RIP Huey P. the Second.
Yep, my fish died. At least, I think he’s dead. He’s floating inside his little house and won’t come out when I tap on the tank. The fish had been acting pretty weird (trying to jump out of the tank, wedging himself behind the air filter with his mouth out, laying [...]
Archive for September, 2009
This week sucks dirty dishwater
Posted in The Critters, tagged Fish on September 30, 2009 | 4 Comments »
This F*cking Old House: Finally Fixed
Posted in This F***ing Old House, tagged contractors on September 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remember this entry? His brother showed up Saturday to fix the gable. We didn’t even know he was out there until we heard him climbing the ladder outside our bedroom window.
At least something went right this week.
Buried Alive
Posted in The Professoriate on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Readers,
Don’t expect much in the way of entertaining stories this week. I seriously miscalculated how much “free time” I would have this semester and now I am good and screwed. It appears that this report I have to write is actually due to the Dean on October 1, not October 15 like I was [...]
Bouncing, Climbing Puppy: Another Tail
Posted in It's My Life, The Critters, tagged Tenure Puppy on September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The Tenure Puppy is proving to be much, much more athletic than our older dog was at her age. Where it took Breath of Death two months to figure out how to get over his baby gate, The Tenure Puppy managed to get over her gate in less than two weeks (13 days to be [...]
Looking Forward
Posted in The Professoriate, tagged To Do Lists on September 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
The To Do List from Hell
as taken Sunday afternoon
(This week’s list is on the right)
Let’s Recap, Shall We?
Posted in It's My Life, The Professoriate on September 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The academic year has its ebbs and flows. Some weeks, you have to work your tail off; others are lazy and slow. I can tell you – from my nearly eight years of experience – that I have never had a truly balanced week. You know what I mean: a week where you’re pushing 40 [...]
A Funny for Friday
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Funny on September 18, 2009 | 3 Comments »
My week has been a complete train wreck — too many meetings, too many things on my to-do list, my first “chair vs. dean” moment (argh!), puppy puke, a new battery for The Coach’s car. To add insult to injury, I had a meeting yesterday at the Mayor’s office which ran over and ended up getting [...]
Puppy Love Thursday
Posted in The Critters, tagged Tenure Puppy on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Puppies make every day better …
until they puke on the floor. {Sigh}
An R.E.M. Moment
Posted in The Professoriate, tagged Meetings on September 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a bad day.
Please don’t take a picture.
It’s been a bad day.
Please.
Change “day” to “week” and you’ll start to get a sense of the administrative horrors of my week … right up to the fact that I have nine — count ‘em, 9 — meetings this week, four of which are after 2 p.m. [...]
A Shower Tail (Free Pun Included)
Posted in It's My Life, tagged Critters, Tenure Puppy on September 15, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The Tenure Puppy is currently living in our bathroom. It’s become a tricked out lair – she has a big pillow, a towel that smells like one of us (right now, it’s The Coach’s dirty towel, but last week it was mine), a couple of squeak toys, and one of those automatic water dispensers. We [...]
