Monthly Archives: February 2008

I delivered a decent last lecture of the week to my class.  One of the girls made a comment that made me laugh, and she seemed to take a certain amount of joy in that.  A former student poked her … Continue reading →

Yesterday I spent too much time playing Super Mario Galaxy.  A white comet and a blue comet complicated the play and prevented me from progressing in the game.  I had to stop after an hour and a half so that … Continue reading →

After my class yesterday, I checked the tentative schedule for the fall semester and was pleased to my name in a favorable time slot on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.  The early afternoon was sunny and warm enough that I could … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning, I watched M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Village,” a tale of an isolated, Amish-like community in the middle of the forest.  The year appears to be 1897.  The film had a pretty good cast, with Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, … Continue reading →

It started to rain when I left work yesterday.  Instead of heating up a couple of burritos in the microwave, I walked over to Bongo Burger.  On the way, someone handed me a pamphlet on Jesus.  I was glad that … Continue reading →

My copy of Elvis Costello’s “Get Happy!!” arrived in the mail yesterday.  I was a little disappointed that a page from the booklet was missing.  The album was one of the best from Elvis Costello, I thought.  Some of my … Continue reading →

After I was done with my class yesterday, I walked over to the library to look over the selection of DVDs.  I didn’t like what I saw, but I went ahead and chose “Ace Ventura Pet Detective.” My parents are … Continue reading →

I returned home a bit late yesterday.  In my mailbox, I found the copy of the Rez video game that I ordered a while back.  I looked through the game booklet but didn’t feel like playing the game.  I heated … Continue reading →

I returned home from class rather unhappy over dealing with a couple of students who seemed to be overestimating their ability and underestimating the amount of work unnecessarily to earn a degree.  I took a walk around to try and … Continue reading →