Bardiac

I packed up (mostly) yesterday, and took care of errands. I spent way too long in the library looking for books on CD to play in the car. T...

I wasn't able to get a new tire today, but my bike is cleaned and lubed, and waiting in the wagon for a ride to the bike shop in the mor...

I cleaned up my bike this morning, in hopes that the bike shop I like will be open and have my tire in stock. And then I took a picture of...

I went out to dinner tonight with a couple friends. Along the way, we were talking about biking, since I'd gone for a 51 mile ride toda...

Wow, you guys rock! I love the idea of starting with Pearl, but it would have to be in translation. And a medievel drama is also a GREAT id...

Last fall, as my senior seminar was finishing, I had a short chat about what senior seminar I might offer this fall. I was thinking of a se...

I took a couple days and went on a short visit. It's amazing how quickly being in another household, one with totally different concern...

What the birds are really singing: Cowbird song: I left my egg, In another’s nest, ‘Cuz I don’t care To raise the chick. There is no stupid...

I set a new, personal bike speed record today. 40.1 mph down a steep hill. It occurs to me that things could be very ugly if I fell at tha...

I took my car in for an oil change yesterday. You know how when there's something wrong but it's just so stupid you haven't ment...

I was so excited because I saw the female oriole, or A female oriole, at any rate, on my feeder thingy. She's lovely, and way more ora...

It's finals time! Here's a final for blog readers: 1) You are giving a final at 8am on the first day of finals. The final is in t...

My world was hit by another departmental loss this past week. It was one of those things that happen sometimes, so rarely that it seems imp...

A special poem! Happy last day of classes, folks. (And if you're already done, shush! And if you're not, my condolences.) Edit: H...

Once, I saw an oriole stop by my yard for a bit. It flew off, and I didn't see another that whole season. But I did realize that they...

One of the great rewards of teaching first year writing courses is that sometimes students really do demonstrate that they've learned so...

I was at a meeting yesterday wherein the Slogan Committee explained that they'd worked really hard and deserved for their slogan to be a...

During the beginning weeks of my writing course, we read a couple works on liberal education at the beginning of the semester, listen to a t...

One of my colleagues gave me some flowers today in sympathy for my being on the Super Painful Committee next year. Sometimes I really like ...

I rode my bike 32 miles today. I went up the mile hill (not steep, but pretty long) and made it up, and then just rode. My legs are still ...