- Well, sabbatical is basically about a third over, and to show for it I've got ... um ... not much of anything really. I keep doing all the "other" stuff, and then doing stuff that piques my interest on committees & stuff, which is cool, but ... sigh.
- As long as we're sighing ... my never-ending war against unread newspapers has suffered another defeat. The pile today was six months high. I threw out everything from before January 1st ... which means I didn't read a newspaper from 2008 at all. I know, I know ... no false guilt, no false guilt ... at least, that's what I keep telling myself.
- Of course, now my daughter's home sick from school, after being home most of last week with some other bug. Figures.
- I really shouldn't just complain here. But ... that's where I am at the moment.
- I wonder what I can concoct for suppertime ...
- Mood:
discontent
random bits
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An open letter to my colleagues in academia
Dear colleagues, This week, I had three different students visit my office hours (or "student hours", as the trendy schools are calling them these…
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Perseverance
In sixth grade, I was a student in Mrs. Fitzpatrick's class at Harrison Elementary School in Inkster, MI. One day, substantially into the year, we…
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I miss harmony.
(Warning, long, self-indulgent, emo post. Read on at your own risk.) Several years ago, as my patient family will attest, I fell into a YouTube…
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