Today, I glanced at my Twitter feed (yes I’m a twat these days) and saw a link to this little news item about three guys being sentenced for a kidnapping last month. I hadn’t heard about the kidnapping, but was a little surprised to see this incident had taken place a block and a half [...]
“Where’s mah dinner?!” Since I’ve lived in Lawrence, anyone who knows me is well aware of my constant bitching and moaning about the lack of decent Asian cuisine here. I save most of my ire for The Orient, because of its claim to serve “Vietnamese” food, but that extends to Chinese food as well. This [...]
Every now and then, I’ll have a nameless, unfamiliar student walk into the office and just point blank ask for a reference. From me, from my coworkers, from basically anyone who would be willing to write one. This happens with greater frequency during early spring, when applications for just about everything are due. Some professors [...]
For some perverse unreason, I am perfectly content to invest the time it takes to knit and stitch together an octopus, or a knitted creature – yet when it comes to photographing these things and posting them to sell on Etsy, it can take me months. Maybe it’s an artist’s reluctance to part with her [...]
