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I have one of those really enthusiastic students this semester.  On the one hand (and this is most important), student enthusiasm is wonderf...

I've gone several years without needing to call Triple A, but I've called twice this month.  Once when my car died on the freeway ea...

The semester began here yesterday, but since I don't have Tuesday classes this semester, today is my first day of classes.  Yesterday I ...

As most semesters approach, I get several emailed questions asking (politely) if I'm okay with students using e texts in my classes.  Th...

Like, I'm willing to guess, most people on effbee, I'm "friends" with a variety of family members, both pretty darned libe...

My guest is quite photogenic!

Let's imagine I have responsibility for taking care of a cycling team's bikes and kits. And I have a staff of, say, ten people who...

All during my college and grad school years, I can't remember a single instructor leaving the room to go to the restroom. I can't ...

I'm dog sitting again, a different dog, for a different friend. The dog's very sweet, and very needy.  And I'm too willing t...

I spent a large part of the day unpacking books and files, and I'm pretty much moved into the new office. Here's what it looked li...

If you grew up in the upper Midwest, as a child you undoubtedly threw a pot of boiling water into the very cold air to see it turn to insta-...

I thought I'd share a few pictures of the new office.   t That area on the lower right is the extent of file and drawers to the de...

I was sitting in my sun room, looking at something on the laptop, when I heard a thunk outside.  I looked, and there was a shrike (a norther...

"But he works/ed hard" (emphasis in text). Said several times over the last week.

I have a few days to myself, and I've been getting stuff done in a relaxed way.  And somehow, more gets done when I feel a bit relaxed. ...

Because I seem to do this, here's the bike run down:  9734.7 on the odometer, which means I rode just over 700 miles this past year, a m...

Reading the intertubes lately, and talking to some job seekers, I have a sense of alienation, my own, more than theirs.  (They have plenty o...

I had dinner with some folks on the job market the other day, and naturally, talk got around to the job market.  In the course of our conver...

I hope everyone's having good holidays. I had a few colleagues over for dinner last night.  I'm not a very confident cook, and was...

I finished packing up everything in my office, brought the last few things home, and took some goodbye pictures.  There is the green I s...