Tag: education
Learning Through Life
I've recently started a book by Louis L'Amour, an old western novelist who wrote nearly 100 novels and stories. In this book in particular, he writes of his education and while his formal schooling ended when he was fifteen years old, he goes on to say he continued to learn throughout his life. L'Amour said ...
Literature and the Falsehood of Education
Unfortunately, while I was in college, I didn't study certain aspects of literature that I wish I had. The various parts that comprise a story, what makes a work Victorian versus Edwardian, various schemes of poetry, and other topics were discussed very quickly before being passed over. I would've liked to study the bones of ...
15 OCT 2018
I have to get working on the edits that my publisher sent over so the book can get republished through them, but I can't find the time. Since my injury, I've still been going to work, just in a different capacity. On top of that, I have to go to physical therapy three times a ...
26SEP2018
The weather is finally getting to that which I enjoy most. Fall is here and with the cooling of the air, I can finally wear hoodies again without sweating through them. I love the summer because of baseball season and shorts, but I adore fall because I'm typically always warm and this allows me to ...
Let It Snow…
What is Chicago but a wonderful place filled with humid summers, gigantic skyscrapers, and bitterly cold winters? After having a little break from the crappy weather, the weather gods have seen fit to blanket the Second City with powder once again. While I happen to like seeing fresh snow, the biting cold is getting rather... ...
The Taxing Battle of Biological Warfare
Yes, I hath been stricken with influenza. 'Tis a nasty infection. Relentless, merciless, and at one time, deadly. The flu sucks. It's been going around at work and lucky for me, managed to get some of the little virus to latch onto me and cause respiratory distress. I've been coughing up a lung for about a ...
27DEC2017: Question
Here's a serious question: Why do you think people don't read anymore? Back in the day, kids were reading books like no other. I remember in grade school the kids, particularly the girls, would always have a book in their desk that they would read when class got boring. I used to read all the ...
