Oh my G-d, Leonard Cohen has died.

So I'm just going to listen to his music for the next week or so.

I'm at Hogwarts at Hamilton. I just attended transfigurations class. Pres Wippman is dressed as Quirrell.

The chorus here is large and I feel I can disappear into anonymity in the crowd in a way that was quite impossible in Honorable Menschen ( Read more... )

In the department meeting today, we traded around courses to teach for next semester. I was going to teach Math Methods for seniors, but we thought I should get to know some majors who aren't graduating (potential researchers!), so I traded Math Methods for E&M. I love Purcell's book, so I'm happy with this development ( Read more... )

I haven't been outside very much in the last week. I think that's a mistake. I should go outside.

There is a sport field near my building. I'm not sure I was aware of it before; this is a different field than the football field. There are students practicing men's lacrosse. I have no idea what the rules are.

Ack, photocopier jammed! I fixed it by finding a rubber band (!) inside the part the screen told me to open, and taking that rubber band out ( Read more... )

Currently getting training on how to react to an active shooter on campus.

Tonight we played Pandemic at Adam's, then we played a game where Sam and I were the traitors. They sussed me out quickly. I am a terrible liar.

Bugs live in a brutal world ( Read more... )

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