The University has put up their new web site design. I saw this last week for the first time. It's better than the old one, but that's not saying much. They paid a firm called Netcasters, from Boston, to do this. No, I don't know how much they paid. They are encouraging all of us to use the top University Nameplate, and that black navigation bar in our departmental/college sites. We'll see. It has turned cold almost overnight. I had to scrape the frost off of my windows this morning so I could see to drive to work. I dug my wool-lined parka out of the closet, but it's starting to look pretty ragged, time to get a new one...

Not only is it cold outside, but I've come down with a cold as well. It started as a sore throat, but has turned into a wonderful sinus problem, I can't hear, I'm full of phlegm, and my head hurts. Too bad I just started my job and I don't have any sick days yet...