Whew squared!

I expect the heat is a 'hot' topic of conversation (pun intended) all around the US these days. It is surely hot in Memphis, hitting the century mark several days this week. They say(who the heck are they?)that some rain showers this weekend should bring the daily high temp down to 90ish. Wow, a cold front eh? But, the way we have polluted the air, we should expect no less that this time of major shift in normal temps. Scientists have been bemoaning the build-up of "greenhouse" gases for a couple decades now at least and I feel as if those predictions are coming to past. In essence, the combustible engine and the output of gases from industrial activities have created a 'shield' in our atmosphere that traps IR rays and keeps them from bouncing harmlessly back into space after they warm the earth. As the price of oil/gas continues to rise, maybe folks will actually have to drive a bit less and we won't continue to dump huge quantities of CO2 Etc into the air. The heat also puts a tremendous strain on the electric generating capabilities of larger cities and brown outs are now popping up here and there. I feel blessed that we have not been without electricity yet. My wife and daughter are at home all day and they would really be miserable with AC. And I just cannot tolerate sitting around in a hot humid house. I had that experience in Nevis and in conjunction with mosquitoes and ants, I was fairly miserable there most of the time. Other than being at my office with great AC, the best times were sitting on my front porch with my small fan on me and a cold Carib or Rum/coke in hand watching life in Charlestown crawl by... at dusk, the mosquitoes would get so bad, I was forced inside, where the holes in the screens slowed down the critters only slightly.. but, I digress...

API (7:30 am) is going well. Meeting daily makes the time seem to crawl by, but we had the first of 3 exams already and the scores were pretty good (76 avg). I have a few students whom I suspect are not ready for college level work and likely will fail, but I have several really good students too.

Patho exam 3 is this week. My Tue class did fairly well and my night class takes it at 6 pm. I am sure that whichever class takes it first relates some info to the other, since I use the same exam, but so far, the averages have been pretty close for both classes. Such is life in higher ed, right?

Must go now and get some actual professorial work done..

Ta Ta and Good day