A Web Page for Craig Hilts
Graduate student in the Department of Linguistics at the Ohio State University.

Family:

     Weezy -  a shoe-wearing (self-described) native Kentuckian, infinitely patient, debatable taste in partners.

        G abe - Mechanical genius since the age of 2, lifelong artist, cool dude; future industrial designer.

        Emerin - Loquacious since before she described herself as such at age 4, adventurous cook since age 8, a

                      princess; future radiation oncologist/lawyer.

        M ariel - Dancer, performer of incredible presence, totally in touch with the "culture"; future diva.

        All:  intelligent, funny, caring, and generous, and GEM s are living proof of the receding tide in my gene pool.

Interests:   Language contact, San Juan Bautista de Atepec Zapotec, English intonation, Language and gender

Pastimes:
        Avid worm drowner (the difference between a fisherman and a bum is the pole)
        Unpracticed musician (no bucket fits the tunes)
        Unabashed punster (but often bashed)

History:
        Spent deformative years kissing cacti in the Upper Sonoran desert.
        Worked as rest home orderly, delivery driver, pan polisher, professional juicer,
            shadetree mechanic's assistant, oilfield roustabout, salvage agent,
                worm-growing kit salesman, and cabinetmaker.
        Took 25 years and three majors (creative writing, systems engineering, linguistics) to earn a B.A.

*All details for this page were sketched on a beer-soaked bar napkin
by the infrastructural engineering firm of
Costeau,Virruhn, and DeTour.