I have more news today courtesy of one of the ASAs. (brief digression: ASA = Asst. State's Attorney; the prosecutor for county courts. Usually a team of ASAs handles the cases for any one courtroom. I think ( Read more... )

I was summoned to court today, in reference to my mugging last August. It turns out the subpoena was an oversight: the State's Attorney office thought I was a police officer--which amused the real police no end--and my testimony wasn't needed. (This was determined after only 2 hours: lickety-split in judicial time.) But the case is progressing, ( Read more... )

I am in the midst of LEEP weekend, down in (occasionally) sunny Champaign. (Strangely, I never seem to have any business on the Urbana side of town.) Robert and Angela have left their door open, and I am gratefully enjoying their hospitality for these few days ( Read more... )

... and then there were others, who in my selfishness I had forgotten ( Read more... )

There are Psalms at every Anglican liturgy, from the simplest service of Morning Prayer to the fullest panoply of Easter. At baptism, marriage, ordination, and death, a psalm is said or sung.

In St. Luke's on Tuesday night (March 1), Charlie Madigan tells us, it was Psalm 70.

Be pleased, O God, to deliver me ( Read more... )

Reason #6524 why I hope to avoid a public library career:

After helping return lost wallet, librarian gets fired

One of these days I hope to return to the habit of frequent postings about historical figures or minor life events. However, at present I still can only post when I make time; thus only for really important news ( Read more... )

Note to self: compound interest increases geometrically, not a simple arithmetic progression. Thus the interest rate takes elapsed time as an EXPONENT, not as a multiplier.

Example: if a staff member's present hourly wage is $9.48, and increases 3% annually, their wage in year t will be:

Wt = $9.48 x (1 + 0.03)(t-1) , and not $9.48 x (1 + (0.03(t ( Read more... )

It has been a while ( Read more... )

Q. How do you know your "retirement" is official?
A. When they start taking applicants for your jobWith the encouragement of Urszula and Kathy (my supervisors at Crerar), I applied for a new position in the Library at the start of Autumn Quarter. Recently I was offered the position, so at the beginning of January I will move over to the Regenstein ( Read more... )