Meeting, Class (observed by two senior faculty members), Meeting, 15 minutes to choke down scone from *$, Meeting, Meeting, Home. I’m tired, annoyed, out of sorts. But, there’s always tomorrow, which will not be as evil. Maybe I will get some more shit crossed off my list. Ha!
Archive for October, 2008
My Day
Posted in It's My Life, The Professoriate, tagged rants on October 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
F*** Me Hard Sideways, But This Day Sucked.
Posted in The Professoriate, tagged administrativa on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My day sucked. I didn’t even make a dent in my fuckin’ to do list. Every time I scratched something off, two new tasks popped up. I give up. I’m going home.
Another Monday
Posted in Photos, The Critters, tagged Cats, The Critters on October 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
And we never have clean towels …
Will it ever end?
Posted in It's My Life, The Professoriate, tagged To Do List on October 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
My life would be so much better if stuff actually worked around here! ARG! This morning, it took me about 20 minutes to get my office computer up and running. Now, the tech guy was in earlier this month, but whatever magic he worked has worn out. I mean, it took me 30 minutes to [...]
Making Whore’s Pasta
Posted in It's My Life, The Foodie Files, tagged Gardening, pop culture on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Garden Pots, Emptied & Stored
Even though the leaves are falling, I’m still holding onto the last blush of summer. It doesn’t matter that we are a third of the way through the semester or that I have already had to break out a sweater. Yes, I know pumpkin treats are in season, that *$ has [...]
Pig Lickin’ Goodness (or Not)
Posted in The Foodie Files, tagged Food on October 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Did you think I was kidding about the chocolate covered bacon? The Coach and I bring you proof, courtesy of his cell phone … Okay, so they aren’t high quality, but then we’re only trying to show bacon, not Bigfoot!
Yep, that’s cold bacon covered in chocolate. Actually, the first two bites weren’t bad (we were [...]
Street Faire Food
Posted in The Foodie Files, tagged Fair, Food on October 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »
List of food we actually ate at the local street faire:
Fried Green Tomatoes
Fried Olives Stuffed with Cheese and Salsa
Fried Mac & Cheese Bytes
Fried Green Beans
Chocolate Dipped Bacon
Corn on the Cob, not fried
Alligator Jerky
Stromboli (The Coach only)
Pumpkin Pie (The Coach only)
Pork Chop Sandwich (Dr. Disenchanted only)
Buckeyes (The Coach only)
Tree Bark (Rod pretzels dipped in white chocolate)
Apple Cider [...]
Working @ Home
Posted in The Critters, tagged Cats on October 9, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Here’s the reason that working at home isn’t always an optimal experience:
Today, though, I am working upstairs. I had to clean off my desk just to get to my laptop computer. Everything piled up when The Coach unpacked from our trip to Undergrad Institution. Blah. Anyways, now I have liberated my computer and can: (1) [...]
random
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Foodie Files, Teaching on October 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ah, I never need to think up an explanation again. Most excellent.
Salted carmel hot chocolate is good … until you get to the dredges at the bottom of the cup.
I’m tired. Think anyone would notice if I slept on my office floor?
Make Your Own Electoral College Predictions!
Posted in Politics, tagged electoral college, Politics, predictions on October 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Dr. Disenchanted’s Prediction:
Obama, 345; McCain, 193
Make your own predictions here and post them in the comments.
CNN’s current prediction: Obama, 264; McCain, 174.
Toss up votes: 100
Needed to win: 270
