I am a romantic. I don’t mean to invoke images of Harlequin romances or that pernicious movie genre dubbed “romantic comedy,” but rather to place myself alongside so many contemporary people who believe that, roughtly speaking, they should be lead by feeling (as opposed to rationality). (At the risk of unduly multiplied parentheses, I would […]
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So, here I am, packing up my home of the last 1.5 years, getting ready to hit the road. In the past two weeks, I’ve presented a graduating B.A. Honours Thesis, graduated from SSU with a B.A. (Honours, First Class), went on a 5 day trip down to NYC, and now I’m packing up to […]
I’m on the verge of something, I know not what it is. I know that I’m leaving some thing behind: friends, community, my days as a B.A. student, my apartment, the thesis I slaved over this year…
And yet none of these things are clean breaks. Bits and pieces of all of these things will come with […]
Today was the last day of classes. No more B.A. classes for this lad.
Too bad there’s buttloads of work left to do. Someday I might come back and read this and smile, remembering the days of school and the luxury of dedicating myself to the pursuit of knowledge.
But that day is not today; that day will be […]
So, I’ve been doing this blogging thing for two years now… as of three days ago, that is. I was going to make some kind of post about it on the day of, but I forgot to pay attention. Oh well.
All I’ll say is that this strange little journey of having a multi-faceted blog (some might […]
If you went to a “normal” school, chances are you’ll answer yes without hesitation. I know that I would. In this 20 minute talk, Ken Robinson helps us to understand why this is the case and how tragic it is.
There’s a lot I could say, but it would be much better to let this brilliant video […]
