I posted yesterday about starting the sequel to the novel I finished last summer. Today I thought I’d post about the other sequel hereabouts, the one that’s, well, due to be finished this coming spring. May 9, in fact: [audio:baby2.mp3] The Wife is doing most of the work on this …
You might notice, dear reader, a new item down yonder in the left column. Gone is the progress meter for the completed (and being agent-shopped) The Shards of Heaven. In its place is the progress meter for the just-begun sequel to that novel in the Angels of Earth series: The …
It’s no secret that I found John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin to be, well, unfortunate at many levels. On the plus side, though, it’s made for some fascinating occasions to examine rhetoric and syntax and other English professorial excitements. Regarding Palin in particular, I’ve been fascinated to see the …
Reebok’s Terry Tate “Office Linebacker” commercials, which first aired during the 2003 Super Bowl, were absolutely brilliant. Here’s one of the first of them: I remind you of this highlight in the history of advertising because, well, “Terrible” Terry T is back. Watch to the end… How’s that for Drill …
This year the English Department pinned me for service on the Graduate Committee, which among other things means I have to grade the M.A. degree comprehensive examinations twice a year. I could list the ways I would have preferred to spend my Saturday afternoon and evening, but it would probably …