For those of you who have been on another planet for the past week, Shel and I found a place to live in Chicago. It's in Oak Park, and it's a one-bedroom condominium. I think Shel sent the link out for all of the pictures related to the place, but for the lazy among you, you can just click here

Meanwhile, life at work has accelerated, which I hadn't believed possible. They've moved me into a new role: I'm now Manager of Faculty Development, which means I manage myself and two other people. ;-) What's cool, though, is that I get to spearhead our efforts at building programs with adjunct instructors and subject matter experts.

It reminds me of a conversation I had about five years ago, in another life as a graduate student. I was sitting in a seminar with my then-professor James Thompson; we were all talking about the state of the profession and the situation for tenure. As you might imagine, it was not a cheery conversation. James related to us the prediction that schools would be moving away from the old-style model of tenured faculty teaching 1-2 courses a year to a more corporate configuration, where stables full of adjuncts teaching 8-9 courses a year would report to a single manager. As hopeful future tenured faculty ourselves, I and my colleagues were aghast at the prospect.

And now, five years later, it turns out that I'm the foretold manager in question. Soon, I'll be slouching toward a school near you. Bwa ha ha ha haaa!