Monthly Archives: September 2009

Have Baby Will Travel and I Resemble Those Statistics

We’re hitting the road next week for a conference in Savannah, GA and bringing el bebe with us. Happily we’ll have adjoining rooms with the g’parents, so hopefully me and my folks can contain the little guy while Amy attends her conference. Amy flies down with Grey without me, so keep your fingers crossed for [...]

Who Has Time to Blog Anymore?

Good Lord, the days are a blur. The academic calendar had us starting the week before Labor Day, followed by having that next Monday off for a holiday. I teach two MW sections, meaning we’re in week three and we’ve only met three times. On top of this, students can still add classes until tomorrow, [...]

Why Managers Matter

Time sure flies by this time of year, with school starting and all the rest. Here’s some quick commentary on World Cup Qualifiers played on Saturday and Wednesday.
* Maradona has no idea what he’s doing. 1-3 loss at home to Brazil and a 1-0 loss to Paraguay puts Argentina in serious jeopardy of not making [...]

Off for the Weekend

We’re heading to Chicago for the weekend to celebrate our friends Jenny and Steven’s nuptials. We’re bringing el bebe. Wish us luck. We’re excited to be going to Chicago. I can’t remember how long it has been since I’ve been there. The AWP Conference back in February, maybe? As always, the hardest part is trying [...]

WTF w/WSD? & Transfer Day Madness

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Strange days at World Soccer Football Daily. So as I mentioned about a week back, World Soccer Daily went off the air due to threats aimed at one of the show’s hosts as well as his children. Now they’re planning on coming back on October 1 with a subscription-based show as opposed to the [...]