I have no class. At least not this week. It’s Thanksgiving Furlough (that’s “Break” to you and me) here at The Citadel, which means a quiet five days overall. I’m very glad for it, being tired out and far behind on several projects. On the plus side, this weekend has …
I’ve got the end-of-semester crunch soon, and an academic book that very much needs as much of my attention as I can manage in the coming months, but I’m still trying to get a bit of space here and there for research on my next fiction book (while crossing fingers …
I love almost everything about teaching. Almost. What I don’t like — what will screw up my sleep habits for weeks after it happens — is handling what we here at The Citadel call “HVs”: Honor Violations. In my academic neck of the woods that means plagiarism and lying (which …
I was fortunate to meet a clever fellow in graduate school named Kevin Cryderman. Very clever. Dauntingly clever, in fact. And then I found out he’s also a terrific musician and a hell of a nice guy (the show-off). Here he is singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” to the tune of …