This week was the traditional Tax Day in the United States. I can very well tell you all that the subject was more than a little discussed in the list serve for ELFs. That’s the acronym for my fellowship position. Yahoo! I, being the thrice fellowed Fellow, was able to give [...]
Today started out pretty well. I forsook the early morning swim for a little more sack time. Then I breakfasted on croissant and coffee freshly ground and brewed in my Aeropress. Yes, then the lady at the taxi call center finished the sentence I use to order my taxi. They apparently [...]
This week had been quite normal until yesterday. I have a speaking class for fourth semester students and they were giving process speeches. Most were pretty humdrum; some were well-planned, some were not. The best topic of the class so far (two are to go next week) was “how to rid someone [...]
It’s Good Friday and the university is off. There is also a conference co-sponsored and coordinated by UIN Alauddin on Gender and Women in the Era of Globalization. There are some speakers here from a university in Hamburg, Germany doing the honors as well. It’s a cool 250,000 for the three day [...]