Monthly Archives: October 2007

I’m sitting in the stacks of the graduate library again.  Got into some research and didn’t realize the time was slipping away.  Also didn’t realize tonight is Halloween.  By the time I get home it will be too late to … Continue reading →

Last night I got off work at 9 and took the bus back out to my car.  I got to ride in one of the new hybrid buses.  And guess what?  It has a “new car” smell!

Today I spent a bit of time eating a salad while sitting at the base of the UM bell tower as someone played the carillon.  I couldn’t put my finger on what the piece of music was, but it was … Continue reading →

If you are busily vacuuming up dirt and leaves tracked in by your puppy, mumbling about the extra work a puppy creates, and as much as you vacuum, there appears more bits of dirt, and you remember that puppy is outside….you should … Continue reading →

I have bits and pieces of thoughts today.  It hasn’t been a productive study day, though it should have been.  The government research homework is very difficult and after several hours I have successfully answered zero out of 6 questions. … Continue reading →

Yesterday I noticed for the first time Ann Arbor city buses labeled as hybrid, with logos plastered on their sides “powered by biodiesel and hybrid technology.”  WOW!  How neat is that?  There is a red hybrid car parked at the Park … Continue reading →

I’m staying in Ann Arbor for much of this week.  I’m lucky to have a comfortable guest room and accommodating relatives that allow me to follow my schedule with little thought to interupting theirs.  It’s much easier to eliminate the … Continue reading →

Here I sit, on this beautiful Sunday afternoon, in a study carrel on the fourth floor of the graduate library. It has a door and a window, and it’s pretty quiet, except when the guy in the next carrel gets … Continue reading →

This afternoon I went down to Detroit to meet some of my friends who are running the Detroit Marathon tomorrow morning. I went to the pasta dinner with them, and listened to the inevitable discussion about how many layers of … Continue reading →

Tonight I am working in Youth.  Alone again.  Naturally.  On Tuesday and Thursday of each week a tutoring program works here at the library.  There are many many people, complete families, the library is very full and much nosier than … Continue reading →