Long Time - No Write

This Fall has been pretty hectic. Im taking a course that I legimately find difficult - differential equations, and I had to move. The result is that things have been pretty crazed. I've had a lot of things I wanted to write about, but many have passed into history.

Here are a few things that have happened: 1) I spent a day assisting another author with a book - this relates to Johnny Hayes, the 1908 Olympic Marathon winner, on whom I've become something of an authority. 2) I gave a talk ont the 1908 Marathon and how it wound up establishing the standard distance of the marathon. 3) I've been asked to sit, as a student representative, on the math department's grade review committee. From what I understand, this does not demand too much time, but is a sign of the respect the professors hold me in, so I'm pleased to be able to do this. 4) If all goes well, I will meet the requirements for my teaching certificate by May, and will be employed as a teacher by September.

That's the quick version of things.