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Ah, the joy of teaching XML. Susan Schreibman of MITH at the University of Maryland is teaching a workshop here and I’m “helping” (mostly by sitting in the back of the room and reading my e-mail and fielding occasional questions, … Continue reading →

I’m sure others have seen this, but Daypop is a pretty cool site. You can look up blogs on any subject. It also ranks the most poplular blogs, the articles most cited on blogs, etc. Pretty interesting. Although, ‘palms’ doesn’t … Continue reading →

A *very* good friend of mine is a a lawyer, an associate at a firm of which the main focus is technology transactions. He spends a lot of his time on projects in New York with older partners in said … Continue reading →

I made a resolution at the beginning of this new year that I would write more in my blog. Two problems immediately introduced themselves–one on Christmas day, the other daily since, both related. On Christmas day, my father announced to … Continue reading →

It’s not a popular thing to go to church these days. In fact, I don’t know that many people my age (certainly not more than one of my friends in the DC metro area that I know of) go with … Continue reading →

It’s bad enough that I constantly feel like a pop-cultural leper, because I have so little time to watch t.v., to wax and wane on the latest reality show, or to surf the internet for interesting tidbits of up-to-date celeb … Continue reading →

I was thinking, if I were somebody else, that it would be a great idea to write a dissertation on the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Writer’s Project and the American Guide Series, a series written as guidebooks to the individual … Continue reading →

Growing up in Florida, I was always in love with a good hurricane. I say this lightly, not because I’m not aware of the destruction and heartache such cyclones can cause, but because I never experienced it. Strangely enough, even … Continue reading →

I’ve started to think that I want to pursue follklore and textuality as an academic interest, combining that pursuit with a related interest: orality and literacy. I’m taking Barry Pearson’s class ENGL629A Readings in Folklore and Folklife, and while I’m … Continue reading →

In December, 1997, I went over to my grandfather’s house for a couple of recording sessions. I just wanted to know his history in his own words. My grandfather had had an active career in many respects, and it seemed … Continue reading →