A note to myself and to anyone else unfortunate (stupid) enough to find themselves in a similar situation: If one agrees to feed both Professor Aokiji and Professor Shanks at 8 in the morning...remember to drink plenty of coffee first and just go to McDonald's and buy stacks and stacks of McGriddles. It's much easier than making enough pancakes ( Read more... )

"Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love."
David McCulloughVery true words from a rather decent author and historian. I am mildly tempted to gloat, or perhaps engage in behavior of a more exuberant nature, but I believe that I will restrain myself. This was the last hurdle before the board hearing. And while I do not see ( Read more... )

Mihawk, as we keep failing to attend some of the other events we've talked about - and I'm sorry about that, events keep interfering unexpectedly - would you like to try for another one? There's a talk given by some ex-Washington member of the State Department entitled "Communism through McCarthy as an Equivalent Social Threat to Terrorism in the ( Read more... )

I'm sorry about the interruption earlier this afternoon. Would you like to go out for dinner later to make up for it? I should be finished everything here by 4:30.

To all my students ( Read more... )

Shanks told me about a 'boring as all hell' exhibit that your family is producing locally. Considering his reaction, I am sure the show will be wonderfully stimulating and educational. I'm game if you are still looking to attend.

I...am not entirely sure where to begin. My ability to cope with change and surprise has most certainly been tested this holiday season. While none of the shocks that have been fired into my life are bad, they are not exactly the easist new ideas to wrap my mind around either. I'm not sure if Christmas Eve or Christmas Day was more...revealing ( Read more... )

There is not a fiercer hell than the failure in a great object. Keats from Preface to EndymionI wonder, in brief moments of hubris, if any of my students regard my classes in this manner? As for myself, this damnable paper becomes more and more consternating the longer I work on it. It's so close to completion and yet that summit is still so far ( Read more... )

To all students in any of my courses ( Read more... )

I know we haven't had a chance to speak since the...incident. I hope Shanks hasn't said anything too terrible to you. I tried to explain to him that it was entirely my doing, but he's still really angry with me and not inclined to pay any heed to anything I have to say. I'm so sorry to have gotten you involved in this. I hope you are still ( Read more... )