I've been really busy. Today, in my new role as chair of the Faculty Senate University Computing and Electronic Communications Committee, I had to present the annual report and two motions to the faculty senate. I wore a tie and suitcoat to make me feel less uncomfortable. Our motions both passed, which was good. Joe told me I sounded decisive when I spoke, but I felt like I was babbling.
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ESNE Newsletter finally came out. Our new Editor did a wonderful job to pull things together. The previous editor was using Word, which was a nightmare. I've gotten us to switch to use a TeX framework, which makes a lot of things a lot easier -- it's easier to exchange Esperanto-language texts, because we can pass them back and forth in rough form using the x-method and then easily translate them into a format where TeX can mark up the diacritical marks correctly. And we can easily publish a PDF. A big improvement over the previous system. We've made a number of other changes, which may result in some fireworks when some stakeholders realize what has happened. Tonight I edited the website to officialize all of the changes. We'll see what happens.
Yesterday, Alisa and I went to dinner at a local restaurant and, seated near us, was a middle-aged man -- about my age or a little older -- and a young woman -- maybe 19. I tried not to just eavesdrop, but they were seated right next to us and it was hard not to notice them. I asked Alisa what she thought their relationship was. "Parent?" she guessed. But they were sitting a little too close and the man would sometimes run his finger through the girl's hair or under the sleeve of her shirt. She spoke several times about "my mom". He held her hand at one point and kissed it. As they left, he put his arm around her waist. It was interesting to me how much it creeped me out. I've seen asymmetrical relationships like that before and I have a sense for how the unequal power relationship plays out in the long run. It gave me the willies. Brrr. There are a lot of reasons to be grateful for having a successful marriage, but this is just number 8 on the list or something.