Wednesday evening already, and an interesting few days - but not the stuff that travel blogs are usually made of. I won't bore the avid readership with a blow by blow treatment of the arcane academic stuff I worked on. I've basically spent time preparing and teaching a couple of classes - a graduate class in leadership and ethics and an undergrad class in law. The subject for my session in the law class was actually how you get sacked as a teacher in Australia. ...

Saturday morning was taken up by re-doing some work I had lost by saving it in the wrong place on Friday. Be warned. The Outlook Temp file is genuinely temporary. By the time I found the elusive file, it was empty! About 1 I got on the bus into town and basically took in the mind boggling array of merchandise they were flogging. It was Family Weekend - and the place was heaving with proud parents and their freshman offspring. The shops sold Penn State puzzles, a...

I can't believe it has been 4 days since my last entry. While it looks like I may be succumbing to blog fatigue, it is probably that the days have been largely tied up in work at two universities and travel - neither of which provides journalistic grist! I just looked back at Tuesday evening's entry, in which I promised a report of Wednesday's public address. Be patient - all in due course. First the story of the dirty deeds in the Education Resource Centre. On...

I'm writing this on Tuesday, having decided to take a day down town - but I'll go back to Monday - albeit briefly - to fill in the gaps. Jerry picked me up as usual on Monday morning, and we headed for BC. I settled straight down in the Resource Centre. I was setting out to read the whole manuscript of Jerry's book, because he asked for feedback. This is something I undertook with some trepidation. It's like making a few suggestions to Moses on the Commandment...

I had my best night's sleep so far at the Jerry's house at West Yarmouth at Cape Cod. The body clock seems to be back on track, thank goodness. The 3am to 5 wide awake periods were getting a bit wearing. Today is 9/11 - the anniversary of that searing wound on American consciousness - and indeed world history. Regardless of what you think about the response of the US and its faithful allies - like us! - there can be no denying the horror of the original event. ...