Many and varied discontents
Got some things accomplished last night, but by and large it was a waste of time redeemed only by a long night's sleep, which I apparently needed since I feel a lot better this morning.
I did manage to get back into my St. Mary's Webtools account, which I had forgotten the password to, and pulled an article for tonight's presentation. Unfortunately the article looks like the most extensively documented piece of doubletalk in the history of academia - it reminds me entirely too much of the famous treaty referred to in Asimov's Foundation and Empire - but I can discuss it for fifteen minutes with my classmates, which is all I need to do.
Ranting about the home front follows...
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Less irritating, but still annoying: Nicollet Mall being closed, which forces all the buses that normally run there onto Hennepin. This was a bad idea, and maybe Metro Transit didn't have any good options, but it makes the 589 a non-factor for me while it's going on. The stops on Hennepin are all inconvenient for me and the paths to & from the Tower generally run through areas that are also under construction. So, I think that all things considered, I'm going to just drive over to midtown Bloomington and take the 597 in. It drops me off a block from work on 2nd, picks up there as well, and it seems I usually have to swing by the Cub on the way home these days anyway.
I did manage to get back into my St. Mary's Webtools account, which I had forgotten the password to, and pulled an article for tonight's presentation. Unfortunately the article looks like the most extensively documented piece of doubletalk in the history of academia - it reminds me entirely too much of the famous treaty referred to in Asimov's Foundation and Empire - but I can discuss it for fifteen minutes with my classmates, which is all I need to do.
Ranting about the home front follows...
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Less irritating, but still annoying: Nicollet Mall being closed, which forces all the buses that normally run there onto Hennepin. This was a bad idea, and maybe Metro Transit didn't have any good options, but it makes the 589 a non-factor for me while it's going on. The stops on Hennepin are all inconvenient for me and the paths to & from the Tower generally run through areas that are also under construction. So, I think that all things considered, I'm going to just drive over to midtown Bloomington and take the 597 in. It drops me off a block from work on 2nd, picks up there as well, and it seems I usually have to swing by the Cub on the way home these days anyway.