wanderlust07

cabin pressure

FWIW, my current (American) institution is doing business as scheduled on Monday. Dunno about Rutgers. I feel like President's Day is one of those holidays only the USPS, banks and government employees really take off...

buffalo wings. Now I am hungry.

break dance

blue suede [shoes]

I was totally waiting for the first pot of coffee to finish percolating and bracing for a student to return my last email. Ugh. Suffice to say I read that missive several times, acquired coffee, and read it again before its meaning sank in. Much better than the dream I'd just been having in which I'd applied to Syracuse (I didn't) and they'd mailed me a cheap t-shirt and this mysterious set of children's toys which formed a puzzle that I had to successfully complete in order to attend...

Cyborg: Marry me.

ground coffee

fatal flaw

I'll go ahead and claim one of those (utterly unsurprising by this point) rejections from Duke now posted to the boards. Congrats to all those admitted and wait-listed and best of luck elsewhere to the rest of us. As my mother would say, "Fiddlesticks."

drunken confessions

Mouse over

jet pack

This should be a daily thing. Like mandatory rest period.

care bear

ham radio

vanishing hopes

I think I look at this a billion times a day. Thank you. This random stranger sends hugs.

I...you...YES.

Well, blah. Thanks for the intel, swilson, and congrats to all those who've fared well!

dander up

Inspector Gadget.