Freeing My Inner Genius

Somebody was asleep at the wheel at this publishing company. I was on Digg and saw a post announcing the “Worst Book Title Ever” or something like that. Digg dorks like to say things like “Best/Worst ____ EVER!” all the time and usually whatever they are posting about does not live up to [...]

That’s the sound that every cat owner knows all too well. It’s the sound of the impending purge of evil, usually in a place that is a) hard to reach b) hard to clean c) very expensive d) all of the above.  I have cleaned up my fair share of hairballs during [...]

Did anyone see the Browns-Ravens game? I didn’t, but Todd sent me this link. Check this out:

Who would have thought the Browns would ever have an exciting game.

A couple of months ago, I blogged my thoughts about my first week of grad school. As the semester is coming to a close, I wanted to asses my feelings about my first semester of post-bachelors study. First off, let me say that I am very glad I chose to continue my education. I [...]

I love Starbucks (understatement of the year?). Coffee has become one of my best friends…Todd’s too, as it makes me more bearable. Whenever I am moody or tired, he asks me “would a Starbucks help?” Regardless of the answer, we always end up there on the weekends when we are out running our [...]

Dear Blogfans,
I know, my blogging has become less frequent. I am in the midst of “crunch time” at school, with 2 major research papers, one on the role of women’s emancipation in the building of the new Soviet state, and another on the historiography of the year 1989 in East Germany (the year the Berlin [...]

Impressive, eh? Today is the 90th anniversary of the October Revolution!

I spend a lot of time driving anymore…it seems like it at least. I don’t mind it so much since I bought a new car and Todd installed Sirius in it. Sirius really does make life so much better and I’ve been a subscriber for years. There was that brief couple of [...]

Indulge the historian side of me for a moment.  Today, as I was having lunch at work and reading the local paper, I stumbled across an article on the death of Paul Tibbets.  He died yesterday at the age of 92.  Tibbets is a WWII legend…for those who don’t know, he was the pilot of [...]