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Plugging Away at Reading

7/26/2009 – 1:55 pm

I’ve been knocking down a few of the shorter titles on my prelim including The Sand Child (which I wasn’t a huge fan of) and The Invention of Morel (which I was). The Sand Child exhibits all of the necessary traits for a postmodern, magical realist work in that it has multiple and conflicting layers [...]

By Trent | Posted in Reading | Comments (0)

Dirty Dealings with Dish Network? and Differences with Directv

7/8/2009 – 6:39 pm

As mentioned previously, our Dish Network DVR crapped out back in May and we decided to switch to Directv, largely because Dish Network had also dropped GolTV and because Directv had a good promotion going. I had already called to get a new receiver but Canceling was easy enough. Or was it? The phone rep [...]

By Trent | Posted in Movies/TV | Comments (2)

Novels on the Brain

6/20/2009 – 7:55 am

Summertime means a break a from school and allows for brain to dwell on things not (directly) related to academics. Dwelling is not always a good thing since it usually equates to keeping me from sleeping, either getting me out of bed late and night or too early in the morn because the brain is [...]

By Trent | Posted in --Novel, Writing | Comments (4)

The Deadliest Meathead

6/5/2009 – 10:10 pm

I have watched more television in the last month than I have in God knows how long. Of course, the Dish crapped out with some stored up highlight reels and a few games I meant to watch, and by the time we got Directv installed, the European season was pretty much over. Because there are [...]

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A Whimper, Not a Bang

5/26/2009 – 12:46 pm

So Man Ure (yawn) wins another English Premier League title. The top six remain unchanged with some shuffling of places—and all of this decided some weeks ago. Are we having fun yet? Per usual, the relegation scrap ended up being more interesting than the race at the top. The last several weeks set up an [...]

By Trent | Posted in * Footie, - England/EPL | Comments (1)

The Ol’ Switcharoo

5/22/2009 – 4:47 pm

Well, we finally dropped the ax on Dish Network in favor of Directv today. For the second time in about six months, the DVR hard drive crapped out and when it craps out, it craps out spectacularly. Last time we got about another day’s worth of television in before the whole thing died. This time, [...]

By Trent | Posted in * Footie, Movies/TV | Comments (0)

i(Pod) Touch Myself

5/1/2009 – 10:08 pm

I ended up springing for an iPod touch to make up for my ruined Blackberry Curve. I placed it on the back of the car last weekend and forgot to retrieve it before we took off. I know it flew off the trunk at about 35-40 mph, and I’m guessing a car behind us ran [...]

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Crunch Time

4/14/2009 – 9:26 am

Since Amy’s due on Sunday, May 10th, I’m trying to get all of my final papers done by the Friday before, May 8th. Normally they wouldn’t be due until the 18th or so, so effectively I’m shaving about a week-and-a-half off my semester. If that doesn’t happen I can always ask for an extension, but [...]

By Trent | Posted in * Footie, - England/EPL, Reading, School | Comments (4)

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. [...]

By Trent | Posted in Gaming, General | Comments (0)

Stumbling Across the Finish Line

12/6/2008 – 7:43 pm

Final portfolios for English 101 – Introduction to College Writing are due Tuesday, Dec 9th at 8:30 AM. Number of students who have come to office hours from September 2nd to December 2nd (i.e. four months): Two. Number of students who scheduled for appointments on the last two days before portfolios are due (being Friday, [...]

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