Been a While

I'm still alive. I'm just grading or working all the time. Maybe this weekend I'll have time for a lengthy post--I hope. Right now I'm looking at Comp II essays, Fundamentals Paragraphs, Mythology Discussion Posts, and Philosophy Journal papers. And a bunch of quizzes.

Oh, and did I mention that we're moving next month? Michele did a while ago, but I don't think I did. Yeah, we're moving. We'll save money on rent, we'll be on a bus line, and we'll be a short walk from the grocery store. Win all around, except the moving. I hate moving.

Unless we find another home for her soon, I think we have another cat. I was warned about this. I'll let Michele fill everyone in on the rest of the cat news.

I have my teaching assignments for Rose for Spring. Two sections: a Comp I class and an 8-week, online Mythology class. This one concentrates entirely on Greek and Roman myths. It sucks that I don't have a full time job yet, but I love teaching more every semester. Mythology? Are you kidding me? This is awesome.

My online classes are going well this semester--with some glitches. I suppose that's understandable (and maybe assumable (But you know what happens when things are assumable. You make an ass out of "u" and "Mable.")).

Oh yeah, and just for the confused: I'm voting for Obama. Hehe. I'll call you, Sly. You going to be around on Saturday?

Bonus: a link to one of the coolest songs ever. Oh, and a live version, too. Holy crap! The hair!

A List of Bullet Points

There's a joke (one of several thousand) about Chuck Norris that goes like this: Chuck Norris is so fast that he can run around the world and punch himself in the back of the head. I am like this version of Chuck Norris, except that it's not speed we're talking about, but incompetence. As in: Jason is so unable to focus on one task that he can . . . what was I saying?

Anyway, here are some things I thought this week:

• Happy birthday, Cat Whisperer! I'd put your head on a gorilla, but I decided long ago not to do that to women. Sexist? Yes. Are you grateful? I'm sure. Your birthday present is pretty cool.
• Speaking of which: Happy zeroth birthday, Kaylee! My new niece (and CW's new granddaughter) was born at 1:48 pm today. She was eight pounds, thirteen ounces, and twenty-one inches long. Now we can tease the Demon Nephew for the rest of his life that, at least on the days on which they were born, his sister was bigger than he was. Not that I'd tease a five-year-old.
• Speaking of which: Happy fifth birthday, Demon Nephew! I wish we'd been there to celebrate, but at least you're saving us some cupcakes. Right? Right?
• Here's a link to Michele's post about our houseguest. Remember last time this happened? It's almost two years to the day later. Weird.
• I got a letter this week that was written in International Phonetic Alphabet, and while I was able to read it--slowly--I haven't been able to compose a response.

And on the political front:

• Here's a story that explains why Sarah Palin sounds like she's from Minnesota.
• Here's a story that tries to make sense of Palin's gibberish.
• Here's a thirteen-minute video describing John McCain's involvement in the Keating Five S&L scandal in the 1980s.
  
  
• And here's a link to the Saturday Night Live spoof of the Vice-Presidential Debate last Thursday. I feel a little dirty linking to SNL--a show that hasn't been significant in about twenty-five years, and hasn't been funny in fifteen.
• Oh, yeah. And here's where the Palins may not have been paying their taxes. That's unAmerican, don'tcha know.

But beyond that, we're golden. I think. Whose pants are these?