Professorial Blogitude

all this time spent watching the shows i watch, the movies i love, reading the books i can’t get enough of, and i’m starting to wonder…
if i feed off of others’ pain.
i don’t want to cause it, i don’t want to instigate it or trigger it, but i thrive off of ingesting it.
this sounds a [...]

J. is down for the count.
What started as a possible poison ivy rash or something similar progressed into a myriad of small, horribly itchy bumps that covered over half of his body by last night. This morning he went to the doctor and was told it was a viral infection, and most likely he is [...]

My mom called me the other day and, as we discussed our worsening financial situation, she expressed her concern for our future:
“I’m worried about you going into a PhD program. How long can you and J. live like poor churchmice? How much longer until you’re actually earning what you should be?”
And my worried echo hers, [...]

Do you KNOW WHAT THIS IS????

It’s my Beta Key for WotLK in action, baby! Yeah!
*does a Beta dance, involving much squirming and a bit of jigging*
High fives to those of us who know what this means.
To those who don’t: It’s WICKED cool.
Who says I have to do actual work? I’m playing WoW for the next [...]

I was tempted not to believe Starbucks when they told me they had the perfect oatmeal for me.
I trusted them today solely because my stomach is eating itself in an attempt to find nutrition, and I found a five dollar bill in a coat pocket today so obviously I needed to spend it on coffee [...]

This is the funniest thing I’ve read in a WHILE.
The following was a NYC craigslist post for an available apartment, and I credit this random site as my source… but really Jim from CIT is my source, via his Twitter. Shout out to Jim!
For the love of god, read this. I’m still laughing at it.
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“new [...]

I’m wondering if professors ever build up an immunity to the mega-illnesses their kids bring them.
I’ve had one student come up to my desk, all close and personal, and tell me that he may have Mono.
I’ve had at least three students with strep throat, and countless more complaining of a host of temporary ailments.
Today I’m [...]

I am not a happy camper.
After a long and arduous day dealing with blogs, I am not in a graceful state of mind with any of my students.
They don’t listen to me, even when what I’m telling them is meant to help them.
They most likely will not do their assigned reading for tomorrow.
They will probably [...]