Monday, February 29, 2016

Somber mood... and Brilliant (?) Ideas

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I don't enjoy this somber mood that I've been in today and recently, but I can't help it. The relative job security of the th...
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Damned are the Lecturers and Adjuncts...

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... because there is no room for them to be recognized as legitimate faculty in many universities. We are damned * because we represent...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

The classroom I hate

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You can see the "retired" Vera laptop backpack in Baroque that I got for myself after Xmas & my cute rainbow keyboard co...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

17 Classes + 2 exams

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I'm officially counting the days now until I am done teaching in a teleconference room if not forever, for a long time. I cannot write...
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Sunday, February 21, 2016

It's Official: I'm leaving U#1

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No exclamation point. Relief, that's for sure. Counting the days to never again (I know! Never say never!) teach a shared class with...
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Blogger's Block?

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Sigh... I know, I sigh A LOT, don't I? And I always have these periodic periods (oh, does that sounds redundant much?! I'll leav...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Sorry for the Silence... but I've got Sense, and Sensibility! ;-)

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I'm sorry about the silly alliterative title, couldn't resist! Everything is fine. Warning: tons of digressions ahead! ;-) AND CAP...
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Thursday, February 04, 2016

A Tale of Three Uncles: the Rich, the Rascal, and the...

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... schizophrenic? I've been planning this post in my head for years, but I could never find the right "R" for the third unc...
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Thursday, January 28, 2016

It's 100% Official: K has Tenure!

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He received the official letter from the provost today and I'm happy for him! It's nice to see how he feels more confident and ...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

The Super Long Snow Weekend Was Great!

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It felt like a mini vacation, and the worst part was that I had only taught ONE day of classes at U#2. I hope that won't make for a more...
Friday, January 22, 2016

It started!!

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And I had forgotten we had this: It's a gas fireplace that works without electricity, so we're good if the power goes out...
Thursday, January 21, 2016

The Eve our First Snow Day!

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We're excited! And relaxed, and prepared... I mean, I don't think we will be OK if we lose power, but we can walk across town to our...
Wednesday, January 20, 2016

First Day (2nd round)

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Today was my first day at U#2 and it was ok. I have to get used again to driving over 150 miles each day. When I'm not used to it I just...
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Monday, January 18, 2016

MLK

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From last April in DC:

Trying to Work & about Going Back in Spring Semester

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I already worked last week, but it's this week that I'm gearing up to really start working and doing my mega-commute before teachin...
Tuesday, January 12, 2016

First Day

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Today is my first day back at work, but only at one of the universities, and hopefully it will be my last semester there. I'm not lookin...
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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence -- how I remember David Bowie

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Everyone was talking about David Bowie on Facebook yesterday, about his music, things he said, and the movie  Labyrinth , but nobody mention...
Monday, January 11, 2016

In 2016...

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... We finally go back to Brasil after 2.5 years away!! ( the boys and I travel on 6/30, get back on 8/5) I wish we could go every year, bu...
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Last Little Thing Finished!

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Written on Friday 1/8, late at night. I can't sleep, I can't stop coughing. :-( This is the story of my life in the past week. A...
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Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Adding Injury to Illness

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Written yesterday, today I'm worse & may or may not blog about it... ;-) I'm still sick. The good thing is that I wasn't sic...
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