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So I tried this as a poem a few months ago, but it didn’t feel right as a poem. I wanted to talk about the changes I remember in just my lifetime, to think about the way things shift over time with new technologies. I mean, they landed on the moon the year I wasContinue reading “Memories of Change”

I’ve just gotten home from the Renaissance Festival, which I always enjoy. On my way out the gates, the employee asked, “Is that a Discworld shirt?” It is; it’s “The Turtle Moves” shirt that I grabbed this morning. On the way home, I finished listening to Rob Wilkins’ “Terry Pratchett: A Life with Footnotes,” readContinue reading “Terry, Pterry, STP [edited]”

…and neither are their teachers. This is all anecdotal, I guess, but I’m a college professor, and I am having a really rough semester. But so are most of us that I’ve talked to, on my campus and otherwise. We’re at a point in the pandemic where we’ve hit a horrible point of burnout. ButContinue reading “The Kids Aren’t Alright”

This is my new web page, for all your Bill Abbott needs. As such, I’m still working on it. For now, this is the blog. I’ll have more soon, I promise.