Tom is Away

The difference, among other things, between Iowa City and Philadelphia:

In Philadelphia, if it snows for two straight days, people panic, stocking up on canned goods, toilet paper, and bottled water, while students exert more effort checking the weather report than in doing the work that they won’t do because they think they’re getting a day off from school.

In The IC, if it snows for two straight days, nobody notices, my students show up for class in a t-shirt and shorts, and they tell me "it’s too warm out."

I wonder why my knee hurts so much today. At least it’s only a problem when I stand, walk, or bend it.

Bill Simmons on The Bachelor:

Here’s the biggest problem with "The Bachelor:" Everything leads to the final proposal, which always ends up being the most uncomfortable 20 minutes of the year for anyone who remotely values their manhood. Hence, no male viewer in his right mind would watch the final episode unless he was in traction with an unfeeling wife who refused to change the channel. If I’m stuck watching this crap to the end, at least give me a host cracking jokes like "Wow, Byron, congrats not only on the engagement, but on making a blubbering ass of yourself in front of 20 million people." Or,"Mary, congrats on falling in love on a contrived TV show twice in a 14-month span; you’re clearly not insane at all."

Teaching.

By teaching, I mean showing Rocky IV to my students and giving out candy while they do my evaluations.

MLgraham07: That away message thing is gonna backfire
MLgraham07: When you come home drunk and put up a really dumb message
MLgraham07: And I’m looking forward to it


see for yourself here.

God damnit. It’s snowing, and apparently, it’s not supposed to stop until Wednesday.

Recapping my 10-day Thanksgiving Break:
$2 pitchers on Friday followed by Big Lebowski and month-old high life, Eagles win, fantasy team wins but other one that I don’t really care about loses, three days living in solitary like a monk, it’s freakin cold, thanksgiving with a bunch of married thirty year olds who repeatedly used the sentence, "Man, the poets are so much cooler than us," my students don’t listen to a damn thing I say, still cold, ate some pasta, caught student from camden plagiarizing, fantasy team loses, scare the crap out of students with a 1200 word email about how I caught people cheating, Eagles win division.

Oh yea, and I showered a couple times and probably went to the bathroom at least once.

Back to work tomorrow.

13 days till I’m home.

E A G L E S


EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>:o

God, I freakin’ love football.

E A G L E S


EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>:o

This just in: The refs in today’s game suck.

This just in: The Eagles run defense sucks.

Today’s Prediction, optimistic as always:
Eagles 30 Giants 14

E A G L E S


EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>:o

sleeping.

Finally, I’ve been Syndicated.

Now, if you’ve missed one of my away messages, you can follow the above link and refer to the archives. It updated automatically whenever I change my away message. Right now the archive is slim, but it’s growing, so keep an eye on it.

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