A friend of mine often says that everything happens in the right time, for the right reasons, in the right place, and in the right order. His statement has become a mantra in my life, something to focus on when…
Jumping
Here’s the view from my recent jump: In other words, I passed my Comps exam!!!! I was jumping up and down so high that I could see this aerial shot of Denver! It’s celebration time now. (Actually probably Saturday, but…
Last Class
Today is my last class of grad school! Yippee! By 9:00 tonight, I’ll be done with classes. I’m not done with my degree, as I still have a few papers to write over the summer, but no more classes. I…
Patience is a virtue
I’m a patient person. Really I am. I am not checking my email every five minutes. I am not checking like a fanatic to see if I missed a call on my cell phone. I am not incessantly looking for…
Comps are done
Over the past three months, I’ve put in countless hours of studying. I studied with a study group in Boulder every Sunday. I used every spare minute I could find—on the train commuting; reading at night before bed, in the…
Textbooks revisited
Remember how I posted that I didn’t have to buy a single text book this semester? Well, that’s still true. But, a new book by one of my professors just came out. It’s called, Common Ground, Contested Territory: Examining the…
Spring 2007 Textbooks
Can you believe this? In all my years of college and graduate school (that makes 5 1/2), I have always had to buy upwards of $200 per semester for books alone. One semester I spent over $750 in books (all…
Textbooks
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