>RBOC, MountainVille style
> I got it. My Shiny New Laptop! So I can finally post again and reply to a ton of e-mails. (If I owe you an e-mail, I’m not ignoring you, I promise.) I’m in MountainVille (formerly known as Rural...
View Article>Random Bullets of Friday
>Too tired for a real post, so here are some thoughts that are on my mind this afternoon: Random Bullets of Health Care: I had blood drawn for a lab test on November 20. The doc said she’d mail me...
View Article>Random Bullets of Summer
> School has been out for a week. I took a few days to chill out. Now it’s time to get back to work. Our house closing has been delayed almost a week. I wanted to start moving stuff last week. Still...
View Article>Random Bullets of Monday
> It’s my birthday. I’m eating pie for lunch. The pastor of my church doesn’t really say much when he preaches (he’s a good pastor, but a so-so preacher). But I did chuckle on Sunday when he dryly...
View Article>Random Bullets of…Home Again
> We’re finally home from a month of flitting about the country. We put over 5000 miles on the car and saw family, beautiful scenery, and a lot of wacky roadside attractions. The Corn Palace of...
View Article>Random Bullets of To-Do Lists
>Prep Musical BasketweavingMake copies of Ensemble musicCreate Music History handoutPut links to online course evals on Blackboard (grrrr)Fill out useless matrix for accreditation agencyCheck on...
View Article>RBOC: Updates from the grading trenches
> One of my students just used the term “old maid” in her paper to refer to a married woman who gave birth at age 44. I wish my students wouldn’t try to use lofty, flowery language in their papers....
View Article>Random bullets of the start of the school year
> Faculty meetings start later this week. The chair of the department asked if anyone had any preference of which room we used for meetings. I requested room X. This is because room Y has tiny desks...
View Article>Our new life
>It’s amazing how 7 pounds has changed our lives. Here’s the RBOC edition, since I don’t have the energy for a real post yet: Squirt is precious. Yes, he mostly sleeps, cries, eats, and poops, but...
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