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Profgrrrrl writes about making progress, about feeling as if at the end of every day, she’s accomplished something. I feel like I’m accomplishing a lot, too, but I’m also feeling very frazzled right now. Today was the finale of the summer program I ran. We had a great turn out, including the president and provost…

Yesterday, Mr. Geeky and I shared classroom space. There we were at the front of the class, each holding a piece of chalk, facing 30 students. We had spent two hours the night before hammering out what we were going to talk about, what we wanted the students to discuss. I have shared teaching space…

Since I railed on the faculty yesterday, I will compliment them today. My favorite comment below, by the way, is Tim’s because I have so been there. I’ve spent a long time fiddling with video settings in front of crowds of people. Today, I was out and about on campus and ran into lots of…

This will be my once a semester rant about technology challenged faculty. In a numbered list. 1. Do you know how to read instructions? Do you not see the big, giant question mark that leads you to help? 2. Do you read email either? How many notices have I sent out, pointing you to specific…

I filled my weekend with the mundane. Soccer, chores, iPod repair. Discreet tasks that take no brain power. Partly it’s because, like post-9/11, I feel a little numb. It feels silly to continue on when so much has changed. I had just moved here two months before 9/11. I was teaching in an urban school…

I took my iPod into the Genius bar. It was an hour wait. The Geeky family wandered around the store and drooled over the Nano, large cinema screens, and Tiger (no, I haven’t updated yet). I felt a little like I was in an emergency room with toys. Finally, they called my name (1/2 hour…

In which I pass judgment on people based on clothing and snippets of conversation. First of all, about half the attendees were men. It seems, too, that a large portion of the moms are very young, like 30 at the most. I’m 38 and Geeky Girl is my second kid. For many of the moms…

Forget national disasters and government mismanagement, the most important issue facing me right now is the death of my iPod. Of course, it’s two weeks past its warranty. Earlier this week, I was listening away at work, charging it at the same time, when suddenly, the song skipped and then it just stopped and the…

I’ve been struggling through the last couple of weeks, getting lots accomplished and generally doing a good job of meeting everyone’s needs, but I feel like I could do more, both on the work and home front. I desperately need to do what Profgrrrrl did and get my schedule in order. I just haven’t had…

So says Cheney: I think the progress we’re making is significant. I think the performance in general at least in terms of the information I’ve received from locals is definitely very impressive. (link) He did acknowledge that there had been problems with the recovery effort. But let’s not get too crazy and say, tax some…