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+title: 'Off Again'
+date: '2003-11-24T07:48:43-05:00'
+permalink: /off-again/
+tags:
+    - 'to do'
+    - travel
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+I’m headed back to London this afternoon for Thanksgiving break. We’re in a hotel this time, where R’s managed to cadge free high-speed access, so I ought to be able to update from there. In fact, I hope to get some good pondering and scribbling time in. To that end, here’s a list of what I am and am not carrying with me:
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+- A hard copy of the manuscript, for re-reading and some final editing: yes.
+- Student papers, for grading or commenting: no.
+- Books that I’ll be teaching in the coming weeks: no.[^1]
+- Novels. Actual novels. Novels that I haven’t even read before: yes.
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+Five days of rainy, cold break-like bliss. Here’s wishing the same for all of you. And happy turkey day to all my US-based and expat pals.
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+[^1]: This, in fact, is a lie: I’m carrying one small [volume](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1859844219/plannedobsole-20) that I’ll be teaching upon my return, but it’s one I’ve been dying to read anyhow, so it hardly seems to count.
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