Beware the Vampire (Bat)

I’ve got a really great post brewing to get this school year kicked off right and to get the Contagious Narrative back in motion — but for now enjoy this tiny little tidbit… Hey remember not too long ago when I posted a very short article that sort of haphazardly mentioned a few more than [...]

A U.S. Death and the Morals of Epidemic

As I’m sure most of you have heard by now, the U.S. has had its first Swine Flu related death. A 23 month old toddler. It’s terrifying and sad, and now we have to wait and see if it gets much worse than this. In other news, I’m giving a very brief presentation today in [...]

My proposal and teacher comments

Okay, so my proposal for my final paper needs a lot of work. My teacher e-mailed it back to me with some comments and asking me to re-frame the concept to be more about the aesthetic response. She’s right; I’m trying to hard to craft this paper around things I already know. But I am [...]

“What goes on in a body?”

Okay, friends. As blog authors go I am wretchedly inconsistent. And while this might not be my longest entry or even the most relevant…I thought I should write something. And I wanted that something to incorporate anything I have picked up in one of my classes… Am I learning anything? I have no idea…. My [...]

“Diseases desperate”

“———–diseases desperate grown By desperate appliance are relieved, Or not at all.” Hamlet, Act IV, Scene III Thanks to Pamela for sending this along and keeping me in line. I have good intentions with this silly thing, but of course we all know where that road leads. I’m going to take a bit of advice [...]

“In the end, it’s never what you worry about that gets you.”

Thank you to Jettboy for the friendly prodding. Sometimes I need a little harrassment to get off my butt and do this damn thing. So here goes…probably nothing. (I’m still shaking the dust off my writing skills…so bear with me). A few quotes from my most recent read (Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk): “‘In a city [...]

It’s the season!

It seems to me that far more zombie/disease related films come out during the fall/winter than do in the spring/summer. I’m not exactly sure why, but I would speculate it has something to do with zombie films not being able to stand up to huge summer blockbusters like “The Dark Knight” or other superhero movies [...]

That time of year…

Yes, that’s right. As I write this in the part of September that is edgeing into “late” we can already see the Halloween costumes lining the walls of shops, bags of candy corn piled high, stacks of pumpkins outside of the market. I enjoy Halloween, I do. I see no reason in beginning festivities a [...]

The Rage Demon

Here is a link to a blog post from an author who is incredibly religious. He also believes that there are evil spirits that enter us and cause us to do evil things, but those who have a strong will and pray can cast the demons out. http://healtheland.wordpress.com/2007/04/09/demon-of-the-day-rage/ The particular “demon” he discusses in this [...]

Paradise Lost, Book III – Response

Dearest Devoted Readers (Rob, Pamela, and Mom–soon to be joined by others hopefully)– Some old news for me to keep you occupied while I figure out my next topic. Wrote this early in the fall of 2007 as I was just getting started on my research and hadn’t even worked rage into my thesis completely [...]