It’s really snowing out there. Good way to start the term as I have been feeling unrested and unready for another semester. Thinking that I’ll try to do the daily post again just to kick start what I’m thinking, feeling, and how I’m approaching things. Thought this soundtrack would be a good way to start…

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If you don’t follow me on Snapchat you are missing out. Today is a very important anniversary! Snapspecs Vending Machines in the pop-up shop on 5th avenue in Manhattan, 2017. Here we have the birthplace of my much loved Snap spectacles which I use pretty much every day to record the various places that I…

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This is a bit of an unusual post but I felt like writing down a bunch of memories I had about my grandfather, pictured with me here in 2014. He passed away a few days ago after a nice, long life. I figure this might be relevant in so much as it could be a…

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Thanks to the suggestion of my public speaking students and my own curiosity, I’m going to vlog most of NCA this year in Dallas. You can follow the exploits either here or on my YouTube channel. There should be a new video every night! I hope to put it together and get it uploading just…

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Q: Why so cranky/are you depressed/mentally ill? The etymology of crank is a good one – the “crazy person” is related to the person who is angry, upset, sad, unsatisfied, or hysterical (women 99% of the writings say). I’ll take the crazy but not the mentally ill – it’s a very old and sad tactic…

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Up at 6, drinking the flavored coffee I love, reading an essay on Poetry.org, feeling happy. Feeling much happier than I did yesterday leaving the restaurant, hearing, “Thank you and come back and see us,” knowing as I did the overwhelming evidence this would be my last trip to Burlington, VT, a city that I’ve…

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The vision quest is the primary model of composition that undergraduate students use. A vision quest, roughly defined is a ceremony involving sleep deprivation, possible chemical enhancement of the body, and an appeal to the universe to reveal a good word, a path, a mission or purpose to the participant. This is a ritual primarily…

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I never just turn on a TV unless I’m in a hotel by myself. It’s a strange thing to experience cable when you don’t regularly have it. After this quick trip I realize that if I had cable TV I would never accomplish anything because bad cuts of ancient films that I like are always…

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The first full, free weekend in a while is bound to come with some snags. I let the day pretty much run away with me, my starship, a few quests, and a whole lot of farming in No Man’s Sky. Time just blows by me without any measure when I’m playing that. But I did…

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Recent events at my university have tanked my faith in the institution. It’s at a very, very low point. It’s not just my institution; it’s all universities. It seems that at every university, decisions are being made about fantasy students who are in fantasy positions. It’s like fantasy football without any actual football to ground it.…

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