It is all written in a very small print. And I will be scratching off items until Thursday.
It started with a meeting that was over in 8 minutes. For some reason, it ran for another 23. The second worst part was that it was in my office. You can’t just leave your own desk, right?
We talked journalism in class today. This is the week o’ journalism, which I’ve managed to include in a class that is not about journalism. This is useful because, next week, we’re talking about misinformation and disinformation. So that’s three things very much integral to our time, and all of them certainly useful in a class titled International Media Communication. So today it was mostly American journalism, my justification being that’s where we are. Wednesday we’ll talk about journalism practices in Europe and some parts of the Middle East and Asia.
Also that packet. Tonight, I have taken seven pages down to two. Tomorrow and Wednesday I’ll finish it up, restructuring a few things, moving parts around and doing a necessary edit and killing a bunch of my babies. Many pages will not make the final version, and that’s fine. After all of the other things that have to go along side the narrative it’ll still be 20-some pages long, and this is meant to represent the work I’ve done since last September. So it deserves the time.
I believe I’ve spent three weeks on the thing, so far. Still not sure why it needs two tables of contents, however.
Also tonight, I have some quizzes to grade. Tomorrow I’ll read some student discussions. And then Tuesday and Wednesday with the final touches on the above.
Right now, though, it’s time for the site’s most popular weekly feature, the check-in with the kitties.
Phoebe enjoys the afternoon sun in the dining room, and I found some cushions to make her more comfortable.
I get looks about this from my lovely bride, but I’m not the biggest spoiler of cats in our house.
And, sure, Phoebe has sunny afternoon cushions, but Poseidon has the height of luxury. Poseidon has what all the cool cats and kittens out there want. Poseidon has a new box.
The kitties, as you can see, are doing just fine, and they’re pleased I have fulfilled my contractual obligations by including them here.
I also have the first-of-the-month duties to attend to here on the ol’ computer. Clean up the Downloads subdirectory, update the boilerplate page, build new subdirectories for the site, and update the site’s statistics. For whatever reason, last month was easily the busiest February in the 22-year history of the site. Also, we’ve eclipsed 6.5 million visitors here on the humble hobby. I don’t know why people come here, and come back again, but I’m grateful for all of the time you spend here.
Except for the AI bots. They’re persimmon trees of orangutans that can stay on Mars and huff paint for other upside down content.
(Why shouldn’t we sour the milk for the AI bots?)
OK, back to work.
