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Winter term, round one.

This is the primary view that I was afforded of the man behind the voice of the Harry Potter audiobooks, one night during Winter Term.

My new friends have paws, hooves, horns, and attitude. I wish you could meet them, but pictures will just have to do.

We may be fearless, but we're certainly not sleepless.

In my last post, I talked a lot about the freedom of Winter Term, and how fun and fulfilling it can be. But I wholeheartedly believe that on the flip side of any freedom is discipline.

Did I promise I was going to talk more about linguistics? Yes. Would I be doing this even if I hadn't promised? You couldn't stop me with a heavy blunt object, my friend.

After three years in the cold Northeast, I needed a change.

In which I express my bountiful appreciation for this little thing called Winter Term.

I didn't grab no shoes or nothin' Jesus. I rayan for my life. (All the way to New York.)

...I wanna write you a (winter term) blog post. That's how the song goes, right?

Huskies and cucumber rolls!! Mainly huskies.

As our Director of Athletics, William Roth, puts it: "'Learning and Labor' is just a rephrasing of 'sound mind, sound body.'"