Episode 145 - Heathens With Biblical Names

So we had a snow day.  Holy crap did we have a snow day.  Really it was a snow couple of days, though only one day involved the city shutting down.  Snow is common here but not snow days.  To put it in some perspective we have lived here, on and off for 14 years.  We've had one snow day.

If you'd like to see a video of the storm, here's one.

So we got 55 cm of snow over a couple of days, and that wasn't really the issue as much as the wind which caused severe drifting.

Isabelle spent the week in Jon's classes, shadowing him.  It was exhausting.

Remember those grants Isabelle wrote back in the summer?  Well, one of them came through.

Have you ever noticed that nobody is named 'Jesus' in English?  It is common in Spanish.  I wonder why not in English, or French for that matter.

Episode 129 - First Semester Freedom Fighter

OK, it's real, my sabbatical, while officially over since July 1, is really over.  I taught two classes this week.  OK, well I handed out course outlines.  Isabelle is back to teaching a class and is taking two as well.

Being back at it led to a discussion of getting a list of student names along with their pictures.  It would help all of us remember their names.  Indeed, the original face books, not Facebook, did just that.

Isabelle talked a bit about her 'That's Not Art' podcast and a bit about wanting to put her videos on youtube.  Best to turn off comments we think.

I've been biking to work, which is great, good exercise and I'm not stuck on depending on the bus.