Thank god there’s cheesecake in the house or I’d simply go berserk trying to re-decipher student loan applications & processes after so many years not having to think of such things (except, of course, remembering to debit my bank account every month for the money the Dept. of Education takes out to repay itself for my lovely education that has gotten me to this most honored, respected & privileged position in my life). Ah, the scent of Ivory Towers fills my nostrils once again!

Speaking of scents, I finally heard the lyrics to the new Outkast song “Roses”: “I know you’d like to thank your —- don’t stank….” Brilliant!

Marianne Faithful’s cover of John Lennon’s “Working Class Hero” still gives me the chills: “You like to think that you’re classless & free, but you’re still fucking peasants as far as I can see.” I’d like to see Marianne Faithful wrestle Stanley Fish to the death … at least theoretically.