[bksvol-discuss] Re: faavorite authors
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 May 2008 16:39:46 -0700 (PDT)
I thought I was responding to Amy with my question about the dissertation, b ut
I'm glad to learn more about your background, too, Chris. And I agree with
Lori--it's a good life you describe.
G.Cindy
--- On Tue, 5/27/08, Lori Castner <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chris, you explained, "So, I'm basically a geek who
> has grown too old to be
> chic. I read, I do
> research, I write programs, I try to help out here and
> there if I can offer
> value."
>
> And it sounds like a good life to me!
>
> Cat Lover Lori
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 4:20 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: faavorite authors
>
>
> >I never did a dissertation. In 1997, I started
> graduate school at Harvard
> > University (it was the closest college to my house) in
> English/Creative
> > Writing. Almost exactly one year later, Ted Henter
> offered me the job
> > running the JAWS and HJ software team and I jumped
> from academia to
> > software
> > engineering where I had spent most of my career.
> >
> > I didn't think that blind people could work on
> software projects back
> > then.
> > My vision had just gotten bad enough so I made my own
> screen reader for
> > Macintosh and followed my way into writing and
> literature - loves I've
> > always had along with technology.
> >
> > I do love William Faulkner's work but I really
> love lots of other authors
> > as
> > well. I try to read one educational and one purely
> for the love of
> > literature per week. Of course, the range of topics
> in my "educational"
> > list is really broad and, to an outsider, might even
> appear somewhat
> > random
> > with a bias toward science.
> >
> > So, I'm basically a geek who has grown too old to
> be chic. I read, I do
> > research, I write programs, I try to help out here and
> there if I can
> > offer
> > value.
> >
> > cdh
> >
> >
> > Chris Hofstader
> > CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends
> > email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com
> > Skype: BlindChristian
> > phone: 727-896-6393
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Grandma Cindy
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:00 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] faavorite authors
> >
> > Before responding to Chris's post I thought
> I'd read further. I was sure
> > you'd mention that you're a big Faulkner fan
> so I wasn't going to--but you
> > didn't mention that. Did you do your dissertation
> on him?
> >
> > Cind
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 5/27/08, Amy Goldring Tajalli
> <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Add Katherine Ann Porter to that list.
> >>
> >> Amy
> >> omsm
> >
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