I just finished John LeCarre's The Mission Song. It's pretty good, pulls along nicely, then starts to crumble at the end. For anybody who wants a fantastic read, read The Constant Gardener. Story of absolutely devoted love, and pushes you deep into Africa, and all around the world. The movie is almost as good as the book, and in fact helps clear things up. Probably the only fault I find With J. LeC is that there's so many supporting characters and correspondents that it's hard to keep track of them all.
It's rare that I actually finish a book nowadays. I tend to get two-thirds of the way through them, then they're put to the side. But over the past two weeks, I've finished two, this one as well as Evolution by Carl Zimmer. For anybody interested in the topic, it's a great book. It especially provides insightful and interesting commentary on the origin of humans and human society. Sometimes I feel like a horrible biologist, not having read The Origin of Species, but I know I'll get around to it sometime. Maybe even this semester.
For any Acadia people reading this, I'd love to know what people think about Dr. Gail leaving. It's so sudden, yet the few I've talked to are still pretty pleased. I'm just mad that it leaves us less time to find someone, orient them, and then place them. Hopefully Acadia will enter back into a golden age.
Tomorrow I've got piles and piles of samples to do; it'll probably take up most of my day. But, in good news, I might be getting a laptop tomorrow. If so, hooray!
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Dear Owen,
Hooray indeed! (regarding the labtop!!!)
And no worries on not reading "On the Origin of the Species". You can borrow it from me anytime... in fact you can have it... I have tried to read it but it is waaaay too detailed. Perhaps you would enjoy some of it though.
Love,
Stephanie
I think it's good that Gail is leaving. I didn't ever have any interactions with her, but she made a lot of crummy changes. And somehow, Acadia still tops the MacLean lists... it's a mystery!
Do you know how we can find out if any of the profs are on sabbatical or not? Without actually calling, that is, because I'd rather not go through all that trouble just to get a letter of recommendation!
I don't know if you can tell which ones are on or not. But I know a lot of profs check their school email anyways, and you can also email the department secretary.
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