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20139. Trillium - 9/10/2006 4:32:33 PM Arky, I have a pile of reading to work on right now too... it does take the pleasure out of it when I have to read too much, too fast.
I had a very good time with a book group a couple of summers ago. None of us had much time, but we'd meet once a week and read out loud, one paragraph per person, with occasional breaks to discuss. It was a very stimulating way to read and made the most of the time. Having to write about a book can bring out surprising connections that I wouldn't have thought of before, but sometimes I think I'd rather just read the work carefully, methodically and to get the maximum out of it... instead of having to "prove" anything. 20140. arkymalarky - 9/10/2006 5:19:17 PM I feed my need to read teaching AP English when I'm busy like I am now, so I don't feel like I'm being robbed of any pleasurable reading experiences, just overloaded with reading, in addition to computer and written assignments, partly (largely--okay, entirely) my own fault due to not writing those four papers this summer and taking nine hours a semester when six is the most teachers usually attempt during the school year. But when May hits I'm done, and it's worth overloading for a few months.
Professors now love email and powerpoint. That's the biggest change I've seen since I graduated in '81, and I don't like it.
If I were reading Blithedale on my own I wouldn't have finished it. I just didn't care for it. Our writing assignments are just written responses to the book (1-2 page "journal entries" we email to the professor), so they're not a big deal, just one more thing to do.
20141. PelleNilsson - 9/11/2006 3:05:43 PM I'm here, but I don't feel that I have anything to say. 20142. wabbit - 9/11/2006 3:20:17 PM Happy 7th birthday to us! 20143. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 9/11/2006 3:45:39 PM Indeed, Mommy! 20144. wabbit - 9/11/2006 4:23:56 PM I always thought I was more an aunt. 20145. alistairconnor - 9/11/2006 5:08:49 PM Disowning the bastard child are you Wab?
Seven years old... they call that the age of reason. Hmmm. 20146. Ms. No - 9/11/2006 6:21:12 PM Happy Birthday --- belated to Keoni and today for the Mote! 20147. bubbaette - 9/11/2006 6:53:27 PM Hey y'all. Was just reading the Mote from 5 years ago. Some things never change. 20148. Magoseph - 9/11/2006 7:02:22 PM I'm here, but I don't feel that I have anything to say.
Well, you could ask us how we are--a little hello from you would be nice once in a while, Pelle.
Hello,bubbaette! How is everything with you these days? 20149. wabbit - 9/11/2006 7:17:17 PM Hey bubbaette, great to see you! 20150. bubbaette - 9/11/2006 7:29:55 PM Pretty well, thanks. I've taken a new job since the first of the year and things have been insanely busy.
How's everybody rouncheer? 20151. judithathome - 9/11/2006 7:44:35 PM Hey, Bubs! Good to hear from you!
And happy birthday, Moties! To think we've been claimed DOA every year for seven years and we're still alive and kickin'...congrats! 20152. bubbaette - 9/11/2006 7:45:51 PM Hey Judith. 20153. jexster - 9/11/2006 7:56:46 PM Bubs!!! 20154. alistairConnor - 9/11/2006 7:58:44 PM Hubbahubba! 20155. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 9/11/2006 8:10:26 PM 
Hey Bubbs!!!
20156. jexster - 9/12/2006 12:17:57 AM 911 is our birthday??
I'm speechless at the irony.
 20157. bubbaette - 9/12/2006 12:50:11 AM Hey y'all. I was feeling a bit low with the anniversary and I got to thinking about everything that's changed since 9-11. The aftermath of 9-11 kind of precipitated my walking away from the Mote. It was interesting to read the link Wabbit provided and remember. The impact continues to spread in a billowing cloud of mo-fucktion that's changing the globe. 20158. wonkers2 - 9/12/2006 12:52:01 AM Welcome back, bubbaette?
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