Author Archives: Wilbur

Noam Chomsky, Sleeping Problems, and New Year’s Resolutions

First off I think the idea of making a New Year’s resolution is absurd. The declaration that we only wait till the beginning of a year to look at our lives, try to come up with 3-4 areas we could … Continue reading

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Holidays

I hope everyone is safe this holiday season. hope everyone is warm. hope everyone feels love. Wilbur

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A decade knowing her . . .

I have spent a decade learning I hope to spend a few more enjoying her She once told me she could not allow herself to stay past fortythree then settled on fifty-one, but I hope she changes her mind. if … Continue reading

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Stolen from Wiselist

Leo Tolstoy Franz Kafka James Joyce Zora Neale Hurston Charles Olson Virginia Woolf Sylvia Plath Noam Chomsky Micheal P Oakes Mark Turner Take the above list of ten authors. Remove all the ones which you do not own, and replace … Continue reading

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Its Official . . .

Amanda is smarter than me. GRE Quantitative – 520 Verbal – 650 Essay – waiting Wilbur GRE Quantitative – 520 Verbal – 520 Analytical – 670 Proof that Amand is smarter than me. Even after being out of school for … Continue reading

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Going to Baton Rouge Tonight

Amanda is taking the GRE tomorrow at 8:30am. She is worried sick. Even made me make multiplication flash cards. Funny thing is I quizzed her after I made them and she nailed them. (Dont tell her, but she underestimates her … Continue reading

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Wilbur, you have a little twitch in your right eye . . .

I love the end of the semester. It is a time to reflect on the knowledge that my students have gained new insights into English and have mastered the language and art of writing. Or its just another example that … Continue reading

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Twenty-four years ago today.

Oh I could go on about how special and wonderful he is, but that would only inflate his already expanding ego. I have been told I was jealous of him when my brother first came into my life. Maybe I … Continue reading

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smashed into a wall and the engine keeps screaming

two weeks left of school . . . another semester down the drain empty bottles littered with promises memories hide behind holiday facades every year more become lost i enjoyed the cold in my youth bitter brittle against my red … Continue reading

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What’s a facetious passivist to do?

48% of America has been seriously contemplating the future. – What the hell happened? – What is my responsibility as a motivated individual? – How can we as intelligent and rational individuals take back control of America? – Should we … Continue reading

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