Curt Allen
My blogs
- Curt's Trail
- St. Mark's in Shelby
- English 100 at Ashland
- GFC Survivors' History
- Microsoft Minutes
- Ashland English Sandbox
- English 102 at Ashland
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Education |
| Occupation | Teach freshman English at Ashland University |
| Location | Mansfield, Ohio, United States |
| Introduction | I spent my young manhood (the 1970's, if you must know) in a very activist environment—the central west end of St. Louis, Missouri, then rural Ohio. We ate organic food, opposed needless wars, read heavy-duty opinion columns, and listened to string quartets. One of my college professors was Barry Commoner, who, along with Rachel Carson, was largely responsible for the modern ecology movement. Though I now eat hamburgers and watch movies, I've never quite left those days. Sitting behind me are two sacks of material waiting to go to the recycling bin. I don't have cable TV, mainly because I've never quite recovered from reading Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451". My crowded apartment has become the home to: two bicycles, four coffee pots, several pounds of gourmet coffee, a couple of bottles of dry red wine, and six place settings of brilliantly-colored Fiestaware. You can always get me to come with you for a Greek dinner (though I've never had the nerve to try the octopus). Current passions: bike riding (if the trip is several days and 100+ miles, I'm interested), Apple computers, fountain pens, and coffee ice cream. |
| Interests | English lit, fountain pens, good food, bicycling |
Unlike a dog, how can a turtle ever be naked?
Don't you love these? And cartoon turtles (like the one in "Over the Hedge") are ALWAYS losing their shells and walking around like little nude lizards.