Acephalous on why grues are sometimes preferable

[jrtom]

http://acephalous.typepad.com/acephalous/2009/09/distance-learning.html

So been there. I can still hear in my head the BRRRRRRRIINNNNNGGG of the kitchen timer that I used, at one point, in a desperate attempt to get the amount of time I was spending grading assignments down to a manageable level (i.e., one in which I could actually do the work I was also getting paid for, for my other 50%-time job, rather than spending 80 hours a week on grading alone).

gaaaaaaaahhh.

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[zandperl.livejournal.com]

Awesome. I've been doing Blackboard haikus on my twitter account, and this inspired this morning's:

Assignments flood in
there goes my Inbox Zero
I'd prefer a grue