The last few days have been frustrating, I do not function properly in such temperatures. At least I have managed to get a parking disk and get some photocopying done. I find it really hard to take notes directly from a book as I have this overwhelming urge to underline passages and make notes on the page, hence the need for photocopies.

Went to ( Read more... )

Normally I would have sympathy for those of you who have had the flu but since I spent the last 36 hours with gastro, I mock your pain and claim mine to be superior. This misery was at its peak at about 4am on Sunday when my beloved doc made a house call and I found myself very glad to be getting an injection. This was an act of desperation on my ( Read more... )

I've been marking first year essays. Most of them attempting to argue that religion should not be open to the same debate and questioning as other ideas. It seems that they have learnt nothing ( Read more... )

I'm at home in front of the PC tonight instead of the two parties I'm supposed to attend because I have the immune system of something consumptive and fictional. Just when I thought I was done being ill and pathetic, round two ( Read more... )

Of course now that I have a huge pile of business ethics essays to mark I suddenly find time to blog. Hmmmmm. Braced myself for nasty weekend of marking with kitty therapy courtesy of Todal and Angel episodes courtesy of Extemporanea ( Read more... )

I've suddenly remembered why there was a collective failure to rush to support Wytchfynder when he was broken hearted.

He really isn't very likeable.

to imagine that I would have the time to update this thing this year. I'm currently lecturing 16 hours a week and barely have enough time to buy food and do laundry.

While having sushi with some old friends from high school on Wed evening, I witnessed a rather odd car accident. There was a screeching of tires that went on for ages followed by a thump. I looked up just in time to see the thumper peeling rubber into oncoming traffic and racing away from the scene. Thumpee wasn't even out of his car yet ( Read more... )

This year I am going to attempt to actually update this thing from time to time. This may be a crazy goal as I'll be starting tons of new teaching work and may end up with no free time at all ( Read more... )

I feel lost and alone, with gmail down I have to actually talk to people on the phone. Ugh. On a brighter note today was the last day of term. This will be the first vac in many years that I have actually been able to have a vac since I will not be worrying about a thesis, the d'vil's thesis or the possibility of a brain tumour. It's going to be ( Read more... )