Home Today.

Nothing like a few aches and pains to make someone a whining, grating annoyance. Which is what I have been for the past week. I think as aches and pains go, mine are monumental. Colossal. I'll happily complain about them to you.

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I've got several letters of recommendation stretched out before me. Yeesh, these students are applying to so many these days!

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Oh, the end of the quarter! The end of the quarter! It's in sight! Just over yonder!

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I applied for sabbatical for next year. I'm hoping that I get the full year off to finish several projects. I've got a whole bunch of bits and pieces of things lying around in files that I know are worthy of further investigation, but dag gumit, I haven't had the time to investigate where they'll go. I was telling Meredith that basically I've been in school since 1976. I have never had a break from some kind of schooling or some kind of involvement with a school. Can you imagine? No break since 1976?? Granted, things were easier then. We had mandated naps . . .

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During my sabbatical year (if it comes) I'd like to work on some personal essays. But what I've found is I can't write long pieces. The essays that I write tend to be shorts.

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Like this stuff.

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Current Spin:

Vespertiney Today.