As mentioned in my post Fall TV On DVD, fall TV is upon us. I’m currently trying to decide what shows I’m going to watch this upcoming season, and I need to make a decision soon. Right now, I have four shows on my list: Smallville: Thursday, September 28, 7:00 … Continue reading →

Dan Brown. He’s the guy that finally got me interested in reading again. I picked up his The Da Vinci Code in the late summer after a two month break from reading any novels. He’s a thrill writer. He’s the kind of writer that makes you remember what reading is … Continue reading →

Fall TV is upon us. For those of you like me that means TV on DVD, probably the greatest invention in my lifetime. Forget the future when we’ll all be in flying cars with no need for gas and have robotic maids. TV on DVD is and will forever be … Continue reading →

I read an article in Time tonight titled How I Did on the SAT. I have been interested in what the SAT is like now with the additional writing portion that I didn’t have to take. What surprised me the most was John Cloud’s assesment that “the essay readers reward … Continue reading →

Of course, the big topic of discussion today is 9/11. So, it would only be right to write a little bit about the subject seeing how it is the fifth anniversary of the event. This morning in my Newswriting class we discussed what we felt like and what we were … Continue reading →

I’m trying this new thing—going to bed at a decent hour. I actually got in bed a little after 9:00 last night. Of course, I won’t quite make that kind of timing tonight, but I’m about to get under the sheets. I do have good news. I only have one … Continue reading →

I’m not much in a blogging mood tonight. However, I will leave you with my second exercise for Fiction Writing I. It’s not quite a full-blown short story, but it is little story you may enjoy. Somebody, Someday Athens, Alabama. I just stopped to get some coffee and go to … Continue reading →

As I said last night, I wanted to comment on the article, Coach Had A Prayer. I’m not going to summarize the entire article right here. But, the gist of it calls into question whether a high school coach can pray with his team. The ruling decided was that Borden … Continue reading →

It was a long weekend, but I finished putting the pieces of Amy’s website together. I’m happy with the results of the design mostly. It has made me reconsider how I structure my website. So, I might have a lot of housecleaning to do if I decide to do a … Continue reading →

I guess I have to make a post about this. My sister is trying out for American Idol. Well, she is leaving next Thursday for Memphis. I just got her a website last night, Amy N Russell. I would’ve posted it up then, but my database was screwing up again. … Continue reading →