Theme for the day -- "'I'm a Survivor"

Today we have our "duty days" --- for one, they need a better and more descriptive name for these things...

In ethics the term "duty" is pretty vague, and pretty specific to the philosopher.... so -- here are my proposed new names for the days...

Call them, "days in which we bore you to tears with monotony and erase all the mental and physical relaxation you fought for over summer, just in time to start a new school year"days instead....

Call them, "spend the day in a cramped auditorium seat wishing for the freedom of the open road, even driving Iowa or South Dakota would be better than this" days instead...

Call them, "we can't tell time in our department and/or we think we are sooooo f-ing important that regular time limits don't apply to us, so we are all going to drag our presentations out to double the time limits and f- with the only bright spot of the day, 'lunch on your own' " days instead.....

Call them, "I should really consider a career in something interesting like being a toll-booth worker or the person who takes money at the State Fair, because they don't have to do "duty days" " days...

Call them, "I'm thinking about my syllabus, the writing I didn't get done and the other stuff in my office from last semester which I should be doing but instead I'm sitting here getting another lecture on how to call in sick" days...

Wish me luck -- this is my fourth round of duty days --- the Red State job market willing, it will be my last....