1. Four out of 12 students showed up for class today. I was expecting 10 (two had sent early excuses). Three of the absentees overslept, as they told me later. Must be that time in the semester. Luckily for me, I had built in a catch up day next week, so we'll cover the material I went over in class with these four (who now have an excused free day ( Read more... )

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This morning the view from my office skylight first looked like this


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As Vermont follows the wettest July on record with an attempt to be even damper in August, I found this in Sherman Alexie's "Sixty-One Things I Learned During the Sonics' Trial"

53. Do you know why Indian rain dances always worked? Because the Indians would keep dancing until it rained.

Anyone out there want to join me in dancing until the sun shines ( Read more... )

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