The End of a Long Week

I read diligently the whole way to school this morning and still had 30 dense pages left to go when I arrived. The one down side of having been called on a couple of weeks ago in the Law class is that I'm pretty sure I'm off the hook for the rest of the semester (OK, that's the up side), which takes away a big incentive to do the reading in advance (that would be the down side). And once you are behind on the Law reading (like everything else at the J-school), it takes a Herculean effort to catch up. Fortunately, we don't have class next week (not sure why), so I have the equivalent of a bye week to get back on track. By the way, attendance is hovering around 50% these days. Maybe people are out reporting. Or just sleeping off happy-hour hangovers. Or just afraid they'll be called on. It's their loss, really -- it's a great class, even if it is a lot of work.

My grandmother's funeral was at 1PM this afternoon, so I skipped the Critical Issues class. Today's guest speaker was Brian Williams (the new NBC anchor). I'm sure I'll get a full report in RWI on Monday.