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rekindle contact with because of this blog… it’s cool, because people will somehow stumble upon this blog (or my old, out of date, long neglected Web site) and find out what’s more or less going on in my life, then send …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 …

Today isn’t actually the first day of classes for UTD, but it is MY first day of classes. We officially started back last Thursday, but since I only have classes on Monday & Tuesday (and TA on Wednesday), well, things are only really getting started for me today. My TA assignment has changed this fall. …

The breakfast buffet on the Century often had pain au chocolat available in the mornings, and since I so rarely see those around in Texas (generally, only at La Madeleine), I frequently nabbed one to eat with my breakfast of fruit and waffles. (YUM!) Because I got so used to seeing them, and because whenever …

After a relatively uneventful day of traveling, we stumbled into the comfort of home yesterday around 3:30 p.m. … hooray! We ended up staying awake and functional nearly until 8:30 last night. In other words, yesterday was essentially a 24-hour day for us. And today, life is back to normal, as long as you overlook …

We have had such limited (and expensive) Internet access that I haven’t had a chance to blog about our fabulous European vacation… however, we’re now back in Amsterdam, on steady land again, and getting ready for a relatively early (though not as early as we might have hoped) bedtime so we can get up — …

This is an e-mail I sent to my mom and Daniel’s family…. just a quick update from Europe! We got into town around 12:30 local time (+7 hrs from CST) Sunday and breezed through customs. They stamped our passports on our way to baggage claim, and after we retrieved our bags, we walked through a …

This is for the Mountain Home natives out there, particularly people who can listen to a certain piece of music (say, the theme from “Robin Hood”?) and hear in their minds, “plant-KICK!” From today’s Baxter Bulletin: Several file for municipal, school board positions {snip} In school board filings this week, Robert Nelson filed for Mountain …