car·riage re·turn

n. the lever or mechanism on a typewriter that would cause the cylinder on which the paper was held (the carriage) to return to the left margin of the page

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Apparently it was a National Day of Disservice

This morning I rode the bus in to the university as usual,arriving on campus at about 9:30.  As I walked up the path from Van Vleck Hall to Bascom Hall,I noticed the flag was flying over the building at full-mast.  Of course,given today is what it is,this was Read on…

Friday Roundup

This won’t be a thematic post but will instead function as more of an assessment of the progress I’ve been making,not only with this site (which is minimal in the visible sense),but with other facets of my life.  I don’t generally talk much about what is going on with me personally,but with Read on…

I shall return…October 6th.

This space has been little-used of late,a shortcoming I take quite personally. I’ve dispatched with one college application and find myself on the eve of a 15-day field operation out in Twentynine Palms,CA. I’ll be in the Mojave (pictured above during my last visit in August 2005) until October 3rd,but Read on…

This update brought to you by Brahms’First Racket

I’ve been having a tremendous struggle with writer’s block of late,a struggle brought on by suddenly truncated deadlines for a number of projects I’ve been working on.  Due to “operational requirements”I will be going out to the field for twenty-eight days between now and the first of October.

This has created a major Read on…

Stumbling into Friday

Though I managed to keep up a rather brisk pace over the holiday weekend,tonight I find myself jolted from the rhythm I had been settling into. A combination of factors are keeping me from exercising my brain in any truly creative manner,and though I have one topic I’ve been waiting to run with Read on…