Off the Mark

A few months ago, one of our then soon-to-be new distance ed students contacted me via this blog to ask some questions about the program, which I thought was really kind of awesome actually.
Thursday the 1st cohort of this year’s new students began their 10-day Boot Camp odyssey here on campus.  I remembered the email [...]

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Hi all!  Ready to win cool prizes and be forever esteemed? 
I need help with finding a domain name.  One of my local friends (far more talented than me in these matters) has volunteered to help me move this humble blog to WordPress.  Not exactly a small undertaking, let me tell you, based on my [...]

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The vast interweb has not been my friend lately.  It has failed me 3 times in the last few days.  Maybe that means the end of failure for a while.  I can only hope….
Budget
The other morning I completed an online reservation for a Budget truck for my impending move.  Shortly after I completed it, I [...]

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TypePad.  Listen up!  You are still freakin’ hosed up!
And I will be moving my account.  You have lost a customer as soon as I can figure out how to get my stuff moved off of your non-truth admitting site.
I might be more tolerant if you would fully admit to all of the issues you are [...]

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"Shine on you crazy diamond."
Pink Floyd.  "Shine On You Crazy Diamond."  Wish You Were Here.

Syd Barrett dies at 60.
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was a founding member and the guiding light of early Pink Floyd, although his influence has been felt ever since he left the band after their 1st album.
I have both of his solo [...]

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I started my day by packing up some beer glasses from the kitchen, but quickly ran out of packing paper.   So I headed out to the local storage to get some boxes with packing paper in them.  Seeing as how this storage area has a leak (discovered recently) and I was unable to use about [...]

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I’m not even sure I remember much myself.  Really, nothing too outstanding has been going on.  I have been having some fun in between all of the monotony and labor, though.
In the interest of prepping to move I have given up on many of my summer goals.  I have been reading though, and have even [...]

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