Monthly Archives: January 2009

Spring 2009 Classes

1/30/2009 – 4:31 pm

Continuing a tradition, I’m posting the classes I’m taking this semester, which wraps up my required coursework* for the Ph.D. in Creative Writing at UW-Milwaukee. I’m in my second year of the program and in addition to these two classes, I will be teaching one section of English 101 – Intro to College Writing with [...]

By Trent | Posted in Reading, School, Teaching | Comments (0)

It’s All About the GD +/-

1/29/2009 – 9:48 am

I think the midweek results in the Premier League this week were pretty telling. The trio of promoted clubs were all comfortably defeated while Man Ure ran rampant, Chelski and Villa won a hard-fought games, and Liverpool and Ars*nal both drew.
Things that no one seems to be mentioning:
* Hull City, who have been so [...]

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Okay, is the Sky Falling NOW?

1/27/2009 – 10:29 pm

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More un-@#$*ing-believable news: Realms of Fantasy is shutting up shop.
Read it on Dave Kirtley’s blog, then Doug Cohen’s blog, which points to this article.
This on the heels of my earlier post about F&SF’s cutbacks, no more YBH&F, and the closing of Milwaukee’s oldest locally owned bookstores. Look, most serious writers are realistic about the state [...]

By Trent | Posted in Writing | Comments (0)

The Catch-Up Post

1/25/2009 – 12:42 pm

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The miserable news for readers and writers alike keeps coming in the first month of 2009. First, the news that Fantasy & Science Fiction is going from a monthly publication to bi-monthly; then the news that there will be no 2008 edition of The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror; and then, on a [...]

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Footie – Session 9

1/22/2009 – 11:40 am

Recap: Between 24 and 28 players yesterday on two fields, including two young women playing. The pace was fast and the playing level was good, but not fantastic. Apparently there was some hard fouling (?) going on in the other game, so I’m glad I picked the right field.
Health Report: Okay. I got nudged on [...]

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So Not Ready For School to Begin Again

1/20/2009 – 7:12 pm

Ugh. This marks the last week of my vacation that, at about five weeks long, should feel like an eternity, but in truth always zips past. I had grand ambitions to do a lot of reading and writing but I ended up doing very little of either, instead taking care of all the odd jobs [...]

By Trent | Posted in Reading, School | Comments (0)

Happy Belated B-Day, To Me!

1/17/2009 – 11:22 am

Well, I successfully turned 35 yesterday. Whoopee.
Actually, it was a very lovely day. Amy and I worked out in the morning, then opened a few presents, then the whole fam went to downtown Aiken for a great Cuban lunch at Cafe Rio Blanco. I got my fill of fried plantains, one of my favs. We [...]

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GTA 4, Productivity 0

1/14/2009 – 3:35 pm

Vacation is zipping past but I’m making the most of it… or maybe the least of it would be more accurate. I’d planned to use this time to get ahead on reading and to do some writing, which is still the plan, but I’ve found the most miraculous thing: Grand Theft Auto 4’s online multiplayer [...]

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Recombobulated

1/10/2009 – 9:36 am

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Airline travel has gotten increasingly painful over the past few years, so our experience yesterday was a complete surprise. We flew from Milwaukee, where they were getting several inches of fresh snow, to Cincinnati, then on to Charleston to spend some time with the folks. The airports were practically empty, the flights left [...]

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The Great Purge of 2009

1/8/2009 – 11:57 am

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To start the year, we’re getting rid of stuff we don’t use in order to make room for the inevitable influx of stuff that’ll be coming our way–although we’re going to try our damnedest to keep it to a minimum. We live in a small, old house without a lot of [...]

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