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The Gates of Academe: April 2007
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Monday, April 30, 2007. Thursday, April 26, 2007. Time waits for no student, and so it is for this newest member of the hampster. Wheel Mercifully, most of my exams are not cumulative, but, still, the volume of material covered since mid-terms, in late February, is staggering. Maybe I can get the balance thing figured out in time for next semester. Monday, April 23, 2007. The Last Day of Classes. What is a man,. A beast, no more.
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The Gates of Academe: March 2007
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Saturday, March 31, 2007. The Tao of Procrastination and Term Papers. Stanza 64 of the Tao Te Ching. Peace is easily maintained;. Trouble is easily overcome before it starts. The brittle is easily shattered;. The small is easily scattered. Deal with it before it happens. Set things in order before there is confusion. A tree as great as a man's embrace springs up from a small shoot;. A journey of a thousand miles starts under one's feet.
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The Gates of Academe: January 2007
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Tuesday, January 30, 2007. I Know J. Alfred Prufrock. All art finds meaning in the present. While this wonderful work was published in 1917, I have no trouble understanding Prufrock; I know him. He lives today, apparently reincarnated as a friend of mine, known to his friends as The Sad Man (TSM). There is a story that captures the essence of Prufrockian behavior as practiced by TSM. It happened many years ago:. And drunk delight of b...
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The Gates of Academe: July 2007
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Monday, July 30, 2007. But all that is, as they say, but a distant memory. I will revisit my old friends next week for the Final, but for now, it is on to trigonometric functions. A subject that I have never seen, never been taught, don't understand the concept of, and, which,according to my professor, will be the most difficult part of the course. Does anybody have a gun? Friday, July 27, 2007. Loitering at the scene, unwilling to en...
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The Gates of Academe: May 2007
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Thursday, May 31, 2007. Today marks the end of Maymester. Two weeks of classes, four hours at a time, every day. And did I say anything about the HUGE amount of reading and MANY papers that had to be written? Wednesday, May 30, 2007. My wife works for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in an administrative capacity. One of the programs had a spot of bother and she was able to help them through some small logi...
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The Gates of Academe: Advantages of a Mistress
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Sunday, August 26, 2007. Advantages of a Mistress. Read today on the internet:. An artist, a lawyer, and a computer scientist are discussing the merits of a mistress. The artist tells of the passion, the thrill that comes with the risk of being discovered. The lawyer warns of the difficulties. It can lead to guilt, divorce, bankruptcy. Not worth it. Too many problems. Subscribe to: Comment Feed (RSS). Follow me on Twitter.
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The Gates of Academe: Starved
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Our Miss Teen South Carolina has apparently missed more than her geography class:. Eat me some hamburgers," she responded. "I haven't eaten hamburgers, French fries or hot dogs. In three years, and I just want to see what it tastes like.". The attached photo reveals the virtue of such a diet:. The rest of the story here. Subscribe to: Comment Feed (RSS). Follow me on Twitter. Arts and Letters Daily.
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The Gates of Academe: Moving Day
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Sunday, September 2, 2007. Change is good, and so this blog is moving to another site. The goal is to upgrade in capability, to manage my blogging more efficiently, and to present a product with a little more "shine". Please bear with me as I learn, experiment, and study. This is the new site - please bookmark accordingly. Subscribe to: Comment Feed (RSS). Follow me on Twitter. Arts and Letters Daily. Life of the Young and Crazy.
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The Gates of Academe: On a Tangent
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Thursday, August 23, 2007. Is pretty funny. If you like, I could calculate the slope of the secant line and thus give you an approximation of the slope of the tangent line.perhaps providing the direction in which he went. Subscribe to: Comment Feed (RSS). Follow me on Twitter. Arts and Letters Daily. Life of the Young and Crazy. Tales From the Microbial Laboratory. Advantages of a Mistress. The Calculus of Marriage. The Harvest is In.
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The Gates of Academe: State Pride
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The Gates of Academe. A student returns to college after thirty years. Sunday, August 26, 2007. The most viewed clip on YouTube. A great day in academic history for our state. Subscribe to: Comment Feed (RSS). Follow me on Twitter. Arts and Letters Daily. Life of the Young and Crazy. Tales From the Microbial Laboratory. Advantages of a Mistress. The Calculus of Marriage. This Aint Kansas, ToTo. The Harvest is In. They Sow the Wind, and Reap the Whirlwind. View my complete profile.
