I fail at using Excel. :P I really need to make spreadsheets for both my classes so that in a few weeks, when I'm both a: in England and b: having to turn in grades I can just plop the remaining grades into the spreadsheet and get final course grades. (I, uh, normally do it all myself, via pencil, calculator and math ( Read more... )

about The Canterbury Tales:
"Some stories are more comedic and others extremely tragic. This is the effect that Chaucer is going for because such is the inevitability of Chaucer's times. Some days are great, but the prospect of what was on the horizon loomed over the current, temporary joy."

Um. Huh?Oooh, and this one, (different paper but ( Read more... )

I'm having a pretty good day so far. How's about you guys?

I woke up around 10, and chatted with Pyrite. Then I finished reading Devil in the White City, which was very good. (I'm too much an academic to not be a bit skeptical of popular history and the choices made by the author, but it was very well researched and the choices made were plausible ( Read more... )

I teach until 1pm, so why am I just getting home at 9? Geez.

Actually, there's quite a rational reason. After class (which I think went fairly well), I went to A's house to check on her kitties (as she is in Jamaica.) I took a nap on her couch (mmm, nap) then ate lunch and graded 2/3rds of my class's papers. Then I drove to Flurije's house, to check ( Read more... )

i has none.

Dear Self,

If you wish to accomplish the very short list of things you need to do today, you really ought to, y'know, do it.To do: finish grading 221 exams ( Read more... )

(Well, *a* moment of truth. There are lots ( Read more... )