Rember the Good Times

I arrived at my house this evening completely and entirely exhausted. Today sucked the energy from my body through a series of small, unpleasant, and stress-filled tasks. That happens sometimes. I didn't even think I had the energy to write this post, but some dinner and decompression revived me somewhat. That said, consider this my disclaimer against any rational thought with respect to the contents of this blog post. I have been making my way slowly through John Rember's MFA in a Box and finally finished it today. I find his voice, which I suspect is the same voice he adapts when holding workshops for his students, to be witty and engaging. I even picked up his recent short story collection Sudden Death, Over Time before I had even finished MFA in a Box. As usual, my "to read" list is packed to the gills, and I I haven't even had the chance to crack it yet. When I first started reading MFA in a Box, I found the title incredibly incongruous. It reads like part memoir, part advice boo…