Due to the tropical storm/hurricane/excessive rainfall, my school is virtual today.  Indeed, the public schools in the county are also virtual, which they call “e-learning.”

That name always strikes me as being akin to some defunct 1990s Dot Com Bubble startup geared at teaching kids math through cheesy raps about the Pythagorean Theorem.  I prefer my school’s usage of “virtual learning” and “remote learning.”  Of course, back in my day, “remote learning” was watching reruns of Three’s Company.

A friend of mine with a couple of children in the public schools reminded me of the term “e-learning.”  As I told her, e-learning is “like learning, but not as good.”  That’s a fairly accurate description.

That said, it gives yours portly a chance to catch his breath—and to work ahead on some World History slides.  I’ve been composing like a madman lately, and managed to finish Spooky Season III and get it submitted to my distributor on Wednesday, 25 September 2024.  I’ll release it one week from today, on Friday, 4 October 2024.

Stay dry out there!

—TPP