Having a cold is not fun. Having a cold when you’re trying to grade papers, revise a book manuscript, keep up with journal editing stuff, and chaffeur children is particularly not fun. And then having a cold when it’s your spouse’s birthday? Yes, of course I’ll still pick the younger child up from school. What part of “spouse’s birthday” don’t you understand?<\/p>\n
In the meantime, I’ll be plodding away on small tasks. No brilliant insights for me, today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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