Archive for August, 2006

I have nothing against Evangelicals

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

What I am opposed to are people that belong to a political party because of single-issue politics, “other-side is evil”, or “my parents were *, so I am too”. Faisal linked to a great article that sums up some of the reasons that I’m opposed to the current republican party, “When Would Jesus Bolt?“. I’m [...]

Impersonal Kitsch

Sunday, August 13th, 2006

For some reason, I thought this was totally cool: Message: ———————————————————- THIS IS A ONE TIME NOTICE! Student: Fouche, Sandro Advanced to Candidacy on: 09/01/2006. If he has any current aid offers, please check that they are updated to Step III. —————————————————————– This email was automatically generated One of the perks of going to a [...]

My last exam…

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

Oddly enough the last exam I will probably ever take was called a “preliminary” exam. Anyway, as of yesterday, August 4, 2006, I passed my preliminary exam and advanced to candidacy. I am officially a ful doctoral candidate! Now back to your regularly scheduled life.