...this afternoon! How lovely. The light has a strange quality in winter, coming in at such a low angle, like a day-long sunset. I hope your week comes with some light as well.

Today the weather forecast suggested rain. Here are my results:
1. Carried umbrella on bus this morning. No rain.
2. Carried umbrella home for lunch. No rain.
3. Carried umbrella to re-park car. No rain.
4. Walked back up to campus sans umbrella. Sunshine!
5. Left class to wait for bus toward home. RAIN.

Tricksy rainclouds!

Beginning Tuesday. I'm TAing for the same course under a different professor, which means different readings, assignments, lecture topics, etc. I think it'll be all right--at least I don't have any sections before 8am this time. Aside from that, I'm taking a class about human evolution for a cross-sectional requirement, a poli-sci class about ( Read more... )

My weather plugin on Firefox reports the current local weather:

Now: N/a, -2 F

Unknown and frigid weather is surely a bad sign.

1) Failed to copy a changed grade into the final spreadsheet. Posted incorrect grade. Didn't notice until AFTER all grades were submitted and finalized. Angry student ( Read more... )

cold

COLD

the end

I think this paper is going to be more a direct response to one of the books we read than a research paper in its own right. But here's what I have now for an (basic, serviceable) introduction ( Read more... )

"A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO HAMMER THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE."

In sum I find it reprehensible. But hey, don't listen to me.

Yes, cold. Get back inside before you freeze!