Everything sold in hardware stores

Today, I wore a tanish corduroy skirt with brown tights, rusty colored riding boots, a black t-shirt and a green sweater. Too many colors. I was teaching and I thought I should look more “presentable” than my usual schleppy self. The problem with this skirt is that it’s too comfortable. I find myself touching my legs constantly to see if it’s still there. The other problem with the skirt is that it’s sort of “tulip” shaped at the bottom, so I look like a Victorian lampshade with these sticky legs coming out. It’s pretty gross. I have big honkin’ hips – not made for tulip skirts. I’m having second thoughts about my comfortable skirt.

There are a number of people I know coming up for tenure next week. Most people outside of the academic community don’t really know what tenure is. They typically think it’s something like joining a union, and that the “tenured” people can demand wages that are out of sync with the economy while simultaneously working less and making it impossible to be fired. I think in some circles they call this communism.

According to US Weekly, Jessica and Nick have officially SPLIT! - and Paris has stolen Mary-Kate’s boyfriend (yet another Greek shipping heir). Where do these young Greek shipping heirs hang out? Maybe they hang out with the “Spanish Explorers” I occasionally read about in the royal wedding section of W. ‘Tis a strange world those rich people live in. I wish I had taken “Spanish Exploring” classes in college.