In case you were wondering how I'm feeling about certain things these days, I have come to seriously loathe Maureen Dowd.

In other important news, Miami triumphed over UVA 31-21. All is right in the world again. (A caution, however: be careful about watching such important games with only one other person who is rooting for the other team. When you're as nice and gracious as I am, it's very hard to gloat and display the glory of the win.)

And finally, I'm going to attempt to teach parts of speech today to my non-student 11th grade students. Wish me luck.