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e. l . wood is a native of birmingham, alabama. he grew up on the urban streets of dallas, texas before attending college at houston baptist university where he earned a b. a. in english and psychology. after a year of teaching high school english in the public schools of houston, e. l. wood attended sam houston state university where he earned a master’s degree in english. after bouncing around the deep south for several years, he finished his ph. d. in american literature before 1900 at the university of southern mississippi. e. l. wood has been teaching in some capacity since 1992 and has taught for a local community college since 1995. in his spare time, e.l. wood enjoys reading, movies, and the outdoors. he is personally acquainted with several search and rescue teams around the southeast. he is married to the lovely and gracious a. c. they have a daughter (special k), and one dog. They reside in h'burg, deep south. in addition to being the sole proprietor of the gandy dancer billiard parlor, e. l. wood dabbles in folk art and the occasional cultivation of a handlebar mustache.

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are.

                                                                                                     Niccolo Machiavelli

                                                                                                   
 

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Warrior Dash 2012 Mississippi


What could be better? A festival type atmosphere with 7,200 of the south’s athletes and thrill seekers; running, lots of mud, barbed wire, more running, steeple chase type walls and crawls, more mud, cargo net climbs both vertical and horizontal, more running and more mud, fire jumps, rope climbs, swimming in muddy creek crossings, pole slides, balance beam runs, more mud and more running, slogging over or under submerged logs in 50 degree water, more mud, tire runs, rope above and below over water crossing, more mud, and finishing it all successfully in 49:14:15.

 Oh yeah - all this along with music, beer, and turkey legs!!! The Warrior Dash in Jackson, Mississippi on Saturday was awesome!


If you ever want to challenge yourself and help raise money for a good cause (St. Jude’s), there are worse ways to spend a Saturday.

















e. l. wood (left; 275 of 625 in age 40-49; 2,382 overall)
Superman Kimball (right; 28 of 625 in age 40-49; 273 overall)
*Special Thanks to Bethany & Adam for the socks*