@cogdog there is a warning at the top of my page explaining it. You won’t see it again if you comment with the same info. :-) #
@cogdog no, no…I had to approve it for it to go through #
@cogdog it’s there now :-) #
Four doctoral apps totally in, 1 online stuff in, still [...]

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sent 4th doctoral app to my reader to get some feedback (ok, ok, my reader is my brother but he has some experience in this doctoral thing!) #
how funny…snitter just gave me a grand musical salute when I wrote a 140 character post. How fun! :-) #
@chrisnixon that’s awesome :-) #
upgraded my various wordpress [...]

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I have recently been asked to present to several campus groups (at different times) regarding the issue of identity in social networks.  I guess, in some way, I’m considered the campus expert on this issue because it is what I’m doing my research on and it is something I’m constantly thinking about, working on, and [...]

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american life in poetry: column 129
by ted kooser, u.s. poet laureate, 2004-2006
North Carolina poet, Betty Adcock, has written scores of beautiful poems, almost all of them too long for this space. Here is an example of her shorter work, the telling description of a run-down border town.
Louisiana Line
The wooden scent of wagons,
the sweat [...]

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bah. I hate bronchitis. Really. #
[daily photo] apotheosis http://tinyurl.com/35k7bf #
I don’t understand the phenomena of setting others on a pedestal, no matter how well-known they are on the Internet. They are just people. #
It doesn’t mean they are good leaders, excellent role models, or even good people. They are just well known. [...]

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Two applications down, three to go. Whew. #
three doctoral apps down, 2 to go (and of course they are the 2 toughest and the ones I want to get into the most) #
I really like the theme song for “Veronica Mars.” I wonder if that makes me dorky. Or cool. Or [...]

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[daily photo] through the long afternoon http://tinyurl.com/349abo #
I’m getting a headache from all of these online applications. They really aren’t clear and need a good editor. Ahem. #

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[daily photo] possessed http://tinyurl.com/3bkvry #
wishing all the happiest of holidays #
watching shows on hulu today — catching up on things I didn’t have room to tivo some of it is pretty good quality, too #
@AndrewBadera nicely done. I was just (yesterday) lamenting the need for that kind of application. #

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had a wonderful Solstmas dinner tonight. Ate good food, opened presents, kids were fun, and played some games. Good times. #
deleting all of my photos from zooomr. I put it off for a long time but it’s finally time. #
[daily photo] somewhere http://tinyurl.com/2so7am #
writing newest vfxy weekly pic-k, joined oneexposure, and thinking [...]

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hosting a Solstmas dinner tomorrow. Just made cranberry sauce. Baking sweet potatoes. Will get up early for turkey and stuffing. #
[daily photo] speak http://tinyurl.com/32f5lf #

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