Tom is Away

watching the phils whup ass

fixingsome drywall crap in my bathroom.

at temple — on my day off!!– to conference with a bunch of students.

i’ve got pretty much nothing interesting to say here.

28 conferences down, 21 to go.

faking my own death so i can skip my conferences.

if anyone from temple calls you to ask, I was mangled in a horrible hang gliding accident.

"You know, it just seems that, the more people that are in the ballpark, the louder it is." — Gary Matthews

…to his credit, he kinda trailed off at the end, and seemed to realize how dumb that was.

52 student conferences– and 52 papers to read– in the next 36 hours.

bringing an extra bottle of jameson to the office.

god damn bullpen.

okay, trying to be optimistic.

watching the phils, and hoping everyone on the mets gets cholera.

watching the phils. trying to figure out whether they’ll disappoint us all immediately, or string it out through the whole week.

reading, i guess.

reading.

reading "The Omnivore’s Dilemma" which is mostly horrifying me about the way our food is made.

Also, eating as much delicious food as possible before this book ruins it for me.

not teaching nothin

i hope more Padres players injure themselves trying to assault umpires.

Maybe Greg Maddux will break his ankle trying to kick a kitten.

trying to figure out how many times i have to announce something before people in class remember it. Apparently, 5 times is not enough.

making about a million copies, then teaching for most of the day. Hoping my students actually bring their rough drafts to class.

"I asked Andy Reid what he said to McNabb after the game. "’Nice job,”’ he said, then laughed. "You know me. If it doesn’t fit on a 3-by-5 index card, I don’t say it.” And if you want to know Reid, that says it all."

– Peter King

hoping tomorrow’s game isn’t awful.