BOR on Verse Daily!

Hey ya'll, check it out! Wayne Miller's "Street Fight" (first seen in Barn Owl Review) is on Verse Daily today!

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I'm sorry for being all cryptic, but I'm superstitious. You'll know soon enough. Especially if I'm going to see you in class on Wednesday (Amy).

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I made stroganoff in the slow cooker today. Sort of. I don't like mushrooms, and that's kind of an important part of stroganoff. Or so the cook books say. Anyway, I probably won't do it again. SOS is better.

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Last year, I complained that U of A closes for Pres. Day on Tuesday. This year, I'm psyched because Tuesday is my longest teaching day. And tomorrow night, Varley is reading in Y-town. That sounds like a good day.

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One of my students is writing a paper about what her life would be like if she was born a boy. She thinks she'd be gay. She's calling the paper "Bros before Hos."

Aah, the life of an adjunct.

Snow Day!

Yes, he's cute, but more importantly, Wayne Miller writes good poems. Check out my review of Only the Senses Sleep on the Barn Owl Review Blog. Oh, and it just so happens that this review is weather-appropriate, see: There is a chill in almost every poem, a billowing wind that makes readers want to grab the nearest sweater.

Speaking of BOR, did you get your copy yet?

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It is cold and snowy today. We got sent home from UA at 12:30. Right in time for all of us to drive through the worst of the snow. It's raining now, which makes me very, very glad to be home. It sounds like someone is throwing sand at my window.

For some reason, I felt like taking pictures of my ugly gloves. I only wear these when I'm smoking in the garage. I smoke in the garage because it's no fun smoking on the porch anymore. Oh, how I miss the summer. I suppose the easier, more logical solution would be to quit smoking, but I'm not really eager to try that again. You remember what happened last time.

Anyhow, I'm excited about my short workday today, and thinking I might get some work done tonight on my manuscript. Cross your fingers for me, because those deadlines are getting closer and closer.

Oh, and speaking of deadlines, I got a letter from one of the programs I applied to--and they're not considering my application because it was incomplete. Except I can't get a hold of anyone who can tell me what was missing. Aargh! Hopefully this is the only incomplete application out there. The waiting is taking years off my life. I'd really like to know what's going on.

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I've been a bad blogging buddy lately. Congrats to you, you, and you, and get well soon to you.