11 Dec 97 
 
	Well, I guess the NYU network does not feel like contacting the  
outside world today.  So, I'll just use up the normal time I spend looking  
at the news and comics and entering contests blathering on in my usual,  
time-filling, screen-scrolling way. 
 
	I see here that my officemate has a binder of software docs in a  
binder with tabs that say "NHL 1992-1993", "Giants & Jets 1992", "NBA  
1992-1993" -- what did he buy - a stat-keeper's notebook?  Very odd. 
 
	Things are (very slowly) getting done here.  I am done with one  
class so far.  I should finish up with the homework of one class (at  
least) today, and make up an exam for my students.   
 
	From the 11th floor, the gentle snow is kind of lulling and gives  
this office a cozy feeling.  On the street, this snow is nothing more than  
rain that doesn't immediately make you wet and messes up the streets in a  
slower manner.  Snow is wasted on New York, at least at these  
temperatures.  We stay in the upper 30s, lower 40s constantly now.  That's  
a very nice range for winter weather (especially with all the wind we  
get), and I've heard this is more temperate than what North Carolina is  
seeing right now.  Ha! Ha! 
 
	Brad & Jay are living it up in the U.N. Plaza, and I've got other  
friends visiting on Friday.  Let me say this is a really busy week.  At  
least one thing had to go, and crew was the first on the list.  Hopefully,  
I'll be able to pick it up next week, but we'll have to see. 
 
	I will join in the pangyric to green tea -- green tea!  It makes  
me pee!  Ain't that the truth.