The downside of being so over-busy is that when I have a short span of UN-busyness, I have this unfocused inability to do anything. Like today – I recorded a lecture, read the discussion boards in my class, graded two assignments, kind of caught up on email, answered numerous student questions, met with a student [...]
Last Friday I made a luau themed dinner for a group of 22 who were having some kind of luau-tiki-mystery dinner. All I knew was that they needed three courses, and it should be tropically themed. I made shrimp salad in wonton cups for starters, grilled tequila marinated chicken breasts with grilled pineapple (Chicken not [...]
We’ve always differentiated between being busy – which isn’t neccesarily bad – your days are full, you have lots to do, you’re not bored – and stupid busy – which IS bad. Too much to do, you forget stuff, you miss stuff, you get cranky. And stupid. I have been stupid busy for the last [...]
Subtitle: “or, why I’ve had no time to write”. The good: the week-long orientation session for incoming distance students, beginning their degree in library & information studies. I was the chief organizer, but this event was pulled off with a cast of thousands, er, uh, dozens at least, including the 29 students themselves. This was [...]
Sounds like the title of a 1950s cookbook, but story of my life right now. Though I did make ramen salad – I think it was Thursday – yea, musta been Thursday – to use up the cabbage, kohlrabi, radishes, a.k.a.the old veggies in the bin, when I brought home my new CSA box. And [...]
