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Looks like I survived Another Week in Hell(tm). This was my last real work week at the university. Thank God (i.e. Emacs).

Tuesday I'm off to the US to start on a new exciting project with this hoopy frood. I sense hard work ahead. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, dear. Oh, well. - We asked for it.

I'm cooking the last dinner (curry) for myself for a long time. Unfortunately I'm out of fresh coriander. Had to use some of this grey powder that claims to originate from a real plant. I have my doubts. To me it looks suspiciously like sawdust. Tastes like it too (I should know - I am intimately familiar with trees).

Today was the last but one session with my band. I'm going to miss these guys. *sigh* Note to self: Buy a B3 as soon as I'm in Ottawa...

After being trapped in academia for many, many years I finally managed to reach escape velovity. I'm free! -- Free to do what my new employer pleases, that is.

So now I finally get to see the Real World. Rumors have been going on about it for years, but I've never actually seen it. My neighbor tells me it starts right outside the campus area. Scary. Maybe I'll grab my bike and go out to have a brief look tomorrow. Or maybe not. Baby steps. Looking at pictures first might be less disturbing...