Boston or Bust
Our trip from South Carolina to Massachusetts.
Our trip from South Carolina to Massachusetts.
Before I read a book, I usually read a review of it. There are several places to find book reviews. If you have access to … Read this post →
I rarely comment on politics, but these facts are worth noting. On the day President George W. Bush was inaugurated, the national debt was $5,727,776,738,304.64, … Read this post →
For the first time in six years, I won’t be a student this semester. Surprisingly, I haven’t felt the difference as much as I expected, … Read this post →
For a couple weeks I’ve been reading Robert D. Richardson’s William James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism. It’s a lengthy book, and I’ve been … Read this post →
Fortified by Anna Beth’s monkey bread, Kellen, Anna Beth, Abby, and I attended the Really Big, Really Good, Really Cheap book sale. We went to … Read this post →
Last week I received my first check for writing. It’s only a minor milestone, but it’s at least a small break into publication.
I’ve been working as much as I can towards applying to graduate schools. I’ve looked at the websites for dozens of PhD programs, but I’m … Read this post →
The Metaphysical Club. By Louis Menand. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2001. 546 pages.
Most self-described intellectuals have joined a discussion club at … Read this post →
After July 26, I’ll be one step closer to going to graduate school—or at least, to applying to graduate school. That’s the day I’ll take … Read this post →
Well, my exams are done for the semester as of 4:50. Lincoln still has one tomorrow, and I still have to enter grades, but starting … Read this post →
This is my desk in Reveal 216.
As far as desks go, it’s not the greatest: what little space it has can hardly be reached, and … Read this post →
A friend and fellow historian-in-training asked me to suggest some books to read this summer. I drew up this admittedly eclectic list, which you can … Read this post →
My master’s work is at an end. I’ve written the last paper, attended the last class, and received my cap, hood, and master’s gown. The … Read this post →
If I had the technical skill—and the venture capital—I would create a website that aggregated book reviews. Many websites have book reviews, including newspapers, academic … Read this post →
Last night I went to the downtown branch of the Greenville County Library, where I saw a wonderful exhibit. The exhibit displayed photographs of one … Read this post →
by Robert Herrick
Man is a Watch, wound up at first, but never
Wound up again: Once down, He’s down for ever.
The Watch once downe, all motions … Read this post →
I’ve seldom found a podcast that I’ve listened to more than once, but these four podcasts I listen to regularly. All feature fascinating discussions, and … Read this post →
In preparation for moving to our new apartment, I’ve been trying to divest myself of as much stuff as possible. Four jackets that I got … Read this post →
Continuing the theme of my tip last week about using fewer buttons, here is another suggestion for how to use Microsoft Word more effectively.
Use the … Read this post →
How many of those buttons in Microsoft Word do you actually use? Until last night, Word on my personal computer had seventy-seven buttons in four … Read this post →
I have accepted a job at BJU’s Mack Library. I will be working as a reference librarian, and I may also help in the archives. … Read this post →
In “The Departure of a Good Daemon,” Robert Herrick expresses a common problem of writers:
What can I do in poetry,
Now the good spirit’s gone from … Read this post →
In many places, I have seen monuments with lists of soldiers. Many are small-town memorials, like those in Groton, Massachusetts, that list all the … Read this post →
I have begun earnestly looking for graduate schools to apply to this summer. Parts of that process might interest my readers. (Prudence dictates reticence about … Read this post →