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These hand-painted (with nail polish) barrettes inspired today’s big purge. They’re at least ten years old and they have no place in the jewelry box of someone closer to 30 than 10. I’m a bit of a packrat. I see value in things — practical and sentimental — that isn’t always there. Thankfully I’m able [...]
Since graduating from college I’ve grappled with an inability to enjoy what was once my favorite hobby: reading. Being forced to read several things at once, sometimes on topics that bored me to tears, on a regimented schedule took a lot of the joy out of it for me. And I think I’ve come to [...]
Not long ago the University of Memphis instituted this thing called “TigerText,” in which they send out a mass text message in case of emergencies, campus closings and the like. Once I received a text about a wind advisory, one was about construction on the railroad tracks. So far there hasn’t been a real valid [...]
All is well in Tigerland, for now. We have a coach and he is ready to rock and roll. After all the names bandied about and the talk of “wow hires” he was in front of our noses all along. I have to admit, my first reaction yesterday when Memphis hired him was, “That’s it?” [...]
Lately I’ve been noticing an increased number of inappropriately-dressed females at my school. I don’t necessarily mean inappropriate as “displaying too much skin” or “distracting” – more “if this is what you wear to school I’m not sure I want to see what you wear on the weekends.” It’s 9:10 a.m. Why are you dressed [...]
