Michael Livingston

Oct

31

Halloween in the Barracks

2008 | Filed Under Homelife | 4 Comments

This Halloween, I dressed up as an Army captain to teach class. Would’ve been exciting if I hadn’t done the same thing every Friday (and Monday and Wednesday).
This evening, though, I did pull the fur and leather out of the attic in order to dress up as a good ol’ fashioned barbarian to take the [...]

Oct

29

Charleston Weather Haiku

2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Fifty-four outside.
Carolina cadets shiver.
But no winter here.

Oct

28

The Other Sequel in Progress (Listen!)

2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | 6 Comments

I posted yesterday about starting the sequel to the novel I finished last summer. Today I thought I’d post about the other sequel hereabouts, the one that’s, well, due to be finished this coming spring. May 9, in fact:

The Wife is doing most of the work on this particular sequel, of course, though [...]

Oct

27

The Sequel Begins

2008 | Filed Under Fiction | Leave a Comment

You might notice, dear reader, a new item down yonder in the left column. Gone is the progress meter for the completed (and being agent-shopped) The Shards of Heaven. In its place is the progress meter for the just-begun sequel to that novel in the Angels of Earth series: The Gate of Hell. [...]

Oct

26

Palin and the Thin Line Betwixt Satire and Reality

2008 | Filed Under Homelife | Leave a Comment

It’s no secret that I found John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin to be, well, unfortunate at many levels. On the plus side, though, it’s made for some fascinating occasions to examine rhetoric and syntax and other English professorial excitements. Regarding Palin in particular, I’ve been fascinated to see the lines of satire [...]

Oct

25

Terry Tate on Sarah Palin

2008 | Filed Under Homelife | 3 Comments

Reebok’s Terry Tate “Office Linebacker” commercials, which first aired during the 2003 Super Bowl, were absolutely brilliant. Here’s one of the first of them:

I remind you of this highlight in the history of advertising because, well, “Terrible” Terry T is back. Watch to the end…

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Oct

25

Grading M.A. Comps

2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

This year the English Department pinned me for service on the Graduate Committee, which among other things means I have to grade the M.A. degree comprehensive examinations twice a year.
I could list the ways I would have preferred to spend my Saturday afternoon and evening, but it would probably just depress me. [...]

Oct

24

Mark Knopfler Poster

2008 | Filed Under Homelife | Leave a Comment

Back toward the start of the semester, I posted about receiving a most surprising gift from one of my cadets: an autographed poster of Mark Knopfler, who ranks as #1 or #2 among my favorite recording artists. It was an astonishing gesture, and I’m proud at last to produce an image of it. [...]

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