The newspapers use little boxes to inform readers of errata, things that were presented incorrectly in an earlier edition. A couple of days ago, I noted that the Board of Visigoths voted to reconceptualize Thomas Jefferson and his relation to the local university. An astute reader asked if I had really meant to say "recontextualize." The astute reader is correct. I went back and checked the original source, and it's "context" rather than "concept." Thank you, astute reader!
I have discovered that there is a lot of paperwork associated with resignation or retirement. Things such as a Knowledge Transfer Template and an Offboarding Checklist. I wonder what they'll say when I responded to the question about returning computing equipment with the fact I did that just over a year ago. One difference between resignation and retirement is that retirement lets you keep your university email address. I hope that applies to part-time, wage staff as well as the full-time real people. Most people use my gmail address, but there are advantages to having a .edu one. Fun fact: I had to email the office manager who sent me all the forms and ask what my Position Title is or was. Answer: Information Technology Specialist II. Now you see why I always just told people I was an "Analyst."
University covid-19 numbers from the weekend are encouraging. Both Saturday and Sunday showed fewer new cases than on Friday. I guess I'll find out tomorrow if they were down because pstudents don't go in to get checked on a weekend. It might, after all, get in the way of their party time. State numbers were also down a bit. In general, though, they're still higher than the weeks when reopening had just started and the limits were still very strict.
On this morning's walk, I played with a variation of an admissions question the local university used to use and may still use. Applicants were asked to submit page some-number-in-the-hundreds page of their autobiography. Believe it or not, the admissions office occasionally got contacted by parents who said their kid was writing as fast as they could but probably wouldn't get to that page in time to submit the application. My variation was the penultimate page of your memoir, specifically, a memoir that ended some time in 2020.
Unexpectedly, I may have a problem charger; at least the power is dropping even as I have the cord plugged in. So, I've ordered a new one to be delivered on Thursday. In the meantime, I'm going to keep things short and have Twiggy (I have a very thin laptop) powered off unless it's in use. Right now, I'm going to investigate outlets. Twiggy was almost dead this morning but did charge to full power during the day. Now, though, she's on her way down again. Grrrr.
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I had to replace the charger on my last laptop, I was reluctant to part with the money in case it didn't fix the problem but it did. This was after a few weeks where it would charge but only if the planets were correctly aligned.
I think you get to keep your .edu address here too, I know someone who uses hers despite being very much retired - I never got round to asking her how she still had it but that would be it.
This week we have a "rule of six", last week it was a maximum of six people able to meet inside but limited to two households. This means that my knitting and craft groups have started back this week, inside, tables of six for 2.5 hours. We are supposed to be cracking down on increased cases but the new tighter rules give more freedom to mix households. Rates are still low here in the back of nowhere but not low enough for that. I really miss those groups but hell no.
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