An STC holiday party and multi-group reunion, and stopping by TPPN until it started….

I was into work early this morning, and as a result, caught the 4:30 bus home. It was coming just as I walked out. I attended the STC’s end-of-semester and holiday gathering at Mitch’s Tavern, which started at 7:30 and hosted a convergence of present NCSU STC student chapter members, an “ENG 675 (’08) reunion,” … Read more

My final ENG 515 Rhetoric of Science and Technology presentation, drinks @ Porters, a survey…

I went into the office today specifically because we had a department meeting scheduled from 2:00-2:30. At around noon, my manager sent an e-mail out announcing the postponement of the meeting until tomorrow at noon. Okay, here’s the deal: I am supposed to be on vacation starting today for the rest of the year. I … Read more

Homework, class, and dancing…

I worked on my final paper for Rhetoric of Science and Technology today, and was pleasantly surprised by how it progressed. Before I knew it, it was 4:30, and time to shower and head to class. Our penultimate Rhetoric of Science and Technology class was good tonight. Both Andrews presented, as well as Lindsay and … Read more

Homework, STC Student/Faculty Roundtable, class, and dancing…

One of my recent favorites from indexed blog: As Hugh over at Bible Versus says: Dolly Parton. And Amy Sedaris. Perfection. I had intended to go pick up my new glasses today, but since I want to go into the office tomorrow anyway, I decided to wait and get them then—seeing how my eye doctor’s … Read more

An emergency edit, class, paper two direction, and some pool with Joe…

I worked form home today and had an “emergency edit” come in after lunch, which I worked on until about 4:00. Tonight in Rhetoric of Science and Technology class, we discussed our final postings from the electronic class discussion board. Andrew A. was the summarizer, and he did a fine job considering the digressing mess we’ve become … Read more

Editing, like really annoying talk, a paradigm shift, class, an STC meeting, and overachieving…

I worked from home this morning. During lunch time, I completed the organization of our Student/Faculty Roundtable to be hosted by STC at the end of the month, and sent notes to initiate the advertisement process. I met Kevin (av8rdude) and Kurt at Helios to work from there this afternoon, and their friend Carl joined us as … Read more

Power issues, a (mostly) clean bill of health, homework, class, and dancing…

Power Issues Yesterday, my computer (desktop machine) started turning off about four seconds after pushing the on button. The fan and all that noise started for about four seconds, and then it just powered itself off. I took off the cover, vacuumed the hell out of the inside of it, the vents in the covers, and … Read more

Lab work, a fellow New Englander, a fun class, a funner time @ Helios, and dancing…

I had my lab work done this morning—in anticipation of my physical which is a week from today, for which all of my lab results will be available. After fingering the crook of my arm for a minute or more, I said to the phlebotomist, “Don’t see anything you like?” She smiled. “This one right … Read more