According to Ellie, who is reading the funny papers, hedgehogs are immune to snake venom. This little tidbit makes me realize that I need to read more--not read more of things I'm reading, like high school literature and the Epic of Gilgamesh and eight hundred pages of …

I'm listening to Pandora's interpretation of my music tastes; I'm getting really scared about the future; summer's almost over.

I taught for three weeks of camp this year. It's much easier than it was the first year, but not less tiring. I'm also in the midst of a …