Happy news at the end of a long day

Take a look at the guest list at next January's ConFusion—there I am! It's cool that they also mention Chris Clarke's pulpy turn (maybe they should have invited Chris to attend). This is going to be great fun!

Not so fun is the way I spent my day: grading. I can at least say that one class is completely done, and my physiology students can now look their grades up, if they want to. I'll be putting in another long day tomorrow to wrap up the second class.

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