Miscellany
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stoutfellow1. Yesterday, someone unidentified left a pound of Ethiopian coffee beans in my pigeonhole. It can't be a bribe, since it was unsigned, but it had to come from someone who knew that I like that particular strain. Not many people around here do....
2. Several times lately the dogs, going out in the yard for a romp, have surprised a rabbit. So far, it's always managed to escape, but I fear me a fur-and-blood moment at some point.
3. I gave my last lecture of the term last night. I'm not tremendously pleased with my performance this semester, though there were some good moments. Losing a week to the hospital didn't help, of course. I did manage to squeeze in a highly-compressed account of the Logicist/Formalist/Intuitionist dispute in my Math 400 class, at least. I've handed out the take-home final in differential geometry, and I'll probably write the finals for the other two classes today.
4. The Skyrim database project is proving surprisingly challenging. Among other things, I want the database to keep track of which quests my character is currently engaged in and which could be entered upon immediately; the prerequisites to the various quests differ enough in kind to make this a bit difficult. (You must have completed this quest / attained this skill level / completed any three quests from this list / started this quest and not finished either of these two / started but aborted this quest / found your way into this location / entered this city four times ....)
5. I'm rereading Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, and it occurs to me that Ivan and Tej could have presented a valid argument in favor of their divorce suit, namely, the fact that the marriage took place under duress. Of course, the fact that Tej stayed with Ivan for weeks afterward might have vitiated the argument; but, then again, there were the bounty-hunters....
6. It's a mistake I've made myself, but the word is "frustum", not "fustrum" or "frustrum". (Feeling a bit frustated, me.)
2. Several times lately the dogs, going out in the yard for a romp, have surprised a rabbit. So far, it's always managed to escape, but I fear me a fur-and-blood moment at some point.
3. I gave my last lecture of the term last night. I'm not tremendously pleased with my performance this semester, though there were some good moments. Losing a week to the hospital didn't help, of course. I did manage to squeeze in a highly-compressed account of the Logicist/Formalist/Intuitionist dispute in my Math 400 class, at least. I've handed out the take-home final in differential geometry, and I'll probably write the finals for the other two classes today.
4. The Skyrim database project is proving surprisingly challenging. Among other things, I want the database to keep track of which quests my character is currently engaged in and which could be entered upon immediately; the prerequisites to the various quests differ enough in kind to make this a bit difficult. (You must have completed this quest / attained this skill level / completed any three quests from this list / started this quest and not finished either of these two / started but aborted this quest / found your way into this location / entered this city four times ....)
5. I'm rereading Captain Vorpatril's Alliance, and it occurs to me that Ivan and Tej could have presented a valid argument in favor of their divorce suit, namely, the fact that the marriage took place under duress. Of course, the fact that Tej stayed with Ivan for weeks afterward might have vitiated the argument; but, then again, there were the bounty-hunters....
6. It's a mistake I've made myself, but the word is "frustum", not "fustrum" or "frustrum". (Feeling a bit frustated, me.)
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