The Random Thoughts of Louis Schmier

It was damp out there this morning. A light drizzle hung in the black, tepid, morning air. I kept being splattered by drips from the overhanging tree limbs. Wish I had windshield wipers on my glasses. But, as I splashed through the small puddles, I was thinking about late last night in my office. It [...]

My lord, it was cold out there this morning, really cold. My blue UNC hat got bluer from the chill. I came back from my walk and the dog was still frozen to a tree by a horizontal icicle! I’m talking about an eight degree wind chill factor! In south Georgia! It took me a [...]

Hi there from cold, very cold (down in the mid-20s) south Georgia. It’s so cold the cockroaches decided to wear sweats rather than eat them. Anyway, I thought I’d explain what Barbara meant by wanting to be like “the fourth boy.” She’s referring to a sort of parable about the meaning of grades that I [...]

Hi there from dark, wet, cold “sunny, warm” south Georgia. Here I am dripping wet from the blasted rain that started coming down half way through my walk. I felt like I was in an Iron Man marathon, walking one way and swimming back the other. Anyway, between the curses and the “why me” I [...]

Lordy, it was miserably cold and breezy and cloudy out there today in the dawning morning. It was anything but inviting for a walk. To the blues of new winter walking grubbies, today you can add the red of my nose! But, if the temperature outside me was icy, inside I was warmed by something [...]

I went out a bit later than usual this morning. Nevertheless, it was still miserable. It was cold, and after a night of wind and rain, it was biting out there. I was thinking about a comment someone made yesterday about my students’ final exam presentations. “High schoolish,” this professor branded them in an obviously [...]