It’s been a long day and I am glad that it is finally over. Got up at five, did some work, went to the office at six, did some work, bitter disappointment, OK-ish lecture, home to nap, and finally a visit to my brother. The disappointment was not that bitter. It turns out that the [...]
I have heard about SLIW for many years (mainly from television) but I have always dismissed it as a problem that affected other people. In fact, for a long time, I doubted its existence, but now I find that I too have acquired the condition. It is clearly not serious and while its impact is [...]
I have a mole in my background. The grass, which hardly existed when I moved in, have grown nicely over the last four years, but I have hardly spent any time in the backyard and so I let the mole dig around. There is this vague idea that it might actually be a good thing [...]
I have a strange feeling that the following six months might mark some kind of turning point. (Actually, I have this feeling every six months.) Apart from a couple of “opportunities”, my biggest aspirations are to reset my sleeping patterns, and read more books. Somewhat conflicting goals, since reading often keeps me up all night. At the [...]
First day of teaching. It was utterly exhausting. I almost thought it was a mistake to schedule all of my classes consecutively, but this is the year that I must learn to teach faster and talk less nonsense in class. On the hand, it is important to “be yourself” when teaching and by this time [...]
It is kind of the right time of year (if not the right time of the day) to review this year’s work so far. In January I rewrote the course notes for the Bridging Course, which comes to 52 pages. (Which reminds me that I must add it to my list of publications.) My February [...]
After a five-month blog-holiday I’m back. I think. Upgraded to the latest version of wordpress. (The theme is part of the default installation.) After a long session of blog installation I’m a little tired, so I’ll report on the events of the last few months shortly.