I was reminded of the story of my Rice interview (ie., when I was applying to Rice many years ago) by a conversation I've had with a friend of mine about people's being role models for others ( Read more... )

and neither is my social life. It intrigues me, the way events clump. I'll do very little but read or work around the house for a few days, and then suddenly social-ness happens. I had lunch today with sean and a friend of his that I've only heretofore known online, and that was cool. The guy reminds me of someone who was a student of mine from ( Read more... )

I wrote this yesterday: Being on the road is a timeless sort of existence unto itself. I will be glad to be home in some ways, but the sense of displacement I have in my life now anyway is somehow more appropriate on the road.

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M and I had a nice visit last night, the first phone visit in a couple of years. I'm in Chicago for a meeting but starting the drive home this aftn, I expect, and he's not getting in til this evening, so I won't be seeing him. I'd emailed asking where he'd be this summer, figuring if he was up here we might get together. But although that's not ( Read more... )

Praise me, praise me--as some cartoon character (a genie in a Bugs Bunny cartoon?) I can't quite remember said when he did something noteworthy.

I started revising the math 3 labs for next fall this afternoon. Woot! Am I diligent or what?!

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Back from Scotland.

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Periodically, I think about principles and how they--and their lack--influence our behavior. The intellectual difficulties are greatest, I find, when there are competing goods although there can be huge practical issues even when the ethical issue itself seems clear-cut.

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Here's a photo of me being Fagin in the number from the Lower School Spring Fling last month. I've had several people tell me that I was "perfect for the part" or "a natural." Which could be a compliment, I guess. And it's amazing how little we know about those with whom we work: I had a number of other people come up after the show with some ( Read more... )