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  2. says

    I’m back in my office.

    And you may ask yourself
    “How do I work this?”
    And you may ask yourself
    “Where is that large classroom?”
    And you may tell yourself
    “This is not my beautiful campus!”
    And you may tell yourself
    “This is not my beautiful bookshelf!”

    It feels weird.

  4. says

    ….. And everyone of a certain age joins in,
    “With a bucket and spade
    And a hand grenade
    Hi ho
    Hi ho, hi ho, hi ho!”
    While the young ‘uns stare on in bemusement.

  5. Loree says

    @4 While those slightly younger join in:
    @2

    ♫Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
    Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
    Into the blue again, after the money’s gone
    Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
    Same as it ever was, same as it ever was♪♫

  6. says

    Dear PZ, You’ve worked hard for a long time. I know there are many disastrous factors in play. I agree with your hesitation. But, I, and your wife and your spiders (in that order), hope that soon you will be able to retire safely and comfortably.

  7. says

    Ouch. I just finished my first lecture of the semester, and have rediscovered an unfortunate effect: I have to stand for an hour on these wobbly knees. I hurt so much right now. I’m thinking maybe I’ll go home for a while, prop my legs up on soft pillows, and wait for the ache to go away. Except that’s going to involve walking on icy sidewalks for a block.

  8. John Morales says

    Me, I’d find a chair and sit myself down.
    Is there some obscure rule about having to stand?

  9. chigau (違う) says

    Why must you stand?
    At University, I had many Profs sit while they lectured.
    But that was a long time ago and many of them also smoked cigarettes while they lectured.

  10. Tethys says

    I’m sure the school has stools or similar that you can request/ requisition. That way you can give your knees a break while remaining at a comfortable height for class visibility.

  11. says

    Standing helps my rather thin voice project better; it’s also better for moving and gesturing during a talk. I fear that if I were sitting I’d end up talking to my belly button.

  12. John Morales says

    But it’s not all-or-nothing, PZ.
    Also, some interesting suggestions in that other post.
    (Voice amplification is wondrous technology)

    Sure it’s not pride or orneriness?

  13. mizzi says

    @2
    This reminds me of nicer decades, riding in the car, singing along to the Talking Heads, full of innocent optimism for the world’s future. Take care PZ, at least allow yourself to sit in class.

    Very off topic. Today our cat Ole vanished after I got home on midday and dutifully opened the flap. He gingerly steppt out into the icy wetness, then forgoing his bad weather ritual of making it back into the kitchen inside 3 minutes to be fed and getting a nice rub before starting out for another 15 minutes, after which he’d normally been curling up with his sister and watching the sleet/rain from inside.
    I felt directly something was off and went looking everywhere. Now it’s four in the morning, my husband is back from the latest search around the neighbourhood and we can’t sleep. Loving cats so often does translate in worrying and grief.

  16. Tethys says

    You can just use a stool temporarily to sort of half sit/ half stand and rest the knee joints for brief periods without fully sitting down on it. Over doing and straining it are to be strictly avoided, as I’m sure your medical professionals have told you.

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