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I apologize for the long dry spell, folks, but I ought to warn you I don’t see it abating anytime soon. Remember how I mentioned having so much to do that I couldn’t really fit it all into a mental framework? Well, framework or no, all that stuff is about to collapse on my head.

For example, I’ll be giving my first conference presentation this Saturday (I’ll be leaving for the conference early Friday) in Mankato, Minnesota. You’d think I would be prepared this late in the game, yeah? Well, you’d think wrong! Ha! I was still gathering sources and clarifying my idea this afternoon (rough claim: supposedly mundane interface choices have a strong effect on the sort of conversation a website facilitates). I plan to spend the rest of the evening reading through my sources, developing an outline of my presentation, and perhaps starting to put the paper together. I’ll spend all Wednesday, after teaching, working on the paper and putting together the PowerPoint. Then I’ll spend Thursday running my draft past a couple people in class, whimpering, drinking Maalox straight from the bottle, and revising. Well, all except that Maalox part. I don’t even exactly know what it does. :)

Then, after my presentation, I’ve got to start focusing on both of the 20 page papers due April 28ish, cause, you know, twelve days isn’t a whole lot of time to generate 40 good (publishable, in theory) pages on two separate topics. While grading 50 documented essays.

Suddenly, I remember what this time of the semester was like last December. Yup, this feels about right. Good to know I’m on track. :)