August 2008

On the passing of a former student.

August 23, 2008

A former student of mine died in a car wreck Wednesday. Her friends and classmates have already set up an online memorial, and hundreds have paid their respects. I have read several stories of the good things she did and the kind words she had for friends and strangers. I have read dozens of expressions [...]

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On The Dark Knight, part two.

August 11, 2008

WARNING: Spoilers ahead. If you haven’t seen the movie yet and do not wish to have any clue or hint revealed unto you, don’t read this post. The more I think about this movie, the more I think of edits that could have made it better (in my humble, non-Oscar-winning, never-been-trusted-with-a-$185-million-budget-and-delivered-a-great-movie opinion), and the more [...]

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Nap dream.

August 4, 2008

I drifted off late this afternoon and had this dream: It is dark outside. I am wearing a grey three-piece business suit and no hat. I am walking down a street with my grandfather. He is roughly my age, but he looks a little bit more like a young Jimmy Stewart than the pictures I’ve [...]

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