Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Some tidbits

1) We are interviewing to fill a post: Instructional Technologist.
One of the candidates that we were required to interview (veteran status) just called to see why he hasn't received a campus map and interview location information in the mail. The regular mail. We told him to check his email. May I remind you that he is trying to be hired as someone who specializes in TECHNOLOGY. I have this image of an old guy shuffling out to his mailbox.

2) This in from Russian essay correction:
"D-503 shares his opinions and displays quite fragrantly his lack of self-control."
Good to know that the Soviet Union was open to lack of self-control if it smelled good.

Sunday, September 22, 2013

I am back

Drum roll please. I am back.
I have decided that there are just too many tasty morsels with no venue, except for a blog.
1) I have become addicted to Zumba. I am pretty lame at it, but I love it. While checking out the schedule for a class to go to tomorrow I see there is a new instructor. Name is vaguely familiar. Yes. Was one of my students three years ago in a survey course. She was a dreadful student so I am glad that she is good at something. I shall, however, not brave her class, at least not tomorrow. Perhaps, if I ever learn how to do that thing with your butt that they all seem talented at...I will reconsider.
2) Our department is being required to have a trained mediator at all our meetings. I am on leave this semester so have yet to witness this. But I did enjoy her email to us all on Friday which began:
"It was nice to see and meet with you again yesterday.  First, here is the link for the high conflict email tips I told you I would send." Good times continue.
3) Spent some quality time with Sam today shopping for clothes he needs to wear to the Homecoming dance next weekend. Nice trousers, shirt, and, of course, as always, a tie that matches some aspect of the girl's ensemble. In this instance, shoes, that appeared from the photo texted to us while in the tie section of Macy's, to be some shade of aqua, blue, green-ness.
Over and out.