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Save My Spanish Class!

June 5, 2026
Alright, listen up, Birmingham-area monolinguists: I need you to save my Saturday mornings.

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Book Recommendation: And the Dragons Do Come

June 3, 2026
Need a little homework to brush up on how terribly the current political and social climate is screwing us up? Just in time for the summer, this sexy beach read is a must for anyone looking for an excuse to light the world on fire.

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Master’s Degree Burns and I’m Close to Space

December 23, 2018
A slightly unhinged account of what happened immediately after I submitted my last grad school assignment.

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Couch to Marathon Training: 5k in the Books, 10k Up Next, and The First Injury

December 21, 2017
The marathon training is going great, thank you for asking. I ran a whole two miles today!

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I am Doing a Couch to Marathon. Yes, Really.

November 25, 2017
This is probably not a good idea.

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That Time I Snuck Into an NHL Game

June 25, 2013
Last spring I spent my final spring break as an undergrad in Chicago with my twin brother, Ben Kurtz (my poor mother had the misfortune of being in labor for 17 months). At the time, he was a student at Michigan Tech, located in the upper peninsula of Michigan, and I was a student at […]

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Today I Picked Up a Hitchhiker

November 22, 2012
I was not murdered.

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