Monthly Archives: January 2009

I left the library to go shopping for some groceries for Super Bowl Sunday.  I bought salad, mini beef tacos, grapes, corn chips, and dip.  I talked about the A’s schedule with someone at work.  Rickey Henderson Jersey Day will … Continue reading →

I prepared for class early in the morning, and my lecture lasted for longer than I planned.  I noticed that students who haven’t been showing up recently.  What do they expect to accomplish?  I went home to drop off my … Continue reading →

I had fallen asleep while watching TV and awoke to the news in the middle of the night to a sports report on the Lakers’ loss to Charlotte after two overtime periods.  I worked on my writing a little bit … Continue reading →

Just before I left home to go teach my class yesterday morning, I noticed two dead mice caught in traps that I had set.  I felt sickened at the sight.  Those little creatures were good and dead, though.  One of … Continue reading →

Yesterday morning, Murph and Mac discussed the Bruce Springsteen album that’s being released.  They ridiculed Joel Selvin’s review of it.  They also mention the Al Stewart song “Year of the Cat,” and later they interviewed Don Shula.  I’m sure they … Continue reading →

On the CBS Sunday Morning show yesterday, they showed a segment on Frank Langella.  Apparently, he refused to talk about his personal life in interviews, but they did show a video clip of him walking with Whoopi Goldberg and holding … Continue reading →

I watched the morning news yesterday and saw that there would be a rally for Sully, the heroic pilot of the Hudson River. I wouldn’t be heading over that way, though.  I found it painful to watch the replays of … Continue reading →

I was disappointed in the Murph and Mac show yesterday morning.  They were exceptionally careless with their top six news stories, only giving four the first time and a total of five different stories after they did it a second … Continue reading →

As I prepared for my class yesterday morning, I heard the announcement of which movies were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar.  They were “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Frost/Nixon,” “Milk,” “The Reader,” and “Slumdog Millionaire.”  I have not … Continue reading →

Not being able to sleep too well in the middle of the night, I listened to the radio the past couple of nights.  There was a discussion of which teams in the four major professional sports won the most games … Continue reading →