regardless of who you support in this election. See more Ron Howard videos at Funny or Die

Tina Fey ‘leaving Earth’ if Palin wins

As the election draws ever nearer, and even as I find myself getting more and more pissed off at the half-truths being perpetuated by BOTH presidential campaigns, I came across an article the other day from Newsweek that was a pretty frank look at Joe Biden … and I say frank, because Joe was being …

I highly recommend this very quick read: In Defense of the New York Times (and Independent Journalism) I heard Steve Schmidt’s comments about the New York Times yesterday on NPR. In case you missed (and don’t want to click the link), here’s what he said: Whatever the New York Times once was, it is not …

Yesterday’s report from the Pew Reserach Center only serves to reiterate exactly what I was saying yesterday… apparently (thank goodness!), I am not alone in being skeptical of Sarah Palin. I cannot tell you how many times in the last 12+ years I’ve looked at surveys from Pew and thought, “I should get a job …

My second Huckabee story won’t tell you anything about my unwillingness to vote for him, but is relevant anyway. So, the summer *before* Governor’s School — so this would be summer 1993, I attended a two-week French immersion program at Arkansas Tech University (yes, kids, I was *really* into summer school-ish things in high school!). …

I figured someone would ask about my Huckabee comment earlier, so here’s the abbreviated backstory. In the summer of 1994, I was attending a six-week summer school program in Arkansas called Governor’s School. My six weeks on the campus of Hendrix College were the first time I was really exposed to people not like me; …