I’m a full-time Ph.D. Student and a part-time instructor. The class I teach this semester is a 450 student section of Cinema. The room itself houses stadium like seating with two rows on either side of the center seating dividing the room into left, right, and center sections going all the way up to the back wall. I look up to the students from the low floor where I stand. There are four projectors in the room which shine on three large screens used to project computer screens, dvd’s and the new blu-ray formatted films each week. It was in … Continue reading →

Very recently my wife and I each received, from our respective families, documented evidence of our family trees. This reminded me, again, of the importance of family in our lives and in the life of our soon-to-be-born son. The first came from my Aunt who had literally purchased a computer for the purpose of creating a digital scrapbook of the family tree from my father’s parents to the present day. This would be the new technology version. While the scrapbook was created and completed on a computer it looks every bit like a scrapbook with framed and unframed photos layered … Continue reading →