Adventures in Stupidity – part 2

Transport-stupidity After my nearly-aneurysm-inducing meeting with the Bb specialists, I decided it was time to go home. New Campus is in the middle-of-nowhere-Sahara-Desert. My commute is between 1 hour 15 minutes and 2 hours 30 minutes EACH WAY. It is Ramadan, so there are only 3 scheduled departures from NC to my neighborhood. However there… Continue reading Adventures in Stupidity – part 2

Adventures in Stupidity – part 1

Techno-stupidity I am frequently amazed to find that my “technical expertise” is substantially beyond that of others in my field (although the empirical evidence is vast), however I usually assume that the IT/ACT/Tech people know more about the systems and software than myself. I have been proven wrong. The university has changed its “Classroom Management… Continue reading Adventures in Stupidity – part 1

Small Victories?

Picture, if you will, the following New Campus vignettes: Two faculty members bump into each other on the way to their respective classes. They exchange the usual pleasantries, Fac #1 – “So, do YOU have an office yet?” Fac #2 – “No, I’m camping out in [insert other faculty/department name here]’s office for now. They… Continue reading Small Victories?

Gem or Coprolite?

UNCHARACTERISTICALLY PESSIMISTIC RANT TO FOLLOW – READ AT YOUR OWN RISK I am just past mid-week of the inaugural semester at AUC’s “Gem in the Desert” New Campus.  According to the university website, the New Campus is: Built at a total cost of $400 million and spanning 260 acres, the new campus provides a world-class… Continue reading Gem or Coprolite?

You may call me…MASTER!!

I had my brief, stream-of-consciousness post about finishing my divemaster certification, but many people have asked, “What does that REALLY mean?” So here goes: The certification is through PADI (officially: Professional Association of Diving Instructors; unofficially: Put Another Dollar In), the largest SCUBA certification organization on the planet. I have been diving since 1987 (yes,… Continue reading You may call me…MASTER!!