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I finally found a film that I would really like to see, but Erin is refusing to watch it with me. Sigh.

. . . but they’re amazing work deterrents.  The main library on campus (also the humanities library) is old enough to be outdated but not old enough to be antique.  Since it was designed in the days before portable computers, … Continue reading →

Staff at the university are off today.  Professors and students are not.   Basically, that means the university is running without ready access to the people who organize the whole thing.  I can’t imagine how some administrators must be holding their … Continue reading →

Today we hauled home flats and buckets of tomatoes of every shape and color.  As usual, I’m feeling a little overwhelmed, but Sydney’s reveling.  Wallowing, actually. Erin

But I had a funny moment on Thursday, which happened to be my birthday as well as the start of the new semester.  I walked into the 9:00 French class I’ll be taking every day this semester and sat down.  … Continue reading →

“Sydney’s making dinner, but I kind of feel like making something fun.” (Thus begins the trouble.) “I need to use up those limes I bought recently, so how about my favorite lime-frosted tea cookies?” (Those limes will last for weeks.  … Continue reading →

[googlemaps http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&t=h&msa=0&msid=118266561734521100008.00045548be54e4cc217f1&ll=44.091346,-74.765568&spn=0.041858,0.077248&output=embed&s=AARTsJqL6MmQ_mHPpUJDaZ1iPtKlfknPog&w=425&h=350] Our camping trip in the Adirondacks went splendidly — much better than we could have expected. I worried that we would have to try canoeing in against headwind. There wasn’t any. I worried that all the campsites would … Continue reading →

Erin brought the following, rather interesting title on MSN to my attention (it’s the one at the bottom of the image): Heaven forbid that one criticize a position during a debate! Much better just to defer to the wisdom and … Continue reading →

Between curling up in my new sleeping bag (it’s one of those mummy-style ones, so I felt positively swaddled) and sitting in the tent that was set up in our living room, I’m beginning to feel a lot like an … Continue reading →