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I. Deadline was last Friday for my GEO781 paper; already, papers have been returned to our mailboxes and final grades are in the
\nMySlice system. Already! And I have yet to turn in either of my other two
\npapers, although one is Done, and the other is Nearly Done. Now what I
\nappreciate about the first course is the openness about this certainty: the
\npaper I could write by May 5 is an exact match in quality with the paper I could
\nwrite by May 13, only with one week less fretting about a troika of impending
\ndeadlines. I hereby propose the second week of May be officially recognized as
\n"Done" Week. Come Friday, that’s how I hope to be celebrating it, anyhow.<\/p>\n

II. Went to the Syracuse SPCA<\/a> this
\nafternoon to see the dogs. Very strange to be alone at a kennel at two in
\nthe afternoon. I could easily see which ones were the runaways let loose
\n(or lost\/escaped) from cushy homes and which were the chew-your-leg-off types.
\nDistressing scene, the dog pound: despair in the air. The barkers–whether
\nstirred by fright or by rage–fill up the space with such mayhem that the
\ncool-styled dogs, if they have any glint at all, sit in the corner, repressed
\nand with full-body shakes. Panicked.<\/p>\n

III. Hey, so it’s off my chest, I have this to confess: I just killed a
\nhornet with Tactics of Hope<\/i>. Pop! (I’m allergic). That said, it would
\nonly be fair to offer up a word of praise for Mathieu’s book. I read it
\nearly last week (for what was going to be our penultimate class session in
\n712…now postponed). Good stuff in there on strategic vs. tactical
\nprojects when undertaking community-based literacy programs.<\/p>\n

IV. I spent most of the day Saturday at the
\nSyracuse Black Odyssey Conference<\/a>
\nand co<\/a>-led an hour-long workshop
\non weblogs. Stopped home for a few minutes before tracking up to the soccer
\nfields for a NHS JV vs. varsity spring soccer scrimmage. Ph. and the other
\nJVers shocked the older group, 4-3. So what if the JV coach was the field
\njudge? Looked fair to me. Oh, and Ph. knocked in the second goal.
\nWhich reminds me, he needs a new ball for dribbling and juggling around the
\nhouse. Which also reminds me, anyone interested in joining an ’06 World
\nCup pool? Coming late May: I’ll set it up if I can find a host.<\/p>\n

V. Back to the orthopedic today. Why can’t I walk on the stairs, Doc?
\nIt’s been four stinking months since I spoiled my left knee in a pickup game.
\nWalking has gotten better, but no jogging and no stairs without pain. The
\npressing matter: a basketball camp in early June. I’ll be flying to
\nPhoenix, bussing out to Whiteriver, Ariz. And I’ll need to be able to jog.
\nNot run. Not play full bore. Not dunk. But jog<\/i> (or else it’ll be
\ncolossally embarrassing). So Dr. Here’re-Your-Options told me I could a.)
\nprefer modified activity (a.k.a. no jogging), b.) take a shot of cortisone or
\nc.) miss the camp altogether and surgically raze the cartilage ulceration or d.)
\nsurgically bore out the ulcerated area and patch it in with a piece of
\nnon-essential tissue from elsewhere in the knee. Answer for today: b.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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