Monthly Archives: November 2006

Nobody Sees the Rejections

11/30/2006 – 1:45 pm

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Unsurprisingly, some people at UW-M have found my website and said they’ve tooled around it. I don’t know how many, if any, regularly read this blog because none have commented (though you’re welcome, nay, encouraged to comment.) It’s fairly common for students to Google each other, and I’ve noticed a spike [...]

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Found in Translation

11/29/2006 – 10:18 pm

First, some gloating. The Ars* lost again tonight, this time to Fulham, which puts them a full 16 points off the top of the table after wins by everybody’s favorite teams from Manchester and west London. I was sure their title ambitions ended at the weekend; this puts the fork in them [...]

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Some Quick Whinging of My Own

11/28/2006 – 8:41 pm

Okay, the Packers suck. Even in HD. They should have had Seattle buried in the first half and it’s their own fault they let the Seachickens back into the game. However, a team this bad doesn’t deserve to get killed by the refs. Two calls on the Seattle drive—a blatant holding [...]

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Status: Registered

11/27/2006 – 2:46 pm

Woo-hoo! I’m all registered for the spring semester. Here’s what I’m taking:

Course
Title
Topic
Time

ENG 771
Native American Literature
Native American Humor
Tu – 3:30-6:10

ENG 815
Fiction Writing Seminar
Magic & Wonder
W – 3:30-6:10

ENG 824
Special Topics in Lit

Sci Fi, Utopia, Dystopia
W – 6:30-9:10

ENG 771
English Renaissance*

Early Modern Lit & Culture [...]

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Waa! Waa! Waaaaaaaaaa!

11/25/2006 – 3:26 pm

Whew. Lots of crying babies here. My nieces are adorable when they’re fresh but when they get a little tired and ornery, look out. They’ve got some pipes.

Bolton 3, Ars* 1 — You’ll be hard pressed to find me cheering for Bolton’s best rugby side, but today is one such day. [...]

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Falling Popularity?

11/22/2006 – 11:51 am

My web stats show that investor confidence is low in the Always Insightful Insights of yours truly. Eight days left in the month with a holiday weekend crammed in there and I’m stuck at a 10-month low in hits, visits, and sites. All the venture capital keeping this site alive is going to [...]

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Cat Waxing

11/21/2006 – 11:14 am

I’m avoiding working on “Miss Pavlichenko” even as I type. I’m trying to add in some new scenes to help flesh her out a little but it’s like trying to move a boulder in a river bed. I need to post a final draft Thursday night (although I could get an extension) and [...]

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November Blizzard

11/18/2006 – 6:21 pm

18 Hefty bags of leaves, vines, and muddy mulch later and the annual backyard clean-up is over. The reward?

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Made It!

11/17/2006 – 11:31 am

Whew! I’ve been seriously under the gun at school since World Fantasy. Things have come back to being manageable. I have the final draft of “Miss Pavlichenko” due on 11/23, an eleven page paper due on 11/29, an in-class exam 12/6, a twelve-page creative writing portfolio due 12/13, and a ten-page term [...]

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If I Can Just Get Through Today…

11/15/2006 – 9:44 am

Gah! Today marks the high point of the month in terms of workload. I just need to get through two classes today and I’ll almost be home free. I have one class Thursday, but after that I don’t go to class again until November 28th. We’re heading out of town Wednesday [...]

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