From the category archives:

Life Experience

Response to Chris Guillebeau’s “Legacy Projects” post

July 22, 2011

Original post is here. Read it — it’s short, and the comment thread on his site is almost always thoughtful. Relevant exerpt: “You wanted—and expected—them to say, “This is great! I always knew you could do this. How can I help make it better? How can we tell the world about it?” But no, you [...]

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The power of erotic fiction…

November 14, 2010

I have no time for revision.  This post is to help me clarify my own thoughts.  Sorry if it rambles. I was in the kitchen with my mom the other day, drinking coffee and relating a tale of small neighborhood intrigue.  “There are these two people,” I said, “both university faculty in the same department.  [...]

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Life Experience Report: Contortion Class

June 18, 2010

You know that the raw material of art is life, right?  For this reason, I’ve made sure to get as much diverse life experience as possible.  In my circle of nerds, we call it gaining Life Experience Points.  So, I enrolled in contortion class.  Right, like circus contortion. The first class was last night.  I [...]

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