About
I’m a PhD candidate in English literature at a private institution which shall remain nameless (at least here). I have a wife and two kids. I like books, beer, bicycles, and the occasional day of manual labor.
In 2011, I’m blogging through a book called This Book Will Change Your Life – the Book, for short. This post explains why I’m doing it.
Can you subscribe me to your blob via email? I’m an old (literally and figeratively) of your mom’s from Tulsa. I met you when you were this high…^ I have a son named Jack. I look forward to reading your blog!
Jack’s a good name, isn’t it?
I can’t subscribe you myself, but I added an “email subscriptions” box to the sidebar – it doesn’t require any sort of registration with WordPress, just an email, and you can choose how often you want updates. If it doesn’t work, let me know!
What a life! Literature, wife and kids..awesome.
I forgot a word in my initial request above… I’m an old FRIEND of your mom’s. There, now I can sleep nights. I thoroughly enjoy your humor and look forward to your emails nightly. They’re best read at the end of a long day, when I need a laugh or amusement of sorts. Forgive the bother, but what is the title of “THE BOOK” that you are following? I came into the program tardy, so I do not know. I’m a tad too lazy to dig through your blog, but I am curious. Thanks Mr. G. Appreciate the help. I hope you have a wonderful Friday in your cinderblock hole. ICK. Becky C.
Becky: Thanks for the compliments – glad to know people think this stuff is funny.
The Book is called This Book Will Change Your Life – it was first published in late 2003, and several “sequels” have been published since then. A friend gave it to me for my birthday last year, with the hope that it would get me writing more – which is exactly what it’s done, so it’s been a great gift.
Hi! I am looking to do the same task as you!
Good luck! It started getting tough for me around Day 150: I was ready for a break, and it took some willpower to refrain from taking one.
Dear Mr. Goldsmith,
I changed my email address. Please remove “Beckymclary@aol.com” from the email distribution. I’ve re-registered using my new email address. I wondered what happened to you, and thought perhaps I’d done something to stop the delightful emails from coming into my inbox, and now I have discovered that it was your busy schedule that got in our way. Carry on with the hilarity!
Happy Thanksgiving,
Becky Reaves
Becky: I can’t actually unsubscribe you, but there should be an “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of each email, if you still have access to the old account.
And I stopped posting not only because of my hectic schedule, but also because my trip to Taos disrupted my normal routine to the point that I couldn’t recover. We’ll see if it sticks this time.