It’s the week before teaching starts again and I’m staring at a “to do” list that somehow managed to increase in size over the winter break. That’s never good, especially when that list includes a few book reviews and a short article. I had hoped that the coming semester would be a relatively quiet one, but that looks unlikely. Teaching-wise, I have my usual seminar course and my lecture course on Origins, Evolution & Creation, so there shouldn’t be a huge amount of preparation involved there. It’s the other stuff - particularly talks and conferences - that are going to be time-consuming. Onward!
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"T minus 8 days and counting"? I thought you were talking about the inauguration, John!
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