Or maybe its remembering the remembrance of the Berlin Wall... Anyway, I clearly remember standing in my family's study (the room with the desks, not like the Victorian style with hardwood paneling and floor to ceiling books) watching CNN. Germans...

This is my third attempt at Nano. If you've never heard of it, check out their home page. Basically it is a vastly growing group of people who all try to write a 50000 word novel from scratch, start to finish, during the month of November. In its 11th...

Last weekend I attended my first academic conference in three years. It is the first time I have presented anything academic to colleagues since graduating in 2007. I have to thank the friend who encouraged me to submit a panel proposal with her as it...

Whether you are a college freshmen or a tenured-professor jumping into a new project can be daunting at best. I spent what felt like eternal seasons trying to find the perfect dissertation topic. I cannot count the number of topics that were rejected...

that will drive me to jump off a cliff. My students have a paper due today. Trying to be more green, I have encouraged greater use of Blackboard. Everyone is submitting their paper to me online. I will grade it, make comments on the digital copy, and...