Ecclesiastes 1:9

The words excerpted under the cut were published by Charles Dodgson in 1890.

( Eight or Nine Wise Words About Letter-Writing )

Sound familiar?

Seniority

Summer semester has ended, and, with the retirement of one of my colleagues, I am now the seniormost member of the Math Department.

I just received notice of a retirement reception for someone in the Computer Science Department - someone who was hired a few years after I was.

Sigh. Tempus fugit. It's still a good many years before I expect to retire, but... tempus fugit.

"Flaky Pastry"

"Flaky Pastry" is a once-a-week (darnit!) strip featuring three, um, distinctly different women. (Of different species, I should point out.)

This strip, I think, captures their personalities about as well as anything could.