And I know that it's right, 'cuz I hear it in the ni-ee-ite.

Final week of class. WOOHOO! This whole experience has been pretty exhausting. Trying to cram a 10-week course into 5 weeks is definitely for the birds. I also wonder if I've been a little hard on the students, I mean, trying to give them stuff that's a little too challenging (i.e., Kantian ethics via Kant, rather than some Kantian commenter). I think also perhaps I've got a little bit too far into the philosophical nitty-gritty, without giving them an adequate sense of the big picture. Or maybe not, I'm not sure. I suppose the papers and final exams will give me a decent indication, and perhaps the evaluations. Ugh. To top it all off, I have to have all the papers and final exams graded by next Tuesday, which is going to be a real chore, especially since I'm giving the final on Saturday.

Not much else is going on around here. I decided to get a respite from the heat and headed off to the beach yesterday. Sun, sun, sun. Despite my best efforts, and a huge amount of sunscreen, I managed to get sunburned on my shoulder, a clear annoyance. The water was quite nice, though, and the beach I went to had nice sand and wasn't too crowded.

In conclusion, here's a pretty sweet recipie I tried out the other day:

2 pounds green beans (the kind you get in the produce section, not in the can)
1 4-ounce pkg feta cheese
2 tbsp olive oil
1/3-1/2 cup of red wine vinegar (or balsamic), more or less to taste
1 tbsp (or thereabouts, to taste) dijon mustard
1/4 cup chopped basil

Mix the oil, vinegar, mustard and basil. Taste. You might have to add a little more vinegar or mustard, depending on your preferences. Mix in cheese, set aside. Steam green beans. When green beans are done, use the oil mix as a dressing, and make sure they're coated.

Yummy. Good hot and cold.