Author Archives: fustianist

My department seems to be doing its best to make me a good candidate for teaching positions when I start applying for jobs.  In my first year of teaching I was one of three grad students to teach sections of … Continue reading →

It’s been nice and quiet this morning while I was hard at work on my prospectus and paper that are due shortly. I just found out why:

There is time enough for every thing, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time … … Continue reading →

For the past week or so Sydney and I have been foiled in our attempts to get the garden in order; we’d hoped to get things tidied up before we head to Nova Scotia and let it all run wild … Continue reading →

It’s been a great morning, and this despite not getting a lick of work done. I woke up to the desire to scrub down my kitchen.  I don’t ask why or whether it makes sense when this happens; I just … Continue reading →

Cornell’s been working through a massive email outage that started on Sunday and has continued, for some, up through today.  The funny thing is, most of the email servers are up and running–and have been for days.  There were three … Continue reading →

I suppose Iowans will be glad that the storm moved on. Here’s our lawn today:

The university email system has been down since Sunday morning.  After spending lunch with a number of administrators, I can see that they are absolutely at a loss for things to do at work without it.  Me, I’m not terribly … Continue reading →

Our housemate, Christi, recently got six chickens, so now this is a house of 3 cats (all confined to the house), 6 chickens (which roam the yard in the day), and 3 people. I am the only one of the … Continue reading →

It continues to be a scorcher in these parts, with today’s high at 94 degrees.  To take a break from oozing into the couch cushions, Sydney and I went to campus, where the coolest spot I found happened to be … Continue reading →