Yeah, I know it's cool.

What's even cooler is that my brother bought this for me for no reason at all. He said that he saw it at his comic shop and thought that I would like it.

Oh, I do. I do.

BTW: The strawberry curtains in the background? Blame The Woman.

Better living through chemistry

For the second time in a row, the pharmacy at the big blue box store has refused to fill my prescription for high blood pressure medication. I'm on two very common, very inexpensive, generic drugs because:
1. I teach in a public school, and
2. I have a family history of high blood pressure
3. The Woman says that I'm a better person when my blood pressure is back down in

the high/normal range

I really can't understand why the employees there would suddenly decide not to fill an ongoing prescription. It's not like anyone would take these drugs recreationally or that I've not been on them for a while.

Anyway, The Woman made an extra trip, a long trip, to the town where the pharmacy is located after I had my doctor call the pharmacy and explain that he intended for my prescription to filled, not just sounded out. I don't know what he, or maybe his nurse, said, but The Woman came home with two bottles instead of one.

So I was off my meds for a couple of days, and I felt awful. Apparently I behaved strangely too: my students say so. But now I'm back to normal -- well, normal for me.

Saturday Shakespeare

More of your conversation would infect my brain [...]

Coriolanus 2.1.87

Iced in again

I remember thinking, in December, that we were having an unusually mild winter. Then the ice storm hit. Now we've had another one. This time, I've missed a full week of school, and my academic schedule is a wreck. On the other hand, I've had a lot of sleep, and I've caught up on a lot of grading and homework. At least the rain today has melted the last of the ice.

Saturday Shakespeare

Were't not for laughing, I should pity him.

The First Part of King Henry the Fourth 2.2.101

Saturday Shakespeare

You heedless joltheads and unmannered slaves!

The Taming of the Shrew 4.1.153

Gradual school

Most of the time, my continuing slog through the process of getting an MA is a wearisome business. But this week in class I rediscovered one of the great privileges of being a graduate student: the ability to check out books from the university library for an obscene length of time. I checked out some books this week, and they aren't due until some time in August. It used to drive me crazy as an undergrad when someone would check out a book I needed for the entire semester.

Now I like it.

Sunday Blues

After two snow days and a weekend, going to school tomorrow is going to be a drag.

Saturday Shakespeare

Methink'st thou art a general offense, and every man should beat thee.

All's Well That Ends Well 2.3.248-250