Dreary weather and dreary mood. Little sleep last night. Seems I just can’t get ahead of all the work. It is amazingly difficult to teach and do anything else at the same time. Sigh. I didn’t sleep well last night, so perhaps my opinion is clouded by that. But it seems that after my drive [...]
For some reason this site displayed a “Account suspended” message when I tried to post yesterday. Did you see it too? Damn! I should have saved a copy. I don’t know what the problem was, but it has been resolved, and it is a good reminder that I should back up more frequently. Yesterday was [...]
This morning I had a meeting with a student and we discussed his work…of course…but also movies and books. I mentioned that I have not recently seen movies that have really impacted me in any significant way. He suggested several that he had liked and I tried to reciprocate, but I think that I should [...]
For the last week I have been sleeping — trying hard to sleep — at least eight hours every night. Sometimes, like yesterday, I also take a nap when I get home. I’m not exactly sure how other people manage it, but I’m exhausted after driving in the traffic. The concentration is intense. And that [...]
Well, I survived the first weekend without the web at home. In fact, it was quite pleasant. I wouldn’t exactly say that I was more productive, but I wasn’t trying to work very hard either. Saturday morning I picked up my fixed Canon Powershot from the shop in Montague Gardens: it is a nice trip, [...]
I planned to write a “final” post here last night, but I just ran out of time. In this context, “final” refers to the fact that I am now officially internetless, netlos, nettiton, sans net. No big deal, although the withdrawal symptoms will probably set in over the weekend. I plan to read a lot. [...]