Welcome

Okay, so this blog is the virtual domain of the the Association of Geography Graduate Students at the University of Oklahoma. We've colonized this particular chunk of virtual space in response to years of not having a virtual spot of our very own, and also because we decided it was lame to be without. In fact, the word on the street (virtual and physical) is that we've been lame in general for years now. No more. The A-Team has rolled into town boys and girls, and the geog peeps are ready to take this big black virtual conversion van out for a spin. So anyway, what you're gonna get out of this particular blog is a hodgepodge of geography-related geekery. To the unversed, geography equals maps, and if you're like the majority of folks out there in the A-merry-can hinterlands, the last time you had any truck with geography was in eighth grade, when you dutifully labeled and colored outlines of states and countries while Coach What's-His-Name read the newspaper behind the desk and counted the hours until he could be shut of your skinny behind and get to football practice. Well, we do like maps, so that stereotype actually holds. Beyond that, though, Geography really is a pretty neat and far-ranging discipline, and we have our nerdy fingers in any number of scholarly pies. We're the guys protesting the oil industry in the building that oil built. We're the ones that hug trees so that we can take a good solid rest with our high-powered deer rifle. We also call ourselves the Neocolonialists. You get that one? If so, you're already in the club. If not, stick around. We're all right, really. Oh, our discipline has been blamed, in a roundabout fashion, for World War II. It's complicated, but folks have a point. It's baggage, sure, but who doesn't have baggage? We've been in therapy. So anyway, if you're new to the department, the discipline, or the University, welcome. If you're a random scholar lolling about the interwebs, same to you. Regardless, we hope you enjoy our blog, and rest assured: we know where Carmen Sandiego is; we're just not telling.