Good Eats?

jackrabbit, by Barry R. Byrd (in photo gallery fauna)
This looks a bit like the guys we saw... I thought they were coy dogs until they hopped.

Return to the Familiar...

Lubbock, TX: 5/28/2006, 11 a.m. CST



Suffield/ Windsor Locks, CT: 5/28/2006, 8:15 p.m., EST
(I could almost see my house from here)

And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
--T.S. Eliot
from Four Quartets, "Little Gidding"

Tell 'em Clovis Sent You.

Topic: Dance, Dance Revolution is neither a dance nor a revolution. Discuss.

This One Time, at C & W...

Out and about in Lubbock...

QOTD

"New Technology is not a panacea" -- Neville Brody
Computers & Writing 2006, Lubbock, TX

I'm how many miles from an ocean?

Computers & Writing 2006, Lubbock, TX

Grammar Cops

As I wallow through student writing projects, I offer to you...



IFILM - Shorts: Grammar Cops -

Whatever.: So Many Stories to Tell... (2)

Whatever.: So Many Stories to Tell... (2)

sorry about lack of new installments.
...will return to this after grading and C&W.

So Many Stories to Tell... (2)

Whatever.: So Many Stories to Tell...

Going against your gut (and your nostrils), you offer to buy her something from the cafe and motion your hand for her to take a seat. She smiles and says, "you're not like the rest," and opening her jacket, takes out a worn envelope. "Here," she grins, placing it on the table and pushes it towards you. She turns around and quickly darts back into the throngs making their way downtown in the mid-morning rush.
Curious, you look at the envelope. It has been folded, even crumpled, many times over. A map appears to be drawn on the outside, but the streets are unfamiliar to you.
You open up the envelope, and inside is what appears to be a subway pass.
"How odd," you think.
It's time to go.

1. Do you make your way to your daily drudgery (work)?
2. Do you want to take a chance -- what the heck?-- and take it as a sign to hop on to wherever the subway may lead you?
3. If you concentrate, you can make out the form of the woman in the crowd. Maybe you can catch up to her and give her back her "treasure."
   

Oscar is Watching...

So Many Stories to Tell...

Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure series? Well, for the three people who read this blog, it's your chance to create a story. Comment and state what *you* think you should do...

You're sitting in an outdoor cafe, sipping an overpriced latte. A woman approaches you, wearing a bulky coat for such a warm day. She doesn't smell too great, either. She asks you for some money for something to eat. Do you:

1. Guiltily give her a couple of bucks, sure she'll use it for drugs or alcohol
2. Offer to buy her something from the cafe
3. Politely lie and say you don't have any cash
4. Tell her to get a job and leave you alone
5. Feign deafness