So I called Kinko’s today. They know how to spiral bind things, you see, something I, myself, cannot do. And today is the day I must take my thesis to be bound, so that I can take it to the university tomorrow. And tomorrow is only about three or four weeks later than the good […]
Read moreI received a letter from Duke University in the mail the other day. “Congratulations,” it said, and went on to inform me that, yet again, I have been granted a scholarship for my upcoming year of study. This is Great News, as tuition at that fine institution is No Small Amount of Money. The good […]
Read moreI left campus at 12:50 and drove to that other campus, Duke, only ten or so minutes away. There is Absolutely No Parking for people like me on a weekday, so I parked in the Gardens lot and then walked through the Gardens to get to the Allen Building, which houses so much that is […]
Read moreI am currently (finally?) in the last class of my Masters program at Duke University. That’s right: as of May 1, I will have completed all the coursework and will have (only) my Master’s thesis to complete for my degree. It has been – I am not kidding — an amazing experience. No, the daily-ness […]
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