Hey, am I the last one to discover this?

Caution: addictive.

Ok, who called a meeting of the Committee for World Suck and got unanimous support for moving Christmas shopping season to officially start today? I guess I should know better, but I stopped by Walmart for some new toilet guts at lunch, and aside from the fact that even though it was only 11:00, apparently everyone had already been out and spent ( Read more... )

I am in love!

I wrote a paper today! It's a very rough draft--full of holes and "blah blah blah"s. I really didn't know what I was talking about half the time. But this is my first paper in a new area, and filling in, fixing, and beautifying is always easier than getting that first draft down. By next week it could be a real, presentable paper. After ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday to you!
Happy birthday, dear Jessica!
Happy birthday to you!

I hope you got some clouds, if not some snow.

As most of you know, I teach a lot of computer literacy classes--how to use Word, Excel, etc. To pass the class you need the following skills:

1. 1. The ability to read or
      
   2. The ability to listen
      
2. The ability to follow directions
   
3. The ability to point and click with a mouse
   

That's it, folks! For 3 college credits! And sadly, most people lack all but the ( Read more... )

Usually I'm not a meme fan, but this one is too funny. Apparently there's a character on the Real World, a porn star, several charity organizations, a dog, and a horse floating around on the internet needing stuff in my name ( Read more... )

Hey, I know some of you out there are runners. I've been starting on the Couch to 5k running plan. It's been going well, and I've actually been enjoying it, unlike times in the past when I've tried to become a runner and just ended up hating it and quitting. But for the past week, whenever I try to run, my calf muscles get really tight and start to ( Read more... )

All summer I've been wallowing in my freedom and dreading fall. I know most people think profs have a really cushy life, and in many ways we do, but it is really exhausting having to get up in front of herds of people and entertain them and try to stuff knowledge into their heads for hours on end, day in and day out ( Read more... )

Well, nothing important, so don't get that excited ( Read more... )