unexpectedly useful skills.

i wouldn't call it a vacation, but i'm taking the weekend off from work and visiting family. maybe by tuesday night i will be doing math again.

until then there is a wake to attend,
a funeral, too.

i didn't think much of it when my father asked me how long i've been teaching, how large the classes have been. he asked me about my talks at conferences.

so i answered him.

he noted that i seem at ease with public speaking ..
and then asked if i wanted to give the eulogy.

[sighs]

i guess it makes sense;
for the record, though, i have a bad feeling about this.