Just finished teaching last class for the week since I am flying out this weekend to Chicago for a Midwest Faculty Seminar on Hurricane Katrina and Contemporary America. In the next two hours, I must:

• Send off a conference paper proposal for “Diasporic Counterpoint: Africans, Asians, and the Americas.”
• Post midterm grades for two classes.
• Pick up cash from the bank.
• Pack for the trip.
• Hang out with frog and dog.

I don’t think I’m bringing my laptop and might be Internet-less (gasp!) until Saturday night.