scottsdad

Well? Had you?

First day back at work, and I've gone full Prof. He and I had a meeting this morning about his block teaching. As a reminder, for his course he teaches his students for 3 full days (3 x 7 hours = 21 hours face to face time). I teach mine for 2 hours per week for 11 weeks (22 hours face to face time). He was talking about how it gave him weeks on end with no work other than setting online work for the students (I already have loads of that on my course, videos and written notes and quizzes etc). Time to do other stuff. Time to reflect, think, work on other things. He even took a few days off last year mid-semester. That, and in his full days he sets out far more in-depth work than you can do in a short class. The problem he has is that his course is the only one to do block teaching. So our programme is all disjointed. The solution was simple. Someone else will have to do the same. In a moment of either epiphany or madness, I volunteered. So the students will show up in a room for a whole day, six times in the semester. Three times they get him, three times they get me. Next year we might get another couple of courses joining so students just have a full day each week, different class each time. f**k it. I'm feeling a bit worn out this year and maybe he's on to something. If it all goes wrong I can switch back in future.

Was certain I had him in my team. Celebrating a win. Double checked my team and he isn't there. Minter.

8 for Monday

Hong Kongers urged to stare at smokers in a disapproving way to help create a tobacco-free city

Isiah Whitlock Jr had a small role in Goodfellas - the doctor at the hospital.

The Hungaroring really does serve up some insipid races.

Ricciardo was also bumped in turn 1.

I take it back. Rammed from behind.

Alpine showing again how to fail.

Poor Crofty. Spent all last night thinking of how to commentate on Hamilton's win.

I never understood why older folks went on about Liz Taylor. But, Cleopatra is on BBC2 and I get it now. Mesmerising.

It was the same when I lived in Wales. Rank rotten.

Pthalo blue, sap green, Van Dyke brown, titanium white, liquid white...

Tony Bennet had an organ donor card. Left his eyes to somebody in New York, his lungs to somebody in Alabama. Not sure where his heart went...

That's fine if you're running to something. What about running from something? An irate Fifer, a wasted Wedgie, a fan of a chipper and so on...

If they stayed still they'd be easier to catch.

Is that your concrete? Looks rough as f**k

The fuckbags did me out of the cushiest job ever in 1999. I had been a road surveyor for Stirling Council in the summers of 1997 and 1998. The best, and easiest, job I ever had. Council workers take skiving to a professional level. Then they outsourced the surveying to BB. So in 1999 I had to take on a different, shittier summer job.

To be clear in what I mean, the Tories will lose the next election. Not the same as Labour winning it. They will still end up governing.

The national debt trebled under the Tories. The deficit was not eliminated by 2015 as promised. Taxes are at their highest level in decades. So, with all this money coming in, we can assume that public services are top notch, right? Hospitals like palaces. Schools all new and gleaming. A policeman on every corner. Nope. And this is why the Tories will lose. There's no simple "where has the money gone" explanation.

Following the strong recommendation of @Miguel Sanchez we started the Mission Impossible series. 2 movies in. Not much plot wise, the whole thing is geared around the big action set pieces.