Monthly Archives: February 2013

“To share your weakness…

Posted on February 24, 2013 by transiteration

is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”  – Criss Jami Question: Is our dependence on writing [or on our writing-related technologies] making our minds and memories weak? Most of us can agree that … Continue reading →

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Wiki Update

Posted on February 22, 2013 by transiteration

I have to admit, I was a bit skeptical about contributing to the Wiki page. Technology is definitely not my strong suit. Once I learn it I can use it, but until then… I’ll admit to being still confused by … Continue reading →

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“A university is just a group of buildings… (Library Part 2)

Posted on February 17, 2013 by transiteration

gathered around a library.” – Shelby Foote I thought the hard part – getting there – was over, but when I arrived all 30-something computers were taken.  A few people were waiting in the line to get on the waiting … Continue reading →

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“The best of my education has come from the public library… (Library Part 1)

Posted on February 17, 2013 by transiteration

 …my tuition fee is a bus fare and once in a while, five cents for an overdue book. You don’t need to know very much to start with, if you know the way to the public library.” – Lesley Conger I rushed … Continue reading →

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On Technology

Posted on February 11, 2013 by transiteration

I wrote this a couple years ago. As a forewarning, I don’t have anything against technology, but sometimes it is interesting to consider how effectively we use it in our daily life: “Once upon a time, I didn’t have a … Continue reading →

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Three intransitive verbs walk into a bar…

Posted on February 5, 2013 by transiteration

They sit. They drink. They leave. Throughout school, we’ve been taught that grammar and punctuation are a necessary pursuit to complement endeavors in in academia.  In kindergarten, we learned to construct sentences: subject + predicate, and progressed from that to adjectives, pronouns, verbs that really were … Continue reading →

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There are three kinds of literate people..

Posted on February 3, 2013 by transiteration

..those that can do math and those that can’t. In my post “May the wind be always at your back..” I talked about my journey in running as an act of learning, or acquiring knowledge. Essentially, as I spent more time … Continue reading →

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