One of the more interesting (albeit mildly amusing!) side notes about working at the College turns out to be my office phone number.
You see, there’s an Affordable Dentures office somewhere sharing my number.  So my phone rings, and when I answer, it’s somebody wanting some new chompers.
I don’t do dentures.
I’ve started playing Directory Assistance with [...]

What is it about buying in bulk that’s just so irresistible?
BJ and I went to Sam’s Club a couple of days ago to pick up a few things.  Now, I’m sitting here looking at a ten-pack of boxes of Kleenex.
I don’t know why I bought them.  But I’m certain I’ll have enough tissues to get [...]

I’m in the market for some better TV.
BJ and I have just about had it with our cable provider.  One of the channels we like to watch regularly for weather reports near the camp has been available for only a single day in the past six months or so.  (That’s not to mention the availability [...]

I can tell it’s midterm, even without checking the calendar.
The college has a policy that I send home warning notices for students whose grades are in the “D” or “F” range  — as in HOME, where Mom and Dad get the mail.   So there’s been first a trickle, now a steady stream of students stopping [...]

Sometimes I amaze myself.
Usually, that’s not in a good way, but I’m actually pleased with myself today.
The quartet sang this morning for a small Presbyterian church whose Pastor had to be out of town.  The concert/service lasted for about an hour and fifteen minutes, followed by coffee and doughnuts in the Fellowship Hall.  It was [...]

I guess watches, cell phones, and other clocks around the country are set to ring their alarms at 9:00 Eastern Time tonight.
That’s when CSI: picks up on the Warrick Brown shooting on CBS during last season’s cliffhanger.
Gary Dourdan’s legal issues have been well publicized, and it’s never been a secret that his character would be [...]

It’s been awhile since I’ve given you a teaching update, so here goes.
Overall, I’m still delighted.  The newspaper has been appearing every Wednesday, right on cue, and the kids are rightfully proud of the job they’re doing.  Of course, things would be even smoother with a little more computer memory.  I’ll work on that.
Classes are [...]

Yesterday was interesting.
BJ and I spent the entire day cleaning the dogs.
When I say the “entire” day, I really mean it.  It started out with baths — assembly line style works best when you’re trying to scrub up four of them — and since they seem genetically encoded to hate bath time, there was a [...]

I guess it’s just another one of those things that make me say “hmmm…”
Did you ever wonder why, if those fancy digital wrist blood pressure monitors are so good, doctors still use the old type that pinch and bruise your upper arm?
BJ has to monitor BP levels regularly and takes two different hypertension meds each [...]

Well, it’s been a little over a month since the fall semester started, and things are still going smoothly.
The students have published the first two editions of The Trumpet, our campus newspaper, and the comments so far have been favorable.  Oh, sure, there have been a couple of gaffes, and certain people will always take [...]