Out Among Humans

Darwin galapagos lizard

Everywhere you turn you see Charles Darwin around here. It was sweet while it lasted but we don’t live on…

11 years ago

Cargo Cults

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman.   “Cargo Cults” were scattered across the islands of Melanesia during the middle of…

11 years ago

fear of ideas, ancient library

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman. Even a humble community college can make people nervous. There are books here and…

11 years ago

swiss cheese

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman. The more you know, the more you can recognize there are Emmenthaler-sized holes in…

11 years ago

Easter Island no english at home

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman. A lot of my friends can’t practice English at home—particularly when their spouses don’t…

11 years ago

Whoppers teachers tell us

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman. College professors know things about space aliens. Lecturers have told us the K–Pg Extinction…

11 years ago

finals – goose in parking lot

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman. I pull into the parking lot and it’s relatively empty. It’s an omen. During…

11 years ago

crockett disney exceptionalism

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman. We were asked to write a paper on American Exceptionalism. It’s the idea that…

11 years ago

Cursive handwriting

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman The quick brown fox is an endangered species. I looked over at the other…

11 years ago

Thinker

Just Your Average 68-Year-Old College Freshman I had no idea what survey courses were until I was enrolled in one.…

11 years ago