Benevolence of the Butcher

That's quite a sight to wake up to.  School wasn't canceled, alas.  My Stalin professor drove from Akron, Ohio to give a 9:30 lecture, only to discover that less than a fourth of the class was there.  I don't blame them.  His lectures are getting more and more divergent with reality.  Today he was telling us that the only reason people in the West talk smack about agriculture collectivization is because they think that it was a maneuver the government pulled at gunpoint to gain control over people's lives.   I suggested more practical flaws in collectivization, but he wasn't having any of it.  He went so far as to suggest that there was never any famine in Soviet Russia. 

What can you expect from someone who confuses Adam Smith for Ayn Rand?

Pretty routine week so far.  I'm working on a four-day stretch without going out to eat, which is unfortunately pretty good for me.  I'm way too lazy when it comes to cooking.  It says a lot when a lemon-pepper-corn-tuna casserole on rice is a major undertaking for me (but a delicious one!).