Sam Harrelson

Whether or not this is "true" (does it really matter?), it's an amazing story that reads like a Chuck Palahniuk book... http://www.zug.com/pranks/super/index01.html 

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At least this young padwan began his training early. Some of us don't learn these things until our teens... [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMZrXAXitKI]

People are strange and I want to be a hermit. Conference day 3... ughhhh. Well, it's not that bad.  I've seen lots of old friends and made some new connections.  I think the low point was last night's "Pure Imagination" party at a club in Pleasure Island.  I'm getting way too old for blacklights and glow sticks... especially when I'm here to make money (ho!!!).  Gotta stack cheese and all ...

This fall, it looks as if I'll be returning to school at UNC Asheville.  Although a top rated public liberal arts school, UNCA is not a bastion of PhD programs in liberal arts related areas.  While that could be bad news for someone as devoted to the humanities as I am on my resume, I look at the situation as a determining factor in my ongoing 27-year-in-the-desert-wandering-around career ...