is it possible? can i be all blogged out. it certainly seems that way. but wait....

i think i can manage a quick story. last night was my first class in the new semester at dean college. i have eleven students in my class, one of whom made my night by telling me i can call him "t-rex." he has now doomed himself to being the most called-on student in the class, because it is so much more fun to say "can anyone give me an example of an abiotic component of an aquatic ecosystem? t-rex?" than it is to say "can anyone give me an example of an abiotic component of an aquatic ecosystem? mike?" also, one of my students stayed after class for about 20 minutes to get my opinion on the existence of a magma-filled caldera under yellowstone national park that, were it to erupt, would spew an ash cloud large enough to encompass the entire united states and would essentially block out the sun for a period of 14+ years. i told him i had never heard of such a thing, and he said, "i saw it on the discovery channel program super volcanoes. you should really get the discovery channel." perhaps i will.