Liz

I’m currently in a phase of the semester where I’m moments away, at any given time, of a major freak-out meltdown. While I have *adored* teaching the undergrads I normally just TA (read: grade exams), I’m now in my third week of filling in as the teacher, and it’s a struggle twice a week to …

I swear, I *couldn’t* make this shit up — in this case, literally! Mayor wants horse manure off city streets from The Baxter Bulletin Thursday, Sept. 21 The Mountain Home City Council will consider an ordinance to regulate the use of horses, mules, oxen, ponies and donkeys on city streets when it meets at 6 …

What Kind of American English Do You Speak? My Linguistic Profile: 65% General American English 15% Dixie 15% Yankee 0% Midwestern 0% Upper Midwestern

At the football game last Friday, Tracy, Herb and I spent a great deal of time talking about how things were back in the day when Mr. Nelson was band director — musing about how he would have done things were he still band director, reminiscing about his very particular way of doing things, and …

I have one helluva week ahead… and unfortunately, the semi-regular sinus infection has arrived, despite my best efforts (1000 mg of Vitamin C daily for the last couple of weeks) to ward it off. This weekend Daniel and I made a very quick trip up to visit my parents in Arkansas. Even though he makes …

{excerpted from the Baxter Bulletin} New planning commissioners to be appointed The Mountain Home Planning Commission, with only four remaining members, met to approve two items on an agenda Monday, its first meeting since nearly half the panel resigned last week. Three commissioners, including the chairman, resigned Friday following questions about their residency qualifications. Present …

I won’t go into details, because … well, I tried, but honestly, it was really boring, even to me … and if it’s boring to me, I can’t imagine you would be remotely interested. The bottom line is that I’m working on a new research project that is really promising. I think it can be …

A rough night on Crooked CreekBombers’ dreams crash amidst penalty flags at Harrison From The Baxter Bulletin HARRISON — Coming out with more intensity than in their last contest, the Mountain Home High School Bombers fell victim to the penalty bug and never recovered Friday night, losing 41-23 to the rival Harrison Goblins at Crooked …

I can’t tell you how many friends from the past I’ve been able to rekindle contact with because of this blog… it’s cool, because people will somehow stumble upon this blog (or my old, out of date, long neglected Web site) and find out what’s more or less going on in my life, then send …

I began my Ph.D. program a year ago with very clear insecurities: Would I fit in? Was this the right choice? Would I like doctoral-level work? What the hell was I doing? And honestly, that first semester was all about figuring out whether I had made the right decision in starting a Ph.D. — in …