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Summer school is in session, which will certainly reduce the frequency of my posts, since any energy I have for writing would be better served composing papers for class.  I am taking “Age of Johnson”, the Johnson in question being Samuel Johnson; a class on Florida history; and another class on Romanticism, hoping I might be able to use what bits of information are still fresh in my mind from the spring semester.

The most agonizing part about summer school is that, with class occurring every day, any assignments are due the following day, whereas in fall or spring you have at least 48 hours before the subsequent session.

Another agonizing thing is paying $55 for a book which has almost identical contents to one I already own, but is just different enough to necessitate my purchasing it.

Filed under: Cost of Living, Literature and Books, School on July 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »

Six months’ post office box fee: $29.  When I first opened the box in late 2001, the fee was $19.  That’s about a 50% increase in less than seven years, and further proof that the cost of everything is rising faster than wages.

Filed under: Cost of Living, Current Events on July 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »