iah will come, rendering large parts of it useless.)</p>

<p>- My student papers are not grading themselves.  Drat.  On the plus side, I have been immeasurably entertained trying to sort out why one student chose to contrast the Western Christian tradition of Mary Magdalen as repentant prostitute with Lex Luthor from <i>Smallville</i>.  (OK, on some levels <i>Smallville</i> is a show about the impossibility of repentance.  But I like to think it's all about the flowing tresses.)</p>

<p>- I prefer business 