I'm spending my days teaching a three-week creative writing course. This week (the second) we've enjoyed such nice weather that we've spent the first hour or two outside meeting in the library courtyard rather than inside. April and May provide some compensation for Texas's Julys and Augusts.

And my nights? Normally spent in prep. But not tonight. Tonight was "American Idol." Did your guy win? Upset with the results? Happy? Did the best man win?