I have successfully made an omelet ( Read more... )

So, ten years ago, I was in the MA program at JMU. I had fallen into the habit of turning on CNN in the morning before I left for my first class. 9/11 was a Tuesday, which meant I had a labor history seminar first thing, followed by the class that I was TAing for. Lora was working at Walmart at the time; she drove me onto campus before going to ( Read more... )

Hmmm. BCC is closed through Sunday - the semester has barely started, and my students have already lost a week of classes.

We flew out yesterday. There were dire warnings on the Weather Channel about airport delays, but we had no trouble with that. Our plane out of Chattanooga was a tiny turbo-prop. There was some gnarly turbulance coming into Charlotte, but everything else was fine - Charlotte is a very nice airport, and an hour was just about the right amount of time ( Read more... )

Yesterday. We had a big family breakfast in the hotel dining room, and then some swimming, followed by a short baby nap. The baby isn't sleeping particularly - short naps preceeded by lengthy rocking. This is the new normal ( Read more... )

So, today we escaped the hotel and went to the Dragon Dreams museum, which was everything we could possibly have wanted from a museum. It was 11 rooms of dragon themed joy, with a two room gift shop at the end. We got dragons, and they are good. The baby fell asleep while the other girls were shopping, so I sat and read with her on the porch. We ( Read more... )

We have arrived safely in Chattanooga. The baby was pretty good on the plane, although she's forgotten how to sleep. The hotel is huge - multiple buildings - and the pool looks very nice (the kid and grammy have been swimming). Supposedly, I'm going to a ballgame tonight, but maybe not, since the folks I was supposed to go with are awol at the ( Read more... )

I've got some, apparently. If you want one, send me a note; mike.timonin at gmail.com What's spotify? Here's an article about it.

So, both my classes are full. I guess I'm teaching this semester. :)

Hey, LJ updated the tool bars. Nifty.

If you've been following Lora on Google+, you know a little about our trevails in lead abatement. Short story - folks from the health department came by and checked out paint for lead levels, and we have some. As a result, the landlord is painting the outside of the house (where the lead paint mostly is). His ( Read more... )