Be sure to file your students' final grades today by noon, Central Standard Time, as the online system will lock you out after that point, and the Rapture will occur sometime Saturday.

On a more personal note, please remember to arrange for pet care in your absence, once you're squirted away like a big watermelon seed. I'll be busy with the "plagues, quakes, wars, famine and general torment before the planet’s total destruction in October" and may not find time to feed your cat, though I do look forward to spending an eternity with Muffin in pet heaven instead of one with you in yours.