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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Something entertaining to read over the breaks, and
also a great gift for any non-tenure-track instructor, particilarly those with a
taste for the gothic, is The Lecturer's Tale by James Hynes.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Also, I'm about to send out some gift subscriptions
for the Santa Cruz Comic News; see thecomicnews.com. Among other things,
it compiles a month's worth of News of the Weird as well as a weekly diary of
planetary hurricanes, volcanos, and other disasters.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>- Sandy</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>