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stoutfellowToday has been a long day.
Last night, I stopped at the Chef Shoppe on the way home, and bought a rolling pin, a pastry cutter, a pastry cloth, an apple corer/slicer, and a new pie pan. When I got home, I decided to put off making the pie until this morning. To get to work in time for the pot luck, I had to leave the house no later than 9:35; so I set to work on the pie at 7:30. The schedule slipped immediately, when I couldn't find the pie crust recipe I'd used before. Several minutes of panic were ended by the realization that Joy of Cooking would certainly have a recipe. The equipment, by and large, functioned well (although I once again overestimated how much apple I would need), but there was more time-slippage, inevitably. The pie came out of the oven at 9:20. By 9:35, it had cooled enough that I could put it in a carry-bag without burning myself.
The pot luck ran from 11 to 1, and was quite good; there were several tasty salads, several variations on the theme of sloppy joes, and quite a few desserts, including my pie. I wasn't quite satisfied with the pie; the filling was fine, and the texture and cohesion of the crust was OK, but the crust needed to be a little sweeter. (By the time I went home, around 4:30, all but one slice of pie had been eaten, so I guess it was acceptable.) There was also much conversation, and one of my retired colleagues gave me several files worth of material for a class I'm teaching next semester. (Portable drives are wonderful.)
I had a 2:00 appointment with my Senior Project student. His project is being written using Scientific Workplace, a WYSIWYG front end on a TeX engine; the university has a site license. While waiting, I decided to take another look at his latest draft; I pulled up SWP, and was informed that contact with the licensing server could not be made, and I could only use SWP in view-only mode. I brought this to my chairman's attention, and he began calling around, trying to find someone who could fix it. My student arrived, and we sat for a while, talking about his project and waiting for the server to come back online. Finally, word reached the appropriate technician, and SWP became fully accessible again, around 2:40.
My student and I spent the next two hours editing his paper. I finally gave him a list of a last few edits and left - the bus would be leaving soon. His final revision landed in my inbox about half an hour ago, and I've passed it on to the next person in line.
I'm tired, and it's only 6:30.
(On a more pleasant note: I downloaded Nelly Bly's Around the World in 72 Days, and have been reading it the last two or three days, in between other works. She's very entertaining - the best kind of journalist.)
Last night, I stopped at the Chef Shoppe on the way home, and bought a rolling pin, a pastry cutter, a pastry cloth, an apple corer/slicer, and a new pie pan. When I got home, I decided to put off making the pie until this morning. To get to work in time for the pot luck, I had to leave the house no later than 9:35; so I set to work on the pie at 7:30. The schedule slipped immediately, when I couldn't find the pie crust recipe I'd used before. Several minutes of panic were ended by the realization that Joy of Cooking would certainly have a recipe. The equipment, by and large, functioned well (although I once again overestimated how much apple I would need), but there was more time-slippage, inevitably. The pie came out of the oven at 9:20. By 9:35, it had cooled enough that I could put it in a carry-bag without burning myself.
The pot luck ran from 11 to 1, and was quite good; there were several tasty salads, several variations on the theme of sloppy joes, and quite a few desserts, including my pie. I wasn't quite satisfied with the pie; the filling was fine, and the texture and cohesion of the crust was OK, but the crust needed to be a little sweeter. (By the time I went home, around 4:30, all but one slice of pie had been eaten, so I guess it was acceptable.) There was also much conversation, and one of my retired colleagues gave me several files worth of material for a class I'm teaching next semester. (Portable drives are wonderful.)
I had a 2:00 appointment with my Senior Project student. His project is being written using Scientific Workplace, a WYSIWYG front end on a TeX engine; the university has a site license. While waiting, I decided to take another look at his latest draft; I pulled up SWP, and was informed that contact with the licensing server could not be made, and I could only use SWP in view-only mode. I brought this to my chairman's attention, and he began calling around, trying to find someone who could fix it. My student arrived, and we sat for a while, talking about his project and waiting for the server to come back online. Finally, word reached the appropriate technician, and SWP became fully accessible again, around 2:40.
My student and I spent the next two hours editing his paper. I finally gave him a list of a last few edits and left - the bus would be leaving soon. His final revision landed in my inbox about half an hour ago, and I've passed it on to the next person in line.
I'm tired, and it's only 6:30.
(On a more pleasant note: I downloaded Nelly Bly's Around the World in 72 Days, and have been reading it the last two or three days, in between other works. She's very entertaining - the best kind of journalist.)
