still ridiculously discombobulated... here at the end of quarter three and the start of quarter four... but there's a light... off over yonder...

The New York Times > Opinion > Nicholas D. Kristof: 'I Have a Nightmare'...
Given the uncertainties and trade-offs, priority should go to avoiding environmental damage that is irreversible, like extinctions, climate change and loss of wilderness. And irreversible changes are precisely what are at stake with the Bush administration's plans to drill in the Arctic wildlife refuge, to allow roads in virgin wilderness and to do essentially nothing on global warming. That's an agenda that will disgrace us before our grandchildren.

very decent exposure... MIT OpenCourseWare ... via growing nation (thanks, jordan) ... can't wait to hit this with my school's T1...

Epistrophy: The Jazz Literature Archive... via the new poetry list

end of quarter... madness...

The Instruction Manual - How to read John Ashbery...
No wonder Ashbery is widely thought of as dauntingly "difficult"-or, in some camps, as something of a literary hoaxster. It would be a shame, though, if this prevented curious readers from picking up his books. Being difficult, after all, is not the same thing as being incomprehensible. And the truth is that Ashbery's poetry is still very much invested in the reader's pleasure-more so than many supposedly "approachable" poets.

Lannan Foundation - Lannan Readings & Conversations Program

busy because... the third quarter ends on thursday... and despite all intentions... The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley .. i.e. i was gonna be all caught up with paperwork... this time... and had instituted a few procedures to make this happen... but it didn't happen... so... i'm left to wonder why... and i've got one more quarter to get it right...

busy enough