Hmm. I went downtown with Amanda yesterday because her coffee maker broke and she needed a new one from Sears. Then we went to Borders since I had a gift card and Amanda wanted tea. And, of course, I bought more books. Keep in mind I have no bookshelf space, $11 in my checking account, and little time to read. The last book I read was a Dick Francis mystery. And here I am buying Yeats' Irish Fairy Tales, Ishiguro's the Unconsoled, and a book that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize that is set in County Kerry.

But yeah. I was planning to grade some problem sets last night so that I could work on m Civ paper today. The problem sets are still sitting in a pile on my floor and I went to the Recipe instead. My biggest grading pet peave: some of the kids still don't staple. I think it's time for the trick I learned from another TA. When you staple the papers, rather than stapling just the top left corner, you staple once on each side, so that it's difficult to open the paper without tearing it. Apparently, this encourages stapling. We shall see.

Must go work now, so I can get paid and be able to pay off my credit card bill.