End of April

"The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day. When the sun is out and the wind is still, you're one month on in the middle of May. But if you so much as dare to speak, a cloud come over the sunlit arch, and wind comes off a frozen peak, and you're two months back in the middle of March." -Robert Frost
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Booches Billiard Hall

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Football Fodder

"I ain't fat, mother f-cker; I'm just big boned." -a 300-pound lineman gets defensive about his physique (o the things you overhear tutoring in the athletic department ... too bad most of them are even more inappropriate than this).
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Day at the Races

For those unfamiliar with Foxfield, click here.

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Sparky's Ice Cream

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Soul Print

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My Boyfriend the Cookie Monster

Apparently, Matt's been going to coffee shops without me.
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Coordination

"I can't even walk and chew gum." -a volunteer's comment to me as I smacked away while running Sunday's St. Louis Marathon (hey, it keeps me from spitting...).
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Earth Day

A St. John sign.

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Easier Said Than Done.

"Just sit down and write the damn thing." -professor advice on the best way to tackle a paper.
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Don't Do Drugs

A Tortola classic.

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26.2 Miles

"A marathoner is obsessed with details. Miles, minutes, split times, weather, calories, aches, pains, blisters, black toenails, heart rate, lactate threshold, sleep hours, ice baths, training partners, races, courses, shoes, energy gel, Gatorade flavor, feelings - it is all log material. Past performance must instruct the future." -A Race Like No Other; Liz Robbins' book about the 2007 NYC Marathon.

Running the St. Louis marathon today. Wish me luck!

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Losing My Mind

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The Uprooted

"Once I thought to write a history of the immigrants in America. Then I discovered that the immigrants were American history." -Oscar Handlin, 1951.

Finally turned in my Communication Law paper about the impact of WWI legislation on America's immigrant presses. Now time switch gears and focus on Sunday's marathon!
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Put 'Em Up

"The sound of the perfect high five resonates, causing those nearby to silently and enviously take notice." -this should be taking place all around the country today. Read more here.
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My Crazy Cat

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Hitched on Facebook

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Get it Done

"I remember those days.  They'll go away, and then you'll miss them, and then you won't.  Make sure that football player passes though." -Mike dispenses some thoughts on the craziness that is grad school and my tutoring in the athletic department.
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Happy Easter

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License to Tax

Saw this in the parking garage and couldn't help myself.
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Siblings

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Quote on the Wall

At Kaldi's.
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Congrats Jen Rowe

"I thought it was Publisher's Clearing House at first." -one student's observation after the University Chancellor, Dean of the Journalism School and a camera crew burst into our classroom to present our professor with an outstanding faculty award and $10,000 check.
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Let's Get to Work

Another good thought from Bluestem.
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Mudslide

"I was thirsty, and I didn't want to drink water." -Kristy explains her middle-of-the-afternoon alcoholic beverage consumption.

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Knowledge is Power

Quote by William Blake. Image by RBS.
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

"Some place where there isn't any trouble.  Do you suppose there is such a place, Toto?  There must be.  It's not a place you can get to by a boat or a train.  It's far, far away.  Behind the moon, beyond the rain." -Dorothy, in the Wizard of Oz (playing tonight at the Missouri Theatre).
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Lost & Lonely

"Ma'am! Can you adopt me?" -plea from a random homeless man in downtown Columbia. Needless to say, I ran away rather then answer that question.
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Family Ties

Beth: Do you need any cash? I have some...

Beau: Nope! I've got more Jacksons than the Spivey household.

lol.

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March Banana Comsumption

The only reason Matt beat me by 9 bananas is because he stopped keeping track after the second week. He probably really beat me by at least 25.
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