- My intro physics class consists of students who have no interest in the subject and in whom none can be inspired.
- The University committee I chair consists of the laziest faculty on campus.
- The NSF budget is wreaking havoc on my plans/research.
- I've been plugging away on two different projects for months with only incremental success and continued obstacles appearing.
- I wasn't invited to talk at the last couple significant meetings.
- A certain someone I've self-appointed as my most comparable competition put out a pretty good paper in the last couple weeks.
- Wondering if it's normal to think in lists all the time...or maybe I just started this when I started blogging? Or maybe I've got some kind of Lisp virus infecting me? I try to wash my hands.
- I've been so busy, I haven't had time to read blogs, let alone to blog myself. Now, I'm all caught up on my blog reading which is, itself, reason to be depressed because I'm not working hard enough.
Logical reasons to be happy
- I've got my health.
- I've got a pretty good job with a likely pay raise coming.
- My NSF funding might actually hold up until the budget havoc straightens out.
- I've actually had some time to try to figure out some physics lately in between all the proposal writing, refereeing, etc.
- My home life is mostly good.
- None of my secret, wicked ways have been made public with a force resignation, nor have I lied to Congress recently.
