sleeping is giving in

Coming, as it does, on the heels of a day of torrential rains, today's bright sun and warm temperatures are shocking and pleasant. Roll up your sleeves, bike into the wind, perspire.

I am upset that, faced with an opportunity to broadcast to the world, I feel inclined to chat about the weather.

So, let's discuss something more universally relevant. Today my Advanced Calculus professor told me about happiness: "Happiness is not the absence of problems but the ability to deal with them." I guess teaching math gives him some kind of authority on this issue.