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Ithaca’s been having one heck of an ice storm. It blew in on Friday and then kept everybody close to home on Saturday. Of course, I decided the weather necessitated a nice, long walk on Saturday morning–and it felt great! … Continue reading →

I came across some ranting today about how Americans are so embarrassingly stupid compared to the rest of the world. I hear this sort of stuff all the time, whenever I’m outside of the U.S. Actually, not just outside the … Continue reading →

Today I had the second occasion in recent weeks to step across a stream of urine running over a sidewalk, thanks to somebody thinking that a busy sidewalk was a good place to urinate. Today it was a sidewalk along … Continue reading →

Today I led a hearing for a student who plagiarized her work for my class.  I realized only later that I must have somehow seen the student’s actions as a threat to my person, as well as my work; when … Continue reading →

If you’re from a Russian Mennonite background, this should have you rolling on the floor. If you’re Swiss Mennonite, you’ll likely still find it funny. If neither, well, I have no idea. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SggmDSJSYs] Sydney

After a six-week slog through unhappiness, illness, and a whole lot of work, several wonderful events in my life: – By this point, I have my head back on straight enough to realize that I have had a lot of … Continue reading →

Too bad that this isn’t the door I get to use to go into the Bodleian:

On my oh-so-lengthy to-do list for February, I had “Do taxes.”  Ha!  I hardly even looked at them before the month ended.  But I settled in early this morning, started with Line 1, and finished state and federal off by … Continue reading →

Earlier this week I decided I needed a break from the libraries, so I walked around in Oxford’s botanic garden. Naturally, there would be more to see there later in the year, but there were some interesting things now as … Continue reading →

I was just getting ready to go to bed when the house started shaking and creaking. Not really seriously or anything but definitely quite noticeable. Word has it that other houses in town were also shaking. Earthquake? I wouldn’t have … Continue reading →