Before I represent myself as someone who cares about punctuation, let me provide some context. I teach freshman composition. That means that I spend most of my time with college freshmen who think they hate writing because their high school English...

More than anything—the steady income, the benefits, the “Dr.” before my name—I want to be a professor because of sabbaticals. Before you assume this realization was brought on by the fact that I taught for about a second today and have spent the...

It is pledge week at the local public radio station, NIPR, and even though I really want to give them my money, there is approximately $1.67 in my checking account. We gave during the last pledge drive and we may give again on Friday. Right now,...

I watch Cougar Town because I like Courteney Cox. If you have ever watched this thing that we’re supposed to believe is a sitcom, then you know that I must really like Courteney Cox or I have developed a very serious crack habit. The latter is a much...

I realized tonight that I need this blog more than it needs me. I have been busy and somewhat awkwardly adjusting to my new lifestyle of not being a student for the first time in 22 years. Stick that number in your bong and smoke it! Can you believe I...