Author Archives: Mark A.

The Quill Awards nominated and chose some very impressive winners this year. Go here for a complete list of winners, and on their side-bar you can click the individual categories to see which works were nominated but did not win. Some impressive work showcased in the nominees sections as well. I’m very pleased that America: […]

Hajime My freshman year as an undergrad I took a Karate class to fulfill one of my Human Performance class requirements. The instructor of the course was a man named James Melton. James had been active in Shotokan Karate since the sixties and his level of knowledge of the art was astounding. James was extremely […]

For the past few weeks I really haven’t had the opportunity to watch the unfolding political scandals as I would like. But as I was quickly scanning headlines tonight in an attempt to maintain a foothold on the current political landscape, something occurred to me. For as much as we talk about war in western […]

If any of my fellow bloggers would like to tell me a little about their experiences blogging I would greatly appreciate it. I’m writing an article length paper on how blogging has enabled marginal voices (like ME!) to find an audience, and to what degree their voice impacts said audience. I’m still exploring the different […]

I’m so depressed”¦The Daily Show was a rerun tonight. I use that show as break from working, and now I didn’t get my break and I’m all grumpy. To satiate my yearning for jackassery, I watched one of my favorite clips from the show. Which one would that be? Well, let’s just say Stephen Colbert […]

I think I may have figured out the whole Miers thing. Bush might have been in so much pain from TMJ that he just stuck his head out the door of the Oval Office and picked the first person he saw, so that he could go back to sitting in the dark with a heating […]

Kneel before…President Zod?

The Catholic Church has recently published a document intended to help their clergy instruct parishioners, which warns against macro-interpretations of the Bible as literal truth. Go here to read the article (It’s pretty short). This is absolutely magnificent. In a time when religious fundamentalism threatens our government like never before, the Catholic Church has, intentionally […]

When I was in seventh grade the administration of my school decided that all of the classrooms on campus needed to have intercoms installed in them. For several days there were electricians in our classroom, tearing up the walls, wiring things up, and generally assuring that the students were so distracted that they learned absolutely […]