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Michael Livingston

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The Tripods of Vulcan and Mars

Good title, eh? I’m pleased to make this quick gasp out from the depths of mid-term grading to announce that my article “The Tripods of Vulcan and Mars: Homer, Darwin, and the Fighting Machines of H. G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds” has been accepted for publication by The …

911 Fail

Found this via http://failblog.org/ and am now forced to use it to make a point to my 102 class about the importance of spelling and such things:

Shako Complete!

Gasping and limping, I made it to the finish line. This year’s rendition of the literary magazine of The Citadel, The Shako, has gone to print. Insert exhausted faint here. It was down to the wire, though. I had to hustle across campus and flag down a moving minivan to …

A Crazed Week

Perhaps no better statement about the craziness of this week can be made than the simple fact that this moment — 11:42pm on Wednesday — is the first chance I’ve had to sit down and take a breath for many days. Alas, it is only the big gulp of air …

Jay Cutler in Week 2

I’m grading this weekend. In an unrelated matter, it’s time for the NFL Combine. I thus offer you, in lieu of something more interesting, link to this terrific video on NFL.com, which dissects in slow-motion what an astounding throw Jay Cutler made — and what a great route and game-winning …