Plark has told me my blog looks quite odd on his browser. Unfortunately, the blog looks the same as always to me. I am wondering, however, if the webring logo I added yesterday could be altering the appearance of the blog for some people. Please let me know if you notice a significantly poorer appearance of the blog.

Also, I encourage you to visit Plark's blog if you can. He is a very nice fellow studying to be able to teach English as a second language to others. His blog is quite enjoyable.

I *did* indeed go and generously imbibe with my father-in-law yesterday. I felt I deserved the treat especially after the damnably annoying and assinine treatment I experienced yesterday from another faculty member who is in reality nothing more than a bully. This fellow, who can be charming and is an excellent teacher, will commonly fly off the handle and make life in the department a living hell if he does not get his own way on any sort of decision. Well, I and two other people in the Department stood up to him and would not back down. The fury and wrath he expressed was both amazing and troubling. I am feeling too calm about it today to rehash the full details. But likely I will do so on Monday.

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