Almost a week without a post.   That's not like me.  So what's up?  A couple of things.  First, was the grading.  This semester I taught two sections of the same class, "Asia and the World," an introduction to Asian history and politics.  All told there were seventy students between the two sections. I give a final exam: a take-home, selfs-scheduled, twenty-hour hour, open-book, two essay exam.  Each essay comes in at about 3-4 pages.  Let's say 4 pages (some are much longer) each: 4 x 2 x 70 = 560 pages to grade.  It takes a while.   I finally finished today.  Hooray!

But it all took a bit longer than it might because on Sunday we (my wife and daughter and I) went into the city (there is only on "city" in my parlance: NYC) to see a show: "Road Show," the new production by Stephen Sondheim. I liked it.  Even though it will most likely not become a great Broadway production, it had all the virtues of a Sondheim show, an interesting score, some nice songs (especially, "The Best Things That Has Ever Has Happened"), and a quirky plot.  A good night.  But a couple of days that took me away from grading and blogging, etc.  I'll pick up again tomorrow, or soon….