writing

There is a smart way of setting goals and there is a lazy way. Make sure you follow the smart way if you want to achieve your goals!

How well is your English? Have you ever made the similar funny and confusing English?

Somebody purporting to be a former classmate of the Virginia Tech shooter has posted a couple of Cho Seung-Hui's plays on AOL. I warn you, they're disturbed, puerile, and graphic. If somebody had written one of these in a writing workshop I was in, I would have been very concerned.

Here is what his former classmate said:

Quoted: When we read Cho’s plays, it was like something out of a nightmare. The plays had really twisted, macabre violence that used weapons I wouldn’t have even thought of. Before Cho got to class that day, we students were talking to each other with serious worry about whether he could be a school shooter. I was even thinking of scenarios of what I would do in case he did come in with a gun, I was that freaked out about him. When the students gave reviews of his play in class, we were very careful with our words in case he decided to snap. Even the professor didn’t pressure him to give closing comments.

Scrivener looks like an interesting writign application for Macintosh. It's currently under development but there is a freely testable beta.

my literary magazine's blog. there are pictures of our last party. guest appearance by a member of a famous local band. the submission deadline is today. my roles at the magazine include:

-music editor
-promotional party dj
-prose fiction editor
-webmaster! - i never thought the day would come, but finally it has.

I've heard Teresa Strasser on Adam Corolla's morning radio show, and always thought she kind of funny. I went over to her website (to see what she looked like) and read her most recent article... its really pretty funny. I'm a sucker for clever analogies.

Quoted: If you've ever tried to split a Big Hunk candy bar -- the kind made out of brittle white nougat and peanuts -- then you ...

Word Templates and Cornell Note Taking Print E-mail Wednesday, 29 June 2005 It amazes me how much school has changed since I graduated. One change is the Cornell Note Taking method. Despite being one of the most popular systems around, I'm told there isn'