Recent Posts Tagged With 'academics'

• The Term is Over

  Posted on Tuesday June 24th, 2008 at 13:56 in updates, academics

  We have just determined that my seminary days are over and I'm now a genuine graduate. Hallelujah. For the last month I've been literally slaving away in my final class, a "preaching lab"--which, yes, is probably the most unusual "lab" you could ever...

• Ten Things I'll Miss About Grad School

  Posted on Friday May 16th, 2008 at 14:54 in academics

  That's Right, I'm Graduating Getting Out! On Tuesday I took my last final for the semester, and this morning I missed the rehearsal for my graduation ceremony and spent an hour cruising up and down Kansas City's I-29 and US-71 and I-435 due to subtly...

• Last Throes of the Semester

  Posted on Monday May 5th, 2008 at 20:49 in academics

  Today I’ve been battling a three-headed monster similar to the Chimera but with a different plan of attack—surround the victim, then bore him to death with your length and repetitive movement. The three essays/research projects that confronted me...

• The Fluff, the Whole Fluff, and Nothing but the Fluff

  Posted on Saturday April 26th, 2008 at 19:21 in academics

  I just wrote one of the fluffiest of fluffy papers. Sat down and cracked it out like a whiz-bang, squinty-eyed, detached professional essay writer. Give me my $15.It doesn't make me feel good to do this, but it does feel good to have it done. At time...