Fleetwood Mac Will Get You Through This

All weekend I've been responding to student emails concerning the paper that's due at the beginning of class on Monday (today, I guess). I encourage all of my students to email me one paragraph from their papers at a time, which I will read, comment on, and then send back to them.

As a result of this policy, I often have students send me, eventually, over the course of the weekend--though often just over the course of a Sunday--, their entire paper, one paragraph at a time. Other than the fact that I often feel like an editor during this process, rather than a writing instructor, by the end of it (which is now, I hope), I also feel as though I have written 40 shitty "argument papers."

all.ball

All.ball is going to write a song for me. The contents of which are secret, but I will keep you posted!

@vastcontinent

My Big Tow

Illinois Commerce Commission Police
477 South River Road
Des Plaines, Illinois 60016-4743

To Whom It May Concern:

Please consider the following:

Picture #1 shows store “Home Goods” at which I was a customer and that store’s parking lot at 2701 N Elston, Chicago, IL 60647 from which I was towed for allegedly being “illegally parked on private property” due to the allegation that I “went across street.” The official towing service invoice records that my car was towed at 15:18:49 on 4/13/09. But notice picture #2 which clearly shows that I was a customer at “Home Goods” at 15:01:05 on the same date establishing that I was a clearly a paying customer 17 minutes BEFORE the towing service alleges that I “went across street.” The sign outside the parking lot does clearly warn that “unauthorized vehicles will be towed” but the aforementioned receipt in Picture #2 clearly indicates that as a paying customer I was authorized to park in the “Home Goods” parking lot. Hence, I accuse the towing service of illegally towing my car as I was clearly authorized as a paying customer to park in the lot.

Furthermore, upon recovery of my vehicle I immediately noticed and photographed new damage to the front of my vehicle from the illegal tow. Notice the arrow in picture #5 that points to the hanging scrap of paint, a smoking gun indicating that the damage was new.

Therefore, I ask for two reparations from Lincoln Towing Service:
• Reparation #1 consisting of: a refund of the $170 tow fee and $30 in cab fees for a total of $200.
• Reparation #2 consisting of: compensation for the repainting of the vehicle’s front bumper for a total of $300.

I seek a total of $500 from Lincoln Towing Service in refund for their illegal removal and in compensation of the damage caused by said illegal removal of my vehicle.

Sincerely,




Scott Gunther

encl: complaint report form, invoice, proof of parking authorization, copy of invoice, three evidence photos

threshold

Fun With House Shopping

Look at this picture I snapped of my desktop while I was house-hunting. I smell a Mormon:







Top shelf: two sets of LDS bound scriptures.
Second shelf: See the big book on the right with the blue stripe? A Hugh Nibley book, my guess:



The red book on the same shelf, my guess: Christ and the New Covenant: The Messianic Message of the Book of Mormon

Third shelf: Jesus the Christ


Should I buy their house?

Several Such Pre-Fab Steel Buildings

So I had all this empty space on my blog, what better than to fill it with ads? I always find google's targeted ads amusing. For example, in my gmail I always get ads encouraging me to "buy" my degree online... apparently it only takes a few minutes! That sounds much easier than what Rice is offering me...

But look at these ads... I mean are any of you actually in the market for pre-fab steel buildings?

Rice, Rice Baby

Many have asked, it's time I tell you.

I got into Rice.

So... it looks like I may be beginning a PhD in English this fall in Houston, TX.