RhetoricVille

I have joined nanowrimo in order to write a novel this November. One month — 50,000 words of fictional prose, quality optional. You can view my profile at the nanowrimo.com web site, but I will also be using this blog for updates.
The idea is to write about 1,667 words a day and not look back […]

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I’ve been a hobbiest computer programmer almost since the day we got our first PC in 1984. Not quite since that day, though, because the computer (a Zenith with two 5.25 floppy drives and a green-screen monitor) did not come with any programming software, unless you count DOS batch files as programs. In those days, […]

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River Scene May 2006
I was surprised to see that I hadn’t posted to this blog since April. Wow, where has the time gone? So I thought I’d ease back in with a photo. This is a recent view of the Flint River. It’s similar to views I posted earlier in the year, only now there […]

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Spring Flowers

Color is returning to the world, or at least to our backyard. As soon as the semester ends, I will enjoy it. I may be able to write more then, too.

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Flint River Bridge_April 11_06

I took an exercise break this afternoon. I needed it after a long spell of grading student papers. It was around 4:00 PM, and the river trail was not too heavily populated yet. The bridge was my turn around point today. Once I work into mid-season form, I will walk another few […]

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