Final Exam Week Tuesday. . .

Continued snow and cold here in the Grand Duchy as I wade through final student team projects and related semester independent capstone reflections plus a few last minute grade-grubbing situations that require much more time and mental effort than they are worth.

If students simply kept up with course requirements/expectations, there would be no problem at the very end of the semester during which they try to backtrack with all manner of claims and excuses. The part of my job I like the least.

In more interesting sartorial matters, here's the attire for yesterday. The red corduroy jeans were a winter clearance item three of even four years ago from Land's End, and less than US$20. I really like 'em and enjoy unpacking them each fall after five or six months of storage in one of the off-season plastic tubs beneath our bed. Fun old friends by this point, and they're in regular at home attire rotation between mid-October and late April each year.

My sister likened the overall attire to an off-duty or retired ski lodge host. General Waverly in the old Bing Crosby-Danny Kaye film White Christmas was mentioned in her communication. Hmmm. I'll take it, however I don't know that the general would have chosen red cords!

-- Heinz-Ulrich

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