Monthly Archives: December 2007

When it rains, it pours

In the last couple of days I’ve developed a nasty cold.  Most other times, this would just be a pain for a few days, nothing more.  But after battling stomach ailments and migraines for the last couple of months (particularly … Continue reading

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academics?

[They] are not usually withdrawn around others; they approach others, even if awkwardly, for example by engaging in a one-sided, long-winded speech about an unusual topic while being oblivious to the listener’s feelings or reactions, such as signs of boredom … Continue reading

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The joys of Christmas

I discovered a new benefit of the Christmas season: happier driving.  Never mind that this is a hazardous time of year, particularly as all the new students learn to drive in winter conditions right now, in Ithaca, during a snowstorm.  … Continue reading

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Snow and holiday

We got a beautiful snowfall this morning . . . which meant I almost didn’t get back up the hill after my morning errand-run.  Thankfully, Sydney came when I beeped the horn and we nudged the car the last ten … Continue reading

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Finally, an answer

to that question, “Okay, so you’re going to school forever.  What good is it going to do?” A New York Times article on cognitive decline in the elderly: “Several studies of normal aging have found that higher levels of educational … Continue reading

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A question

As I was walking out of the campus bookstore this afternoon the display of diplomas caught my eye.  Of course, it wasn’t the piece of paper inside that caught my eye (however expensive the education it represents), but the matting.  … Continue reading

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Changing views

I always say that I am built more like a furniture-mover than a marathoner, and the idea of running without someone chasing you and trying to hurt you has always been inconceivable to me.  But recently, my walks at the … Continue reading

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Live without a doorman?

“You hate when you come home from a trip with a lot of luggage and have to drag it up the stairs, or you’re in a huge hurry to leave and you have to run back up to the third … Continue reading

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Names and places

A classmate of mine is getting married this summer and has gone back and forth between taking her fiance’s last name and keeping her own (and, of course, all the possible combinations of the two).  Watching her go through this, … Continue reading

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London, den of sin?

In Pride and Prejudice, the heroine’s young and very foolish sister elopes with a devious military officer at the age of sixteen.  When the family learns that she has been tracked to London, they begin to despair.  London, it seems, … Continue reading

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