Sic transit
I think my laptop finally bit the dust today. Shit.
I think my laptop finally bit the dust today. Shit.
Lauren is off to Germany for ten days to visit the family. (That’s the halfway point between her mom, stationed in Iraq, and the rest of the family.) My priorities for the next ten days include: cooking lots of Indian food; significant progress on my dissertation; and get everything ready for the class I’m teaching [...]
And boy are my arms tired. Not to mention my legs, my back, my head, my neck, and especially my feet. Gevalt.
There are some things you pass by day in and day out for many years, but never actually see them until you notice them on yelp.
Had breakfast at one such place today. Paula’s is perhaps my new favorite restaurant in town. $1.99 for potatoes, eggs and toast; $1 for coffee; and best of all, you [...]
Back later!
Travelling again. If you have the swine flu (or, really, any easily communicable disease) can you do me a favor and avoid the San Jose, San Diego and Tucson airports for the next eighteen hours or so?
kthxbye.
(Photo taken in the Louisville, KY airport)
Back home! Agenda for today includes unpacking and–if I really get ambitious–having lunch.
Gave my talk on Saturday, and they didn’t kick me out of linguistics, so it can’t have gone too badly! Actually, I think it went well, and I got some good questions and discussion afterwards that will help me continue the work.
Travelling down the state now and currently in Bloomington, where it is SNOWING! Which [...]
Off to Indiana! I’ll check in here when I can.
Went to the campus library this afternoon to get an article for my upcoming presentation. It’s a short piece from a conference in 1989 which the library only has on microfilm — which fact I know because I checked out this article a year or two ago.
Except that we don’t have it any more. Our [...]