Tom is Away

Andy Richter to reunite with Conan O’Brien

This is doubly exciting, because I’ll probably actually be able to watch Conan again, now that he’s on earlier, and I also have DVR, so it doesn’t even really matter when he’s on. Regardless– awesome.

I don’t know who’s teaching America’s youth how to spell, but they are doing a disastrous job.

9 papers left to grade tonight.

well, apparently the computer repair shop around the corner is closed down, just like every other business in this town (except the bar).

loving that I have the Fox Soccer channel now (plus at least two other soccer channels).

Grading some papers while I wait to watch Manchester vs. Inter Milan (although it’s actually on ESPN, which has nothing to do with the first part of this message).

writing till lunchtime

If it’s true that McNabb is threatening the Eagles (refusing to sign an extension– an extension he requested for a full year– unless they sign enough players to his liking) then I have to think he’s just trying to get traded. The Eagles don’t handle threats very well at all; they’d ship him out before appeasing him.

maybe not grading papers.

eating leftover birthday cake and grading papers.

Students wearing down, which means I have to carry the classes more than usual, which means I’m a little tired.

trying to figure out how long it would take my dogs to eat me if, hypothetically, I had some kind of accident and nobody discovered my body for weeks.

.14% of Philly’s population accounts for over 60% of its crime

Two notes:
- This breaks my policy of never reading/linking the Daily News, because, you know, it’s terrible.
- The math in here seems a little fuzzy

Still, interesting, I think.

Oxford Dictionary’s Frequently Asked Questions– an enormously useful website, actually. Especially if you ever use words.

depending how you define the word “progress,” you could say I’m progressing on this book.

I like Samuel Dalembert even less when he’s whining about not being traded. At least he didn’t get called for goaltending during his interview.

a representative quote from Roddy Piper’s (not-so-great) autobiography: “I have never backstabbed anybody in my profession, but I’ll be the first to admit to front-stabbing them right in the face!”

not at all interested in grading papers.

possibly making some progress on the laptop issue.

Students expect B’s just for showing up.

Favorite comments from the Fall 2008 evaluations:

- Answering the question, “Which aspects of the course or instructor would you change?
“He is really liberal, likes to tell people about it”

- “Very judgmental on personal preference of how one writes.”

Answering a question about my sensitivity to disabilities, race/gender differences, etc:

-”Mcallistar are very supportive to all his student.”

Yes, yes I are.