Counting today, I have exactly 5 days left in my 30s. Not that I think that much about it, but I don't know that I'm especially sad to see that decade rapidly approaching the rearview mirror. It's a little odd... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

Just like the ones I used to know Where the parking lots glisten And children listen To hear cash registers all aglow Yes, for the second year in a row, I participated, however briefly, in the consumer orgy that is... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

Like so many others who have posted today, I am both happy and relieved. I'm not sure that I can be more detailed than that, except to say that my experience of the day was similar to other events in... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

A month or so ago, I posted a quick blip about the latest State of the Blogosphere report, which had somewhat to say about microblogging platforms and their effect on blogging. While I would never argue that it's a simple... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

So, like I said, I was at this conference during the past few days. I'm going back and forth over whether to write about my time there, because what I have to say will inevitably be taken up in ways... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

That's the name of the conference I'm at this weekend. And for a host of reasons, it's been a very different experience than was Watson. About which, more soon. In the meantime, we were asked to post 4-page discussion papers... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

You may have already seen this on the JIL, but if you know of anyone who might be interested, please feel free to pass this along to them... Assistant Professor in Professional and Technical Writing The Writing Program at Syracuse... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

I have four observations, two personal and two disciplinary. 1. I have basically forgiven myself for needing to spend time during the first part of the conference getting my presentation together, even though it violates my standards about preparedness. This... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

On a more serious note, I have a question for anyone who has better knowledge of APA style than I (this is a very large category of people, I suspect). For reasons that will remain mysterious, my book was copyedited... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

Say what you will about Hampton Press, or about my book when it finally comes out, but I'll have you know that the press has certified every single page of my book as Original. Because, y'know, someone's gotta be.... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

I have a couple of posts* brewing, but I'll let them simmer for a while longer. Today is a day of long awaited celebration: My page proofs arrived today! In the world of Collin, this is a VeryGoodSign™. The... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

Jenny already stole most of my thunder, so take what thunder I express in this post, and multiply it by most to get some sense of my frustration. Imagine my surprise yesterday, learning for the first time at Clancy's blog,... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

As threatened on Facebook, I decided to try and put together my 2008 mix in time for my southern swing later this month (Watson, then USC, in back to back weeks). This one's influenced a bit by XM radio,... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

Whatever else we may want to say about the financial crisis, and our leaders' ability to respond to it, I suspect that we'll be feeling the repercussions on the ground, so to speak, for years to come. It's already begun... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

I could watch Project Runway for the rest of my life, and I'm not sure I would ever see a scene as simultaneously hilarious and cringeworthy as Kenley trying to explain to Tim Gunn the hip-hop outfit she was making... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

I've seen a lot of folk actively wondering about the current financial crisis, and while I don't pretend to know everything about it, I've been reading Umair Haque's work for the past couple of years. He's one of the folk... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

"Globally, fewer people are posting to their blogs each week than go to the Minnesota State Fair..." from a review of Technorati's "State of the Blogosphere 2008" at Read/Write Web. Although RWW puts some of the numbers into perspective, their... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

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Having finally completed two major projects yesterday, I'm feeling much more chipper today, almost floaty. Not that I don't still have a huge pile of to-do in front of me, but they're all much smaller things, and so I've persuaded... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net

I was all set to post something tonight about how Cecil Cooper should stop whining about having to play the Cubs in Milwaukee. Surely it wouldn't be that much of an advantage, right? Ummm....... cgbrooke http://collinvsblog.net