I am done grading for the night, now I just need to email my students their papers. I graded 50 papers in one week. Yay! Still have 5 left to go. Boo!

Coyotes: When I lived in Irvine I saw them fairly often, especially in the evening. Once I was taking a walk and I noticed 4 or 5 of just off the path. It was a bit disconcerting, to say the least, but they seemed pretty uninterested in me. The look they shot me was more, "hey Noisy, you're scaring the rabbits!"

Brenda, that makes me happy. ;)

Steph's angler fish link in Bitches

I have no idea what this is (am about to go read Bitches), but gotta say--I somehow ended up watching Sarah Palin's Alaska this evening (along with the roomie and his gf). It was fascinating, in a bizarre way. Her accent mesmerizes me. And the fishing was also interesting. The family and her speechifying, less so.

I watched Mike Rowe deal with rotting pig corpses covered in maggots -- that seems like it would be less sickening than the Palins, on the whole.

My Comcast Internet went out really hard last night -- the support line to report it was overwhelmed, going straight to "call us back later". I wonder how widespread it was if the automated support lines couldn't keep up.

Me too! That was super traumatic!

I just saw a schoolbus with snow on its roof.

It snowed?

Well, we have school buses that are painted white on top....

Hee! My coworker had his baby yesterday! So no one wins the pool that people weren't that excited to participate in, anyway -- she wasn't due until the 9th.

It must have been paint. . .there is no snow (yet).

We have a layer of snow, but hopefully the roads will clear up pretty quick this morning.

House guest is still asleep. I'm in my usual working from home zone. I just wish this nagging headache would f off.

I am ridiculously happy that Target FINALLY has the Archer Farms Honey Cinnamon Almonds back in. OMG NOM.

Perkins, I think I sent you a text, or I should say, I tried to send you a text, but if you get it you can ignore it now,