I shall be mocked

Well, last night The Professor gave the final exam to his summer session class. I can’t believe that first session is now over. (Neither can he.) This means that he won’t be working again until September. A contact of his at the college did mention the possibility of a counseling position for the remainder of…

I had a strange dream last night, all the stranger for the fact that I remembered it. I know why I had it. Yesterday was the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. And yesterday I was speaking to friends about playing favorites with children. The anniversary of the moon landing leaves me nostalgic….

Sometimes, when the problems of the world are too big to grasp, something comes up where you can make a difference. My check is smaller than I’d like, but it will go out tonight. Conjoined Twins’ Surgery May Be Delayed By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 2:55 p.m. ET DALLAS (AP) Surgery to separate conjoined…

Since I was a kid one of the major signs of summer for me was the return of the bats. I was entranced by their aerial precision movements as they chased bugs in the twilight sky over the backyard. I’ve stayed enchanted by them into my adulthood, and have been a member of Bat Conservation…

This is in reference to comments to my last rambling update. I’m too lazy to write the term paper. The details are here (it will open in a new window). It’s hard to believe that the Pilgrims were extremists in this religious climate, and left to form an even more strict church.

I suspect I cause my own problems half the time. Take last night. I got home around 5:00 and found The Professor hunched over his desk, grading papers. He had three tests to give last week, and so he now has huge piles of tests to be graded. Losing the weekend to company didn’t help…