Here Is Your First Blog Quiz of the Fall 2008 Semester

I returned to work yesterday. It was the first time I stepped foot on campus in two months. That is just enough time to decompress from the previous school year, restore my energy, motivate myself, and then prepare for the new semester. Yesterday’s return was not a moment too soon; yet, I was relaxed and ready to reconnect with my colleagues. Next week, the students return.

It was about 100 degrees in San Jose, and the staff's spirits were high. We had a day of schmoozing and catching up in a number of different forums. In our afternoon division meeting, we heard about people’s vacations, weddings, births of grandchildren, adoptions of puppies, attendance at conferences and presentations of academics papers.

The Dean zig-zagged his way from the front of the room to the back, making sure people received kudos for the things they deemed important (better known as morale boosting).When he got to the back of the room where I sat, I took a chance, raised my hand, and hesitantly announced that I had started a blog over the summer called My Seat on the Beach: Learning to Let Go and Flow.

I heard murmurs of interest and received a rather rousing round of applause. I was pleased. Delighted, really. I think my blog title is a catchy one, and hope that it will net a devoted readership soon.

So you can imagine how excited I was at the end of the day, when a gaggle of teachers surrounded me. Fans already?! Why didn’t I start this blog sooner in my career?

Colleague #1: When I heard that title, YaYa, I thought: That’s a one-woman Broadway show in the making.

Moi: Oh, I’m flattered. That's a great idea. I've never thought of that.

Colleague #2: That’s a show I would see any day. What did you say the name of it was? Sex on the Beach?

Is that what she heard? Is that what everyone thought they heard? YaYa started a blog this summer and its called: Sex on the Beach: Learning to Let Go and Flow!!!

And, look: The title works. Plus, the new one is so much...well...sexier than my original. Talk about buidling a reading audience. This is worth consideration.

So, folk, what shall I do? (Here is your first blog quiz of the fall semester.)

Should YaYa:

A. Race to enroll in a Speech and Articulation class
B. Give her colleagues coupons to a hearing specialist
C. Rename her blog
D. Change the content of her blog
E. None of the above. I believe YaYa should ________________________________________________
(Click on Comments at the end of this piece and write you answers there.)

And, oh yeah..sex on the beach? Don't recommend it. SAND!!!