http://davecopeland.com Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 31 Jul 2010 02:43:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I realized I have just a little over 30 days before school starts. If I were to write 10 script pages per day in that time (about an afternoon's worth of work, leaving mornings to prep for classes and work on freelance assignments), and accounting for a few off days ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/07/30/2910/ This weekend's U.S. equivalent of a royal wedding got me thinking about names. If I had been scheduled to teach freshman writing this year (as I did last year), I would certainly have more than a couple of Chelseas in each class (as it stands, I have one Chelsea among the ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/07/29/whats-in-a-name/ I read this when I was 19 or 20... "...and I shambled after as I've been doing all my life after people who interest me, because the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/07/25/2908/ In the past 48 hours two different P.R. people have tried to use the word "effort" as a verb in emails to me. As in, they're "efforting" to schedule an interview with their client. Clearly this is the trendy word of the summer for people working in public relations, but ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/07/22/pet-peeve-4318-making-nouns-into-verbs/ I field an email every month or so from a talented, former student who is getting frustrated with job hunting in writing-related fields. I can't say I blame them, and I think most college writing programs are failing to prepare them for the realities of the ever-changing and often-discouraging job ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/07/20/email-to-a-former-student/ I'm trying to boost enrollment in a few of my Fall classes, so I sent this note to my former Bridgewater State College students this morning.... Hope you're enjoying you summer. I just wanted to let you know I'll be teaching in the Communications Department this fall and have some classes ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/07/19/note-to-my-past-and-future-bsc-students/ I got a double dilemma for dinner tonight -- I'm trying to eat extra healthy these days, removing as many processed foods and sugars as possible from my diet and replacing them with fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean proteins. I also finally bought a basil plant. It's big enough ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/06/24/more-from-the-kitchen/ I'm just gonna rant about Crate and Barrel for a minute. A little under two years ago someone gave me a rather generous gift card for the store, which I used to buy a lot of kitchen stuff that isn't necessary but nice to have -- a simple glass juicer, ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/06/22/another-reason-why-i-hate-retail/ You know you have them too. They're in your pantry, in your freezer and maybe even in your fridge. Maybe you remember how they got there, maybe you just can't quite place why you needed a can of fat-free refried beans. In some cases, you're waiting for a charity event where ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/06/13/eating-myself-out-of-house-and-home/ will not be me...but I did enter that mussels in chipolte pesto recipe I posted a few weeks ago in a contest being sponsored Turner Fisheries in Boston and found out today that I'm one of five finalists. I'll be participating in a live cook-off on July 18 at the ... http://davecopeland.com/index.php/2010/06/07/the-nex-food-network-star/