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If you have done something really clever and found yourself visiting a friend around Santa Barbara in the middle of the worst snowstorm on record for your Illinois town, props to you. Here are some things that you can do: … Continue reading →

We’re relocating to the Seattle area in the near future, and I’m hoping to start up yet another reading club (as I continue to trudge through my dissertation chapters one word at a time). Here are some other short story … Continue reading →

Because a doctoral program isn’t enough to keep me off the streets and out of the pool halls, while I was in Ottawa working on the PhD core seminar and sundry course requirements, I had the distinct pleasure of participating … Continue reading →

I’m away from Facebook for a while, so you’ll have to suffer through my mad research links here! During research for a recent paper about Maplelea Dolls, some wild stuff turned up.

I’ll be the first to admit that I occasionally use the slightest bit of hyperbole to make my stories just a little bit more entertaining. But seriously, this all went down exactly like this: The last time I had the … Continue reading →

This contains mad spoilers, so if you haven’t read Gone with the Wind yet, or you don’t know what happens in Twilight, then this post will likely not be very interesting to you, and may ruin what fun you might … Continue reading →

It’s more of a Call for Submissions in Exchange for a Hand-Crafted Wearable Piece of Art. If you are interested in participating, please send me the following: 1) An email with the subject line: “This is not a contest entry.” … Continue reading →

Sometimes people email me and they are like “HEY WE ARE COMING TO CHICAGO” and I am like “AWESOME” and then I type them up an email of everything I think they should do. From now on, I’ll just send … Continue reading →

One of those sisters I know called the other day to lament that she had gotten an 11 out of 20 possible points on a quiz. (In Canada-land, that might even be a passing mark. In America-land, not so much.) … Continue reading →