Exercise: I’m still trying to fit this in. These past two weeks were so busy that I only managed a walk twice. I need to combat the post-work exhaustion. My goal is to walk 10,000 steps a day. I do 3-5k during a work day, so I want to add on the remainder somewhere. I…

I have at least four blog posts brewing: thoughts on diversity, why I am not a scientist, more on faculty development. Probably something else will happen today that’s bloggable. Anyone else have ideas? Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

I came back from Fredericksburg raring to go and jumped right in to work yesterday. Unfortunately, despite my best efforts, I only got 50-75% of everything I wanted to get done completed. One task was delayed because some faculty had not gotten back to me, so I emailed them again. Don’t they realize they’re cutting…

It was a glorious weekend in which Mr. Geeky and I attempted to bring order to our house. We succeeded on some fronts, but we’re in that “complete chaos” stage before everything gets reorganized again. We purchased a new bed, moving our old bed into the office to create a guest room. We had to…

I’m off to New York for the day and my brain is full. Some things to spur conversation: What’s the future of digital music? How long can the RIAA play the bully and get away with it? Related to that, how does a “traditional” college thrive in the digital age? What changes need to occur…

Hanging out with the nephews was pretty fun. They’re pretty darn cute. Having a cold while visiting people kind of sucks. Being tired and spreading germs everywhere does not make me a very good houseguest. Ready to be home in my own bed. It’s freaking snowing here! Parts of the highway closed for construction. Gah!…

I’ve been keeping some links around for a rainy day. Here, in no particular order, are some of them, and the reason I kept them in the first place. Dean Dad on smaller comp classes. DD comments on the IHE article. As a writing teacher, I definitely believe in smaller classes. It’s a joy to…

The presents have been bought and wrapped and shipped. Can we just have Christmas tomorrow and be done with it? Personally, being the atheist I am, I’d rather celebrate the solstice on Thursday. Let’s have a Saturnalia celebration or something. I’m kind of bummed that the kids aren’t out of school yet. We could be…