I do hope that everybody had a fine July 4th. Sonya and I certainly did; we did nothing, really, and it was quite nice to have a weekend that didn't run us all over, forcing us up early and to bed late. No, we had a nice, quiet time at home.
And I am damned pleased to have a home at which to have a quiet time.
One thing we did get done was to book our flights to the Texas Hill Country and to Arkansas for the end of August. We're looking forward to getting to see our families and to taking care of some more of the wedding stuff; it seems that the preacher at the Fredericksburg United Methodist Church in Fredericksburg, Texas, has changed over, and so we need to meet with him to find out what kinds of things we're going to need to do.
It promises to be interesting.
I remain busy with teaching as much as I am, though I still do not complain of the pay-rate. I have, though, finally received some of the books I've needed to get to work on some of the papers I'm writing, which means I can actually get to work on those papers. I am also waiting to hear back from one of my professors about my idea for the prospectus, but he seems to not be answering email.
Fortunately, I have his phone number.
Unfortunately, several things remain in the news that perhaps ought not to. I realize that Michael Jackson did much for the current state of the music industry. The problems are 1) the music industry is hardly an ideal thing, and 2) there are a lot of more important things happening right now than the fallout from the King of Pop's sudden death. Mourn, maybe, but realize that the world did not stop because of it.
Similarly, Palin's intended resignation from the Alaska governorship (and the attendant whining), while significant--because a governor is important enough to pay attention to--is not earth-shattering. A lot of good things come out of Alaska, yes. So does a lot of idiocy (true, admittedly, of anywhere). She's quitting, the state will go on; worry about the ones that may well not, such as California with its continuing budgetary crisis, or my home-state of Texas, whose governor within the past few months was spouting rhetoric proven impotent 145 years ago.
As a matter of record, I voted against Perry. The only thing that will keep me from doing so again is that I am transferring my voting registration to New York. And there are some legislators who need to get voted out of office here...so I'm happy.
And I am damned pleased to have a home at which to have a quiet time.
One thing we did get done was to book our flights to the Texas Hill Country and to Arkansas for the end of August. We're looking forward to getting to see our families and to taking care of some more of the wedding stuff; it seems that the preacher at the Fredericksburg United Methodist Church in Fredericksburg, Texas, has changed over, and so we need to meet with him to find out what kinds of things we're going to need to do.
It promises to be interesting.
I remain busy with teaching as much as I am, though I still do not complain of the pay-rate. I have, though, finally received some of the books I've needed to get to work on some of the papers I'm writing, which means I can actually get to work on those papers. I am also waiting to hear back from one of my professors about my idea for the prospectus, but he seems to not be answering email.
Fortunately, I have his phone number.
Unfortunately, several things remain in the news that perhaps ought not to. I realize that Michael Jackson did much for the current state of the music industry. The problems are 1) the music industry is hardly an ideal thing, and 2) there are a lot of more important things happening right now than the fallout from the King of Pop's sudden death. Mourn, maybe, but realize that the world did not stop because of it.
Similarly, Palin's intended resignation from the Alaska governorship (and the attendant whining), while significant--because a governor is important enough to pay attention to--is not earth-shattering. A lot of good things come out of Alaska, yes. So does a lot of idiocy (true, admittedly, of anywhere). She's quitting, the state will go on; worry about the ones that may well not, such as California with its continuing budgetary crisis, or my home-state of Texas, whose governor within the past few months was spouting rhetoric proven impotent 145 years ago.
As a matter of record, I voted against Perry. The only thing that will keep me from doing so again is that I am transferring my voting registration to New York. And there are some legislators who need to get voted out of office here...so I'm happy.