Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Director of Digital Humanities, Michigan State University

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That after yesterday’s funk, today has been an aw, shucks kinda day.

I still didn’t get the things I was after. But I did get told that I should have gotten them.

Stupid global economy. But at least it’s not me.

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