So, I’m in the third week of my second year.  Things seem a bit more doable this semester.  The reason: I am taking one less class than I did both semesters last year.  This is a huge load off.  The two seminars I am enrolled in this term are Theories of Feminism and Technology and [...]

Currently, I’m in the middle of living on two-hours of sleep a night in order to meet the deadlines imposed by my professors. It’s brutal. I’m too old for this. Last night, I finished the first draft of my paper for the ethics course I am taking this semester. The paper examines the bioethics of [...]

This semester is going to be quite interesting.  In addition to the classes I am taking, I am teaching a course called Gender and Ethnicity and the Rhetoric of Science and Technology.  I have taught gender studies courses in the past at the University of Utah, but never from the standpoint/perspective of science and technology.  [...]

I can’t bring myself to watch President Bush speak; he is far too annoying and comes across as an embarrasing simpleton.  So, I did not actually watch the State of the Union address; rather, I read it.  Reading it saves me from yelling nasty four-letter words at the television screen while watching our President speak [...]

In an effort to save money (and to sell out to corporate America), I just received a few boxes of books from Barnes and Noble. These comprise most of the books I will be reading next semester for my course work. I’m a bit afraid of how I will possibly get through all of these [...]

I mentioned in an earlier post that I am reading a book over my semester break called Rhetorical Listening, about which I will write a book review.  Well, as I am finishing it up, I came across a passage in the text that was so compelling–I have to share it.  To provide some context, all [...]