The VP Has No Clue Blues

The day before vacation is always the worst. You're trying to get away with a minimum of guilt or worry. Get the stuff crossed off the list so your vacation days are free of work-related grief.

Problem is someone knows you are going, timing their interference, salivating with anticipation. They throw the chimpanzee screwdriver into the mix. Bat guano!

If you are reading a blog, you are probably pretty Web savvy so I think you can empathize with my plight. And if you are an educational administrator peon, you are two-for-two.

The Web has some obvious advantages when it comes to disseminating information. Accessible, up to date, searchable, linkable, COST EFFECTIVE. Drive 'em to your Web site. Everyone agreed the Web is the communication vehicle. Its ready to go live. Instead we have to have a meeting to discuss the need to print on paper a book the size of Vonnegut's Bamboo Snuff Box.

We should not be killing trees and jamming landfills because somebody still thinks technologically-adept kids want to read about it on paper. Academics are a pain in the knothole. Tomorrow, Tomorrow, is only a day away.