31 December 2010

At The End of 2010: Leaving The Past, Again

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Nobody I know seems sorry that 2010 is ending.  I realized this tonight, when Mom, Dad and I were having dinner at the Mezza Luna restaurant...
30 December 2010

Lunch With My Mother And Her Friend

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When I was a teenager, I enjoyed the company of my mother's friends, especially two in particular.  Mrs. Orzel and Mrs. De Land were bot...
29 December 2010

What Would You Give Up To Get Out?

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Should someone's parole be predicated on her donating a kidney to her sister? That's what's happening in Mississippi.  The tw...
28 December 2010

Cycling Under A Sword of Damocles

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This is one way you know you're in The South (and I ain't talkin' about the Bronx): Between this bike/pedestrian path an...
27 December 2010

How Do You Do, Ma'am?

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This is the third time I have come to Florida to see my parents as Justine.  And it's my first visit since my surgery. Each of my firs...
25 December 2010

Carrying On

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I know, I haven't been writing much in this blog.  Part of the reason for that is the semester that just ended:  Over the last two weeks...
20 December 2010

The Sexes at The End of The Semester

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Well, I know one thing:  The end of the semester is basically the same sort of grind, whether you're male or female. Actually, there ...
19 December 2010

In The Book: Yesterday, And Before

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Last night I got six hours of sleep. That's about as much as I'd gotten during the whole week before.  Really. I think now of wha...
15 December 2010

Directives Growing

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Yesterday I told my brother that this time of year is, for those of us who teach in colleges and universities, like tax time is for accounta...
12 December 2010

He Had No Future; I Have No Past

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Not long ago, in the course of a conversation, I recalled something I hadn't thought about in a long time.  During my senior year in hig...
09 December 2010

December: Nights Growing

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The days are getting shorter and colder.  But my work days seem to be getting longer.  Perhaps that's just as well, for now.  At this ti...
08 December 2010

Seeing By The Light of Othello

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It's cold and I'm really tired.  Charlie curls up on me and falls alseep; I also find myself drifting off. It's that time in t...
06 December 2010

Without Guides

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Yesterday I was teaching my cousin how to use his computer.  Well, at least I taught him how to get on the Internet and check the e-mail an...
04 December 2010

It's Still New

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Yesterday I had to go to my doctor's  office for "labs," which consist of a phlebotomist taking four test tubes of my blood.  ...
03 December 2010

Relativity

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This week is ending.  But, it seems, the semester isn't going to end, even though it's raced by me.  A lot of students and faculty m...
01 December 2010

Beauty Sleep

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Soo tired.  I feel like I'm still catching up from my illness back in October.  There hasn't been any end to the papers I've had...
29 November 2010

Remembering Dreams And Fantasies That Weren't Mine

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After going to the Jersey Shore and having lunch, I didn't feel a sense of nostalgia or deja vu.  You can't really feel those things...
27 November 2010

The Real Jersey Shore

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Today I had lunch with Mom and Dad in Jersey.  As it was cold and windy, and they're not used to this sort of weather anymore (and, shal...
26 November 2010

The Truth About The Real Black Friday

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On Sunday, two days from today, a year will have passed since the suicide of Mike Penner, a.k.a. Christine Daniels. I never knew her, but ...
25 November 2010

Giving Thanks on a Quick Morning Ride

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I heard it was going to rain today.  So I tried to sneak in an early ride:  just a few miles on my fixed-gear bike.  It felt about ten degre...