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No real reason for posting, other than that I haven't in awhile. Life goes on. I have a wonderful parakeet, T. rex, and I am overflowing the two bookshelves I just bought.

Stories...I guess I have some good student ones. I had to fail four students last semester, mostly because they were stupid. Two stopped attending class about halfway ( Read more... )

So I am now back in Michigan for the school year. The summer was totally awesome, but there's no way I can put it all in a post, or even twenty, so I'll just have to tell stories as I see people. But totally awesome ( Read more... )

MAMMOTH SITE!!!!!!!

I'm a little excited.

So: my students. I have not had to deal with them for over a week now! Observe the joy. But of course, now they are probably starting to realize that they have a paper due, so I'm waiting for the questions. I am debating if I should send them a reminder, but I'm leaning toward not. They were warned ( Read more... )

I don't really want to go into this fully now, and it really hasn't been that bad overall ( Read more... )

DAD RETIRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's right. Retired at 53. He's free free freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He's hated working there for so long, and now it's over.

And now the countdown to boredom begins...

I bought yarn.

Hello journal. Long time no see ( Read more... )

Let me tell you about students. Now, many of us have been/still are students. But come on. Please oh please tell me we were never like some of my students. Two things: the posters and the paper drafts. Let me set up the situation. Last week being Thanksgiving, we did not have lab. So the previous week, they turned in their group posters and ( Read more... )