A collection of photography and exploration focusing on Upstate South Carolina and beyond.
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Somehow, it will all get done.Somehow, it will all get done.Somehow, it will all get done. And so goes my mantra for the past several days. I’ve been putting presentations together right and left, both for principals and for my conference. In addition to that, I’ve got three major bids out on the street, … Read More “This, too…” »
Saturday was the first clear, cool weekend day of this fall. The thought of doing yard work, or sitting inside and watching the Furman game on TV was just not appealing. What I really wanted to do was get out and go hiking. Laura and reached a compromise that combined hiking and football, and … Read More “Fall Hunting” »
Nope, I’m not a multi-millionaire. My mother’s magic didn’t work. I think next time I’m going to send her into Little Cricket by herself to by the lottery ticket, and she has to pick the numbers herself. Yeah, that’s what I gotta do.
A bit o’ history. My mother is extremely lucky. During her lifetime she has won many prizes in various drawings, including one large doll, not one, but two 21-inch televisions (in separate drawings), and a 1931 Ford A-Model – an honest-to-goodness antique car that probably financed a good bit of my college education when it … Read More “First Powerball” »
From this morning’s obituaries in the Greenville News… Shular "Tom" Dee Burrell Charles "Louie" Homer Carlton Katherine "Kay" Mellom Gladys Inez "Nan" Parkins Willie "Pie Face" Priestly I can understand wanting to include the dearly departed’s nickname in the obituary. After all, the idea is to remember them as they were known in life. Tom, … Read More “Obituary Nicknames” »
First game of the season – Jacksonville State University in Alabama versus Furman. This is always a weird game because the students aren’t even back. There’s not enough musicians for a full band, so a small pep band takes its place in the endzone. Prior to the game we stopped by Publix for our tailgating … Read More “Opening Game – JSU vs FU” »
Rene Decartes walks into a bar and sits down. The bartender asks him if he would like a beer. Decartes replies, "I think not", and promptly vanishes.
Since 1998 Beloit College has released its Mindset List for the incoming Freshman Class. It was intended to provide faculty and staff at the college a guide for relating to the new students and understanding their perceptions of the world. I think now it has long since left that goal, and now serves as blog … Read More “Mindset List” »
Laura got some very good news yesterday. She and three other women chemists have been awarded a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to development mentoring programs for women professors in the sciences. It sounds like an excellent program, but it also sounds like she’s going to be doing quite a bit of work … Read More “Congratulations to Laura!” »
School started back for students this Thursday. To say that it was a smooth opening wouldn’t be sarcastic enough. Systems went down, computer installers arrived when and where they said they wouldn’t be, and of course yours truly gets the blame for every little glitch. It’s times like these I wonder what in the world … Read More “School starts with a vengeance” »