Thursday, January 1, 2009. The anticipation of an inauguration reminiscent of the emancipation in significance. He is our Joshua galvanizing the Joshua generation with every speech, and inward smile. He is, in a word, extraordinary. More importantly he makes us feel extraordinary.

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Recipes for the Real World. Gumbo is not just a dish to serve for Sunday dinner, or to guests on special occasions. Gumbo recipes are passed generation to generation in families from Louisiana. Just as Kentucky has its Burgoo and Georgia its Brunswick stew, gumbo is all about the melting pot that is Louisiana.

Wetter equip me for that. Of course the obvious answer is the practicality. Writing a dissertation and going through the research and editing process is not going to be a wasted experience for someone who wants to be a writer. But what about the other stuff? Committees, conferences, presentations, proposals, facilitation and the millions of other things? He and I had.