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Michael Livingston

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Fly-fishing Action

These are a few pictures from this morning’s trek on the South Platte River here in Colorado, courtesy my dad. Good stuff. We hiked into the canyon — a mile or two to our fishing spot, at most — which gave me a chance to appreciate my brand new 7-piece …

Colorado Home

I’ve been absent for a bit around here, but it is for good reason: I’ve been driving across the country from Charleston to Colorado — fighting one hell of a wind on the way — and then recovering from said drive. I’m here in Colorado meeting up with my parents …

Grading and Sidearms

I’ve previously posted on why my uniform does not include a sidearm, but it’s good to have reminders now and then of why this is so. It’s final grading time hereabouts right now, and I’m getting close to the end. All that remains is for me to grade the essay …

NFL Draft

A bit tough to concentrate on all this grading with the draft results trickling in, but I must post a quick response to the Broncos’ work this time around, especially in light of my previous post advising Mr. Shanahan. I have here at my desk a draft chart, with a …

Grading Graduates

I’m grading graduate student research papers this weekend, from my course “Medieval War and Peace.” It’s a nice change from marking up freshman composition papers. There are fewer egregious grammar issues and more attempts to say something of solid merit. Sadly, though, not everything is different. For example, these graduate …