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Zimba Zoomba

An interesting, albeit chaotic day it has been. I stayed up far too late again last evening (2:30am) and yet I still forced myself to arise at 6:00am and walk five miles. I am glad I am finally showing some gumption and willing to do what needs to be done. My two larger classes met again today, and they were a bit frenetic, but attentive and fun. In my semi-sleepy state, I accidently said to my students (in reference to a method of study using Latin and Greek phrases I was strongly recommending to them) "If you follow this method and idea I have outlined for you, you will be making your own efforts in this class a heckuva lot easier and your chance of success a helluva lot easier." Normally, I do not use "helluva" in front of my classroom because, while it is a generally mild cuss word, it is better to use the significantly more mild "heckuva" instead.

I have a large stack of new articles to read, so I should probably conclude here for the day. It is beautiful outside... perhaps I shall go sit under a tree on campus and read there and bring my pipe.

One final item. I am not sure if this is true or not, but unfortunately, it seems plausible to me. The Internet friend, "D" I have spoken about, may have unceremoniously decided to ignore me because he is feeling flush and important because his blog is wildly popular in comparison to mine. His audience is at least 10-30 times bigger than mine each day. I know I lost some readers in the discussion that followed following the passage of my mother, but I did not think "D" would be among those people. I apparently am no longer up to "D"'s standards.

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