It's a small, petty list, but it's mine.— Organizations that wait forever before cashing you check.— Dirty dishes put away as clean.— Medical bills that are coded incorrectly or duplicated.— Near-empty cans rolling on the bus floor.— horseflies. What bugs
More random bullets to round out the past 14 days or so…
June 13th Working on master course updates in my outdoor office. Smells like peonies and roses. Beautiful day in Minnesota…3:31 PM June 17th Can I get all my grading done on my big computer before the thunderstorms start tonight? Stay
Unsettled
It’s been a week where things feel up-in-the-air. Unsettled. Some of that is due to the weather, which I’ve been whining about here. But there seems to be something else. Restlessness mixed with inertia. That’s an odd combo. But that’s
Invaders from the Planet Cute and Furry
Our chuck of St. Paul has been taken over by rabbits. Old rabbits, baby rabbits, mama and daddy rabbits. There all here on our block. One morning, I counted seven rabbits in one yard. About a month ago, while walking
Not So Random Bullets of Tweets
My tweets over the last week. As you can see, I’m not exactly a consistent tweeter on Twitter.As they say on “Rate Your Students”, enjoy the flava.Thursday 6-4 RT @maddow: My inner 8 year old will not let me do
Downtown Adventures
After the warm weather comes another cold streak.As I was coming out of work just now, a big gust came up, turned a gal’s umbrella inside out, which made her drop her phone. The umbrella got the worst of it.I
Everything In Its Place
I took today off to get somethings in order. My workroom is an absolute pig sty since the kids moved in with their laptop. But I thought I’d mess with my blogs for a bit before doing the heavy-duty cleaning
BBC Book List
Apparently the BBC reckons most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here.Instructions:1) Look at the list and put an ‘x’ after those you have read.2) Add a ‘+’ to the ones you LOVE.3) Star (*) those
Blast From the Past
I walked into my usual Saturday pre-Chinese class study area to find this: I didn’t think Selectrics existed anymore. This one looks like the typewriter that Snookie’s mom kept in her kitchen.On the whiteboard were other reminders of my past
In the Air
As I left work this afternoon, I noticed a different scent in the air. It was very subtle. The smell of Spring approaching. Even though we have another month (or two or three) of cold weather ahead, the atmosphere is