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Monday Morning Ramblings

Thanks to a little snow in the mountains, Sevier County Schools are closed today, so I get an unexpected break from dual enrollment.  In end-of-the-semester terms, that means I get three extra hours to grade, which is as good of a blessing as I could ask for.  I can’t wait for this semester to be over.  I’m about as tired as a person can be.  Under no circumstances will I ever take another overload course in the same semester that I’m teaching dual enrollment.  It’s simply too much.

Okay, time to find a cup of coffee and dive back in to the pile of essays.  I think I can; I think I can; I think I can.

Saturday Morning Ramblings

This is just a short post to explain that the next few days will be pretty intense for me with grading, so there won’t be too many posts until the semester is over.  Hopefully, once I get through this last push, I’ll have a much more sane and normal Spring Semester.  I know for certain that I don’t have too many more semesters like this in me.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.  I’ll ramble more soon, I promise.

Wednesday Afternoon Ramblings

I would like to take a moment to congratulate my friend Stephen Zimmer for a bit of good publicity concerning his upcoming release Dream of Legends. The book is featured on “The Ranting Dragon” as one of the five most anticipated releases for December 2010.  While this may not seem like a big deal to some, as a fellow independent, please let me assure you that praise of this kind is a rare and valuable commodity.  Glen Cook and Mike Resnick are two of the biggest names in all of Sci-Fi/Fantasy literature, and to make any list with them is high praise indeed.

Stephen is one of the hardest working people I know, and he deserves success and good fortune to come his way.  If you’re looking for a good book for a Christmas present, check out his Fires in Eden series.  Fans of epic fantasy won’t be disappointed.