The Skeptician

You might have read it, since it was first posted here, but the Santa Clara Review has deigned to publish my essay about the long and arduous path to becoming an adjunct. This was inspired by frequent conversations with my friend Matthew Henriksen in which we decided most degrading and humiliating life experiences become comedy [...]

I have a very brief story that began life as a chapter of an essay about adjuncting on this site. It appears in today’s issue of Everyday Genius. Thanks, Andy, for encouraging me to send this places and for talking to me about the ending.

Fayetteville got a foot of snow last weekend.  It started Saturday afternoon and continued most of Sunday; estimates range from six to fifteen inches, but it was piled more than a foot thick on the roof of the building across from mine.  On Monday, it was 50 degrees, and half what was on the ground [...]