The girl sat at her desk. Behind her, the ceiling light flickered. Outside, the wind screamed. With a sudden loud buzz, the light died, leaving the room in total darkness, save for the glow of the white screen that kept…
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Taking stock of the semester: what is there to celebrate?
If you’re as prone to self-deprecation as I am, the end of the term may inspire some troublesome realizations and painfully remind you of all the goals you set in September. As the year winds down but exams wind way, way up, it’s hard not to take stock of the past few months – if only to procrastinate.
It’s really easy to identify the goals we didn’t realize and the plans we didn’t follow through with, and the associated negativity is not something any of us needs right now. So, I’m looking back and while I can’t ignore my “areas for improvement” I am sandwiching my criticisms of myself with silent celebrations of all the things I did well and accomplished.
Ctrl Alt Del….U of T Reboots Webmail
I’ve written before on the user issues of U of T’s electronic communications. I appreciate the instant communications that cyber space allows, but I’m not the most techno-savvy person on campus and I sometimes find myself saying hmmmmm, when it…