Student Work – Historical Figures / page1.tif I stumbled on this doing some research for my “Comics for Teens” class that I teach on Tuesday nights. This student work is a comics biography from one of Tom Hart’s classes in NYC. I had seen this published in an SPX anthology a few years back and …
January 2005 archive
Jan 24 2005
Hollywood: Bereft of ideas
I went to the movies this weekend an saw the much-lauded Sideways. The film itself was mildly amusing in a trite NPR-esque way, but what really struck me were the previews. Thankfully there were only three, but as a group they exhibited a stunning lack of originality. Two of the three were of the “wacky …
Jan 24 2005
Adopt-a-bear
Forsyth County > Animal Control > Adoption Photos > Animal Detail Report This animal is under the “dogs” section of the Forsyth County animal shelter website, but there’s no foolin’ me. That’s clearly a baby brown bear.
Jan 21 2005
Winter Arrives
I’m frankly not a fan of the cold weather… and Winston-Salem gets its fair share, being so close to the mountains. But, that being said, once it’s December or January, I’d just as soon have it get cold and miserable and be done with it and it looks like it’s finally happened. Daytime highs have …
Jan 20 2005
What You’ll Wish You’d Known
What You’ll Wish You’d Known What an amazing high school graduation speech. I wish I’d heard this at my graduation. My high school graduation speech was given by Admiral John Pointexter… yeah, that Admiral John Pointexter: from the Iran/Contra deal. The speech linked above is by millionaire/author/computer guy Paul Graham. My favorite quote: “I suspect …
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