Tom is Away

at the NFCA’s Appetite for Awareness event, checking out a buffet of the best gluten free foods in the city.

if the internet is correct, i just got a phone call from a person named either Phlyis or Donoqux. Neither of those is a typo.

photo album review observation #4: my family seems to really love taking pictures of children stuffed inside hampers.

figuring out the least painful way to teach my students about run-on sentences tomorrow.

finally back to work on the novel.

photo album observation #3: my old dog was scruffier (and maybe a little uglier) than I remember.

search continues tomorrow.

photo album review observation #2: my Uncle Jim has been making the same face– in which he leans backward and looks kind of shocked by the flash– in photos for approximately 40 years.

running through 15-20 old photo albums, for book-related reasons. Observation #1: there is an inordinate number of photos of my dad unwrapping socks on Christmas and birthdays.

37 conferences today, pretty much all in a row. Hoping no students bring the damn swine flu into my office.

only 5 papers left to grade, but they can wait until tomorrow. Now, scanning job listings.

only a few papers left to grade. Surprisingly low-stress situation, I think. Unless my computer blows up.

bad news, neighborhood children: there’s about a 90% chance that by October 31, I will have eaten all of the Halloween candy in my house. You’re getting pennies and spanish onions.

a bunch of papers to grade still.

well, early results are in: my long-standing disdain for Michael Vick still outweighs the fact that he’s on the Eagles. I just don’t like that guy enough to cheer for him. It doesn’t help that the media’s still overhyping him despite the fact that he did nothing today.

even if the Eagles are fielding their preseason offense, they ought to win today.

catching up on old DVR-ed shows.

grading papers all morning.

out for dinner then a movie. Seeing The Informant!

oh yeah, by the way, i saw a half-dead bat in the parking lot near my car yesterday. I’ll just assume that’s not an omen of any kind.

more emailing of famous people.