To go in or not to go in
Wednesday, when I need to pick my children up and drop them off with my spouse before I head to the faculty senate meeting. Do I head to the office or work at home? Unfortunately, I needed to commute, because I needed to print out quizzes for my Wednesday night class, drop off copies of […]
More computer troubles, and life
This time, the computer problems are local, with my desktop. It’s probably not a virus (though I should update the virus definition files I have, to make certain). My colleague Barbara Shircliffe had to have her whole computer reinstalled, and I hope it doesn’t come to that before I get a new computer (which I’ve […]
Computer Fritz
Who cares, at the moment, if the college’s server is down? Well, most in the college do, since they rely on the servers for the software. I won’t get into Tech Support politics at the moment, except to say that I have locally-installed software (with the proper licenses), so it does not affect me except […]
Clearing the desk (if only metaphorically)
Trying to get some odds and ends cleaned up this morning before class — a few things to grade, make sure I have everything ready for class, and so forth. The first rush of the semester is over, so I have a bit of a breather teaching-wise. The first month, students write a paper a […]
Preparations for a trip
By Sherman Dorn on February 28, 2002
I have a bit of a bind this weekend, traveling to a gig (yes, a concert) where someone else is paying for my travel—and also getting some stuff done work-wise over the weekend. My students this week handed in a set of papers, and so I’ll be reading them on the flights (while with my […]
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