2011, the year that I traveled
2011 is best summed up by looking back on all of the places I traveled over the past 12 months. I’ve never had a year with so many opportunities to travel or spent so much time in airports! Here’s hoping that 2012 will have as many wonderful adventures in store. It’s been a great year! […]
Helpful giant squid
The only thing inspiring me to finish my final papers is creating Internet memes.
Student again!
PhD student now. Too busy to blog! But now that I am back in school, I have a profile page to share. Enjoy!
New theme
My site got hacked recently, so I’ve taken this as an opportunity to revamp the theme. I’ve customized the graphics, including my own business card on the lower right! Here’s what to do if your WordPress site ever gets hacked.
Goodbye, 2010. Welcome, 2011!
Working via the Internet defined 2010 for me. Although I wore many different hats as an independent contractor, all of them allowed me to do almost all of my work from my computer, here in Indiana or from various other places I traveled during the year. A couple of highlights: I began working as a […]
The People of Paper
We were lucky to have Salvador Plascencia come to the Notre Dame campus and read from The People of Paper on September 15. He was a very engaging speaker, and quite personable at the party afterward, as well. Because of this, our book club chose his book for our discussion yesterday. I really loved it! […]
Language learning while knitting
I recently learned to knit and crochet, which you may have noticed if you follow me on Facebook or Ravelry (username: betsylavolette – let’s be friends!). It’s a great way to pass the time when you’re captive in a car, casually chatting with family, or watching a movie, but sometimes I get out those needles/hooks […]
I love Japanese Pizza, but…
…Pizza Hut Japan, you’ve got to be kidding me: Please keep your “mini dogs” and their ketchup away from my mayonnaise and corn pizza!
Origami mail
Today, I got this in my email from a friend. Click it to open it and read the message: Thanks, Noriko!
How to Become a Book Club
Our book club has chosen yet another book that the great Internets have no discussion questions for! This time, we’re reading Self Help by Lorrie Moore. Because it’s a book of short stories, we’re focusing on the first one, How to Be an Other Woman. This story is fairly exemplary of the book as a […]