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Had a couple weird dreams over the past couple days. On Sunday night, before starting my new job at UWM, I had one where I showed up for work, and the office was actually the lobby at the M&I Bank in Eagle River. My “office” was a teller window. I had no chair. I said to myself, “Shit– I think I took a step backwards to get into this position…”
Then last night (Monday), I had a dream that started out, quite literally, as an X-File– David Duchovny and everything. Apparently, there was a group of brain-eating zombies hiding in plain sight that were “at war” with a rival group of alien rebels. The rebels were actively seeking human allies to destroy the zombie forces on Earth. Because, obviously, if the zombies took over this planet, then that would be like, 6 billion more zombies.
So they hooked us Earthlings up with some sort of sonic device that made zombie heads explode and set about planning a major de-zombification event (because the brain-eaters had already infiltrated our society, and some of our closest friends and companions were actually already zombies).
The leader of the human ally resistance force? None other than my younger sister, Christy. In my dream, she had become quite adept at shooting a rifle. Apparently, in addition to the alien-magic-sonic-zombie-exploder, it was possible to down one through a good ol’ fashioned bullet to the head.
It was a strange dream.
And so, on with Tuesday!
A Little Filler
Now that I’m only going to be working at UWO for 2 more weeks, I have tons of stuff to do every day over there. I thought I had prepared to leave on the down-low pretty well during the course of the semester, but it turns out I didn’t think things through very much. Lots and lots to finish up.
In the meantime, why don’t you watch a music video starring Charlie the Karate Chimp?
NFL Draft Review!!
I predict that by this time tomorrow, the NFL Draft will almost be over.
You read it here first!
More Peeves
I am just full of them…!
When we have the following conversation (starting with me):
“Well, A times B equals C, so you will need to do X, followed by Y. OK?”
“Oh, sure, I understand.”
“OK, good.”
“Now, I just wanna ask, though– does A times B *really* equal C?”
……………
………
“I am now going to kill you.”
Quiet (Good) Friday
I finally have a couple moments to breathe today.
It’s been a really hectic week of work, just due to the volume of processing that had to be accomplished. I feel bad that I haven’t really been inclined to blog even when I get home, in part cuz I’ve missed the news for most of the week…
What *can* I tell you?
I thought the end of the business with Iran and the British sailors was pretty interesting. I don’t think anyone can really fool themselves into believing that anything Iran does right now won’t have some effect on the international response to their nuclear program. Personally, I can’t imagine why any nation’s leader with half a brain would want to get into a pissing contest with G-Dub– just give us 21 more months, and it’ll all be over, everyone will be able to relax and stop sleeping with an ICBM under their pillow.
Well, except for Israel, of course.
In sports, the Brewers 2-1 start to the season is nothing to sneeze at. They can’t win every game all season, but hell– if they win twice as many as they lose all season, that will make them… (ponders the math)… 108-54. They’ll never win that many games. They could get sort of close to that and still be unbelievably awesome. I’ve been saying to people, “less than 90 wins will be disappointing.” I’m going to stick by that. It’s only 9 more victories .500 ball, and should be totally do-able for this group.
The only two things that have been troubling to me so far this year:
1. Carlos Villanueva’s shaky first appearance of the season (I think he’ll be OK in the long run)
2. Jose Capellan’s crybaby attitude
Note that both items relate to pitching, which is the most important thing to this club– they’re still very young, and are going to be prone to streakiness at the plate. They need consistency somewhere, and there are a lot of dollars invested in the pitching staff.
Last sports comment of the day: If you want to believe for a second that the Bucks are NOT trying their damnedest to tank the season while appearing to not tank the season, then please follow this link to some listings for a lovely condominium development I’ve recently invested in down in the Mississippi delta.
I went off a couple weeks ago about the integrity of my profession, to the confusion of some and the disinterest of others. If you are at all interested in what has become the hottest news item in financial aid departments across the country, check out this article from Inside Higher Ed on some new info that’s being turned up. I still think that the vast majority of my colleagues are ethical and honorable people. It’s this 1% or less that are (A) making the rest of us ill, and (B) going to cause some changes in the way we do business. Just a matter of time… Until then, my hope is that the students don’t suffer more confusion or stress than they already have.
I’ll be in Madison this evening (Friday) and then the Milwaukee area for the duration of the weekend. Plan accordingly.
Have a happy Easter!
This is a Zippy Post
A great week for lists– if you have any Easter weekend prep, make sure you write it down. I know I’ll need to.
I have a lot of time-sensitive stuff keeping me extra-busy @ work this week. So somewhere, I need to carve out time to make my ‘work’ and ‘home’ lists. Already Wednesday, tho, so I hope there’s time for it all.
Wednesday. LOST is on again. *sigh* God I hate that show…
Quick Glimpse
I caught a glimpse of the future this afternoon on my walk home.
I was listening to a little-known record that I really enjoy, and I realized that in 20 years or so, when my kids are starting high school, they’ll go through a phase where they get really curious about Mom & Dad’s CD collection(s). They’ll run across a little album called Shame-Based Man, and they’ll laugh. Hard. A lot.
Kind of like I did with Let’s Get Small.
Better Things to Do Than Blog
I gotta get the hell outta here while the sun is still up.
Enjoy your weekend. Root for an OSU loss. Stupid Ohio.
An Open Letter to Ice Cube
Dear Mr. Cube,
You may consider turning the title question of your latest film (Are We Done Yet?) in on the “editorial we” of yourself, and possibly your agent, in relation to some of your recent choices for work.
We would all like to see you cease and desist as soon as possible.
We (i.e., the Western World) just want what’s best for you, Mr. Cube.
Thanks.