The Big Storm

Well, after dreading its inevitable arrival for the past week, winter has arrived in a big way.

Yesterday, freezing rain and glare ice made for a long trip back to Bemidji. Today, as half the town shut down, BSU stayed open, albeit with far fewer students and professors around than usual. Tonight, 4-6 inches of snow expected. Yuck.

Surprisingly though, all the people coming in for the Dining vendor interviews are planning to be here as scheduled tomorrow. Lucky thing, as I'm sure any reschedule would have been a mess. It will be an interesting day.

Thanksgiving

Good meal yesterday.
Leftovers and being lazy today.

Who could ask for anything more?

Reading, Reading and More Reading

Got up late and spent most of the afternoon reading RFP proposal responses. Only got through about section two in each. Imagine the biggest three-ring binder you've ever seen full of material. Multiply that by three, and that's how much I have to read by next Monday. I had hoped to avoid lugging stuff home over the Thanksgiving break but it doesn't look like that's going to happen.

This evening, ate pizza while watching part of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Have never read those books, or seen the movies in their entirety. Will have to remedy that one of these days.

Not Quite Yet

Well, don't have to "caress" winter quite yet...the ground is still bare. But it IS rather cold and nasty...

Winter

Ok, the picture is from Google Images, but by this time tomorrow the cars in B-Town could look like this. The season's first winter storm is upon us. God I hate winter--I hate the snow, the ice and the cold. So why the heck do I live in Bemidji, people ask? Well, I didn't exactly come here for the climate.

Perhaps I need to follow a friend's advice earlier today:

"Winter's gonna feel bad if you keep knockin on it. Love it. Caress it."

Somehow I don't see that happening. (Nice try though Brad.)

Bloggers of All Ages

A couple of interesting articles, that prove blogging is for all ages.

From CNN:
Senior Citizen bloggers defy stereotypes

From BBC:
US youths use internet to create
(found on Morgan's Log)

God and the School Board

So, election results bring the wrath of God? Well, according to Pat Robertson, the residents of Dover, PA better watch out, Because He will not be pleased with a recent vote to oust members of the school board in a controversy over intelligent design...so displeased that he will bring disaster upon the city.

Is it just me, or does controversy follow that guy every time he opens his mouth?

Computers...Yay!

Last night's Senate meeting brought great news...

After more than three years of asking, pleading, and begging...public computer access is FINALLY returning to the student union! Starting spring semester, laptops will be available for checkout, and they are planning for wireless access to be available in most of the building.

New Union Director + Old Promises + A Motivated Student With an Idea (and a desire to sell people on it fast)= Results!

Oh, and I saw Steph this morning in the variety store for the first time all semester. Could another string of great days be starting?

Committee of One

It's 2:15, my committee meeting was supposed to start at 2...

Why am I the only one here??

Mr. Christiansen

Yesterday I went back to BHS and finished off my practicum. And for a couple of hours, I took off my Berne the College Student hat and became Mr. Christiansen the English teacher. The lesson with the ninth graders went well, and there's more about it on the Methods wiki.

Question of the Day

I'm sitting here commenting on blogs and I just realized the "words" used for word verification aren't really words at all.

So, why call it "Word Verification"?

A question only an English major would ask...