The title probably gave it away, but what I alluded to in this post is that I’m starting my English MA in January!
I actually started back in January of 2007, but it was just the wrong time, so before finishing a single class I withdrew. Now though, three years later, I’m giving it another shot. [...]
Entries from November 2009
November 23, 2009
Grad School
November 23, 2009
Orange Pound Cake
Ingredients:
3 cups of sugar
3 cups of flour (all-purpose)
1 1/2 cups of Crisco
2/3 cup of orange juice
1 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract
8 eggs (room temperature)
Directions:
Mix Crisco and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
Beat in orange juice.
Add flour and vanilla.
DO NOT PREHEAT! Bake at 325 degrees for an hour and fifteen minutes.
Toothpick test [...]
November 17, 2009
Web App: My Writing Nook
I came across a really cool little web app last night that I thought I would pass along, My Writing Nook.
This is very simple writing software that is web-based, so you don’t have to worry about where your latest draft is saved. Best of all it has a companion iPhone app [iTunes link] so that [...]
November 9, 2009
6 Free Mac Apps!
Just passing this along… Macheist.com is giving away 6 free apps for Mac users but there’s only 3 days left. Maybe there’s something in the bundle that you can use.
November 4, 2009
The Photograph
Her hair was sunshine out of a bottle. White t-shirt tucked into purple shorts. His beard was brown and thick, forehead glistening in the mid-afternoon sun. Receding hairline characteristic of males in their late thirties to early forties.
The green grass alludes to late June, with the trees of south Alabama in full bloom.
He was her [...]
November 3, 2009
More iPhone Photography (I’m beginning to like this).
These first two photos I posted filtered versions of the other day, but I thought the originals were pretty cool so I want to share them now.
I took this one tonight at “Science Night” at H’s school. The only pic I snapped the entire night, but I thought it turned out pretty sweet…
November 3, 2009
The Black Pearl
1 part Captain Morgan Silver + 2 parts Diet A&W Root Beer = my drink of choice over the past few months.
November 2, 2009
The Long Overdo Life Update
Well it’s November again, and I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this year either. I really wanted to give it a shot this time around, but I have two out-of-town trips planned during this month; a weekend in Atlanta and roughly a week in Kentucky. Seeing as I will be spending that time with family [...]
