by Cooper West | Sep 21, 2013 | Modus Operandi, Writing
I graduated with my master’s degree just about a year ago. As I’ve talked about before, it was the end of a 2+ year journey that started with my divorce in 2010 (we divorced in April, I started grad school that August). But let’s face it: 2012 is SO...
by Cooper West | Sep 16, 2013 | Modus Operandi, Writing
I don’t consider myself someone who suffers from panic attacks, although I have gotten them in the past. It’s just not a regular thing but rather something that happens in very specific situations, and they always catch me unawares. If nothing else, having...
by Cooper West | Aug 28, 2013 | Health, Modus Operandi
It was still dark when I went for my run this morning. Fortunately I live in a well-lit neighborhood. I’m in a bit of a funk over the job situation I talked about earlier, so it was nice to get out and focus on something that is just for me. (I kind of hate...
by Cooper West | Aug 26, 2013 | Modus Operandi, Writing
I was asked last week if I was interested in a job. This would be a job as the director of the same department I’ve worked in part-time through most of my graduate degree studies, which makes it a “real” professional position in my field, i.e. a job...
by Cooper West | Aug 24, 2013 | Editorial
I am apparently the last person to know this, but on August 8th, Barbara Mertz died at the age of 86. She wrote under her own name but the name I knew her best was Elizabeth Peters, author of the Amelia Peabody book series. I was introduced to her about ten years...
