An Hour A Day

Most college professors would say that the single worst part of our job is grading. I don't actually think this is true: the single wors...

The holiday season is the time I most often hear people say, "The only thing that matters in life is friends and family!" Or: ...

A few years ago, I overheard two colleagues get into a bragging contest about who was busier.  The object of the contest was to determine wh...

I've said before that I'm a lucky person. I'm never sick. My flights are always on time. When Plan A falls through, Plan B often...

I spent yesterday at a junior gymnastics meet, the southern sectionals for the state of Oregon, in Coos Bay. Well, much of the day wasn...

I've decided that I have to coin a new word for the former student/current friend I'm visiting here in Oregon. She's not a worka...

Sometimes life offers up unexpected sweetness. Twenty years ago I was a brand-new assistant professor in the philosophy department at CU, ...