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I would like the Bears to hire Jim Harbaugh for the 2011 season if Lovie and company don't get it done again this next year. I'd also like the Cubs to find a better, younger CF than Marlon Byrd.

Back to work today, and my TR schedule is a stretch for the Winter quarter.

I am sleepy, but I have to teach tonight from 8-10pm. British Literature -- reading Heaney's Beowulf and Chaucer and More and ending the term at the end of March with some J.Swift, y'all.

Gearing up to send out a restructured manuscript to some places; a bit nervous since the last form of "the thing" made some shortlists from the summer.

I read Saramago's Blindness and Bolano's The Skating Rink this "break." Both=fantastic.

I am super-excited that I will be going on an Alaskan cruise this August -- I am truly looking forward to this. Yes, I hate Chicago winters, but I love nature, and I am hoping for some really great moments once we hit ports. Plus, we got a telephoto lens for our SLR camera, so I should be able to shoot some really great panoramas and action shots.

Oh, and we are going to get a brother puppy for Izzie. A tiny family member! I can't wait to find the perfect addition to my odd little family. I was nervous for Izzie (because I can't really love an animal more than I love her), but I think she will end up loving having another dog to constantly play with. She always loves going back to Defiance to hang with Lynn's parents' dog Sunny.