I and my sons are big Golden State Warriors fans, since I was born in San Francisco, raised in the East Bay, and brainwashed my boys to love California teams over Chicago. It was a…
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Need to Recharge but I Will Be Back!
Whew! I never thought writing out grant applications would be so labor-intensive but for the most part, I spent the entire Spring reading week either writing my monograph or drafting my proposal for some grants….
A Haiku on Grading
Exams crush my soul I ponder my nothingness wearied by wry words Definition of a haiku: 1. a Japanese short poem consisting of 3 verses with a literary structure of a 5 syllable line +…
Koiné Greek Music Videos
Theater Mask (ca. 2nd century BC; Athens Museum) Photo taken by Max Lee © 2014 It is probably the most miserable time of the semester for me. I just finished giving my last set of final…
A Tribute to Courage on Tax Day
Fell upon this cartoon, and thought that I would share it. It is a tribute to an undervalued virtue in today’s world: courage! credit: www.studentnewsdaily.com In the Roman world, ἀνδρεία was the word for courage in…