the semester hasn't quite started. (self-declared.)

At the time of writing, I'm surfing the web because I'm just about done with changing my module plans (again). I might well end up with a permanent 5-day work week, but, well. I guess, sometimes, long-term concerns fit in to the picture too, as much as short-term issues might be exerting overwhelming influence on our current decisions. More on this tomorrow when the dust has finally settled (and when my modules are finally finalized - yes, I noted the use of variants of 'finally' thrice).

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In any case, there's no readings uploaded (again, there's a small side story to this readings thing, but more on that tomorrow), so I'm just clearing my backload of my TIME/Economist/Fortune subscriptions. And surfing the web. Like this inspiring story on a controversial public historian, whose latest book on postwar Europe I intend to buy (when is Kino having 20% off?). Or this article on habits that perpetuate the university; sometimes, idealism does have to be tempered with a dose of realism. (Like what I'm doing now?) A new angle of looking at the prized ability of 'critical thinking'. And a psychologist on living 'mindfully'.

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