Bloodless Coup

Academic Calendar

Warning, whiny rant ahead.

This time of year is the hardest to be involved in academics, whether on the consumer or provider side of things. The earth is burgeoning, bursting with color, the weather is warming, the days are getting longer, and the winter doldrums are giving way to all kinds of urges to get out, get active, get going.

The academic calendar, however, is at that precise point that requires the greatest focus to important and large projects, the working on weekends to either write or read papers and create presentations, to attend conferences, to meet big deadlines before the end of the semester in about a month. It's also the time that if one hasn't been attending to all the details, suddenly hits with a crushing blow of "oh shit! there are three weeks left in the semester!"

So, this is yet another of what seem to be appraching an endless stream of "bad blogger, no cookie" moments for me. Huge deadline for next weekend, and a couple of smaller projects in the two weeks after that, and then I hope life and blogging can come out of hibernation for real.