Doing my best to have a day off. # Updating workshops for Chicago Expo this weekend (while fielding multiple phone calls informing us that our server is down. Yeah, we know). # Server [...]
Interesting news from the New York Times… In what might be the latest sign of trouble for brick-and-mortar bookstores, the mega-chain Barnes & Noble announced on Tuesday that its board [...]
At UVA Parent Orientation while DS18 off doing First-Year Orientation. So far, much more helpful than anticipated. # Difficulty balancing obligation to go to all orientation sessions w/desire to [...]
DD9: "When I pretend I'm a superhero I'm not wearing one of those bikini things. I pretend I've got a super T-shirt & shorts." You go, girl. # Sang Latin rounds with [...]
In preparation for lectures I’m giving this fall in Vancouver, I’ve been reading a lot of “death of the written world/Facebook and Twitter will bring and end to Western [...]
Long, long day. # This morning, writing about writing. And France. # The Albigensian Crusades: not a good decade for the Church. # Running this morning: like exercising inside a sponge. # My very [...]
I was searching for a copy of the SAT essay rubric today (I was asked about it and wanted to check my memory on a couple of points) and found it on eprep.com–along with this introduction. [...]
Doing routine revisions of will & legal stuff. Lawyer's opening remark: "In case of your potential decease…" Ah, THAT'S what it's called. # Last time it was this [...]
DH is beating me at Settlers. # 78 degrees at 6 AM. Blech. # Last leg of DS18's flight home bumped from 11 PM arrival to 12:42 AM arrival. Smacking myself on head to stay awake. # He's [...]
Suspect that long-term health benefits of distance running may be offset by necessity of dousing myself with Deet to run in mayfly season. # Apparently Virginia has rotated unnaturally close to [...]
Family day. Must involve Settlers & cookies. # That would be Settlers, cookies, and moving heavy furniture. Like you do. # Didn't have to get up early this morning. So naturally was wide [...]
