Fall break (day 4)

Diverting waste often involves sorting it at the point of disposal. I've seen 5 genres of numbered of plastic, the Japanese burnable/non burnable unrecyclables, and of course there is the waste/recyclable/composting trifecta. But specific situations call for specific solutions. I had never seen a pizza-box specific waste receptacle before.

pizza boxes, recycling, waste

... but now I have. I can only guess that this on-campus location is particularly susceptible to pizza consumption.

Grading, calling the insurance company, dog agility class, dog bath + blowdry. Drafted some work documents. Bemoaned the state of emails and my laggard queue for friendly snail mail.

End of day email tally: personal 65, work 68.

This post's theme word is agnoiology (n), "the study of ignorance or the investigation of the unknowable." Improving my pedagogy is an exercise in agnoiology.

Fall break (day 3)

More home maintenance, this time with a helping dose of "let's not flood or incinerate the basement by delayed repairs." I'm on-track to meet my rowing goal for October. Did more laundry (trying to churn up all the lingering summer clothes for storage) and got reminded that my closet storage system relies on some clothing being in the laundry at all times. I probably need to cull disfavored clothes to reclaim closet space. Paid some bills. Haircut. Very long dog walk, in the dark, contributing to the Ika fitness campaign.

Halloween decorations abound. Neighborhood favorite lawn flamingos have dressed up as the Cheshire cat and Alice:

"flamingo" is a fairly inaccurate translation of "velociraptor"

End of day email tally: personal 55, work 68.

This post's theme word is ablute (v), "to wash or bathe a part of the body." One must carefully ablute after a haircut to eliminate all the tiny offcut hair pieces.