I used to read like crazy in the car--I was one of the world's easiest kids on a long road trip: a couple of pillows and a stack of Marguerite Henrys and I was good to go for the next six hours.

Now I can manage, barely, to read a map if I hold it at arm's length, but if I so much as open a book or magazine or newspaper while the car is moving I can only tolerate about 90 seconds before the smell of the paper and ink make me gag, and it takes about half an hour before I feel normal again.

flea, maybe it's better than Facebook because it's narrowly focused and strictly academic, with no distracting photo albums or comments to like or imaginary gold coins and silver chickens to dole out?

I don't see why. I think that you can do everything that you want to do on Facebook or Blackboard. Their "value" may be in that you can do everything in one place and/or you control the platform and any information shared.

People need to stop saying the word "kink" at work.

And the top sheet of my notepad has a long piece written by me in which I use the word "kinks" and this week? Currently distracting the hell out of me.

ION, call still not over.

I've been up since 3. It's increasingly hard to concentrate.

People need to stop saying the word "kink" at work.

Heh.

People need to stop saying the word "kink" at work.

SPLUNK!

I don't even know what thread to post this in (movies? literary?) but here's the most awesome library research article title ever: [link]

I love academia.

Here's a kind of funny article about the kinds of petty revenge tv writers get to take: [link]

A client just sent me this email:

Thanks Tom !!

Have a great weekend !!

That means I can go home now, right?

I'm working all weekend. Maybe going to see Inception for the fourth time, because one of my neighbors hasn't seen it yet, and I have a sick, sick sickness.

what she said, including the sick, sick sickness.