English 100 at Ashland

Curtis Allen's English 100 class at Ashland University

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There's nothing here!

Curt Allen: 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.

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