Grist: wheat after the junk has been removed

Also, what's put into a mill (in common usage). I want this blog to be about academia and where we're headed. The mill reference shouldn't be lost on anyone who's been around academia for a few years already.

We all have our days when we lose faith in ourselves, our bosses, our students, or our peers. It happens. Sometimes it helps to vent (sometimes that may mean "lookout Pompeii!"). So that's why this is here.

Welcome to a New Year in WebCT

Happy New Year everyone! I hope the holidays were fun and relaxing.

Drs. Waller, Williams, Murasko, and I just got back from San Francisco where we interviewed candidates for our vacant Econ professor position. It was an interesting three days, but we didn't get out of the hotel meeting rooms much. So, yes, I've been to San Fran, but no, I didn't do anything there but work and sleep.

Dr. Williams and I got stuck in San Diego because of some mechanical trouble SouthWest was having. It was a hoot.

To start the new year off right, I'm reminding folks that the AOL interfaces for all of my classes are now dust (along with everything else stored at AOL FTP or Hometown). RIP. As my 2-year-old would say - "done".

So... we're relying on WebCT for everything now. I'm in the process of updating stuff and it will be available to students on 1/17 (UCT's date).

Welcome to a new semester, and good luck to everybody!