There’s been a generally upward trend in traffic to this blog, and I know from the sketchy data tabulated by the bravenet counter over there in the right sidebar that a fair amount of my traffic comes from random strangers. In years past, when my personal online activity centered around my Web site, I’ve felt …
ugh. traffic.
Yes, yes, I know, it’s *so* boring to listen to other people complain about traffic. Still, I would just like to say in testimony to my love of Target that I endured 15 minutes of very nearly nonstop traffic EACH WAY just so I could buy Bridget Jones 2 at Target instead of Wal-Mart. (But …
“are you a journalism major?”
1. I read this article: Football needs to start making Title IX sacrifices 2. I posted this analysis/reaction: I really liked Dennis Dodd’s article — I think he makes a number of excellent, relevant points, perhaps most importantly that college athletic directors are scared of Title IX, lazy in their implementation of it, and thus …
finally — a pleasant Houston experience.
Today’s my first of three days at TWU’s campus in Houston. I’ve never been a tremendous fan of the city, but in the last couple of years I’ve been here four times (including this trip) to meet with and train our Web people here. My morning began painfully early — the alarm went off around …
deadline orientation
Explain this to me: I’ve known for a week that the day before I left for Houston (which is now *today* — I fly out at 7:30 tomorrow morning, erg) would be crazy busy. So why didn’t I bother to begin frenetic trip preparations until, oh, yesterday? I’m not whining, just pointing out that I …
slow — but steady — progress
My library practicum, which started back in mid-January, has become far less exciting these days. I find my twice-weekly (plus the occasional Sunday) four-hour shifts typically lay before me in a vast nothing-to-do expanse of time to fill. So, I continue doing homework, Ph.D.-related research, etc., and whatever else I can to waste as little …
‘s cool.
Friday night, Daniel and I went to see “Be Cool,” John Travolta’s follow up to “Get Shorty.” Though I had heard it was only okay, I have to say that I really enjoyed this movie … particularly the first five or ten minutes, which was a nonstop series of lines that poked fun at the …
disappointing, yet not.
So today was the latest installment of the YAP book club, which in the 14 or 15 months I’ve been coordinating has only been cancelled once due to lack of interest. For the last week, I’ve been publicly singing the praises of March’s selection, “A Certain Chemistry” … and I was certainly looking forward to …
Houston, here I … er, WE … come!
Next week, I’m taking one of my semi-regular trips to Houston to visit TWU’s campus there. As, apparently, are a couple of IT guys and our president/chancellor. (Whoo hoo! Party in Houston! HA!) I mention it only because, as always turns out to be the case when I anticipate having any level of downtime, I’ve …
continued adulation
So, I thought I’d pull together a few excerpts from “A Certain Chemistry” to share with those who haven’t yet read the book … and maybe, in the process, convince a few of you to pick it up. To that end, check out just a few gems here. They’re all brilliant, in my estimation, in …