Today, Christian and I finished up our formal seminars in the University of Liverpool’s MA in Science Fiction Studies with our final Le Guin class (Sunshine was understandably absent). I enjoyed objecting to Le Guin’s attack on Superman as a sub-archetype (her shed must be full of axes). Now, I have a thesis proposal presentation …
Category Archives: Personal
Rewarding Trip to Pittsburgh
I arrived back in Liverpool after an almost nineteen hour, overnight trip from Pittsburgh. A layover at JFK and a long train ride from London Euston to Liverpool Lime Street made for a less than enjoyable endurance test. However, I had an enjoyable chat about SF with Eric, the last.fm coder sitting to my left …
Pittsburgh
I’m traveling to Pittsburgh today despite threatened rail strikes, flooding in NYC, and Kraken sightings in the Atlantic. Wish me luck! I’ll be back in Liverpool on 23 April.
Welcome to the New
I hope that you’ve found your way to the new location for my blog without too much hassle. I decided that I had outgrown iWeb’s blogging features, and I wanted a domain name. My blog is now hosted by WordPress.com, which gives me a lot of new powerful features for archiving, searching, and customizing the …
Graduate Schools Applications Are Away
Over the past couple of days, I completed the online components of the graduate school applications to Kent State, Louisiana State University, and the University of Kansas. Today, I mailed off the supplementary personal statements, CVs, resumes, and writing statements. GRE scores, academic transcripts, and letters of recommendation should be on their way from their …
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