I'm doomed

stratfordbabe pointed out something that I should have thought of - that the Teaching Co. Great Courses are also in the library. I've done some searches on the county library bookfinder and my, oh, my!

The only problem is that the location field of the printout only says "Audio-Visual Dept" and doesn't list the actual library branches that they are actually in. On the other hand, I can take the printout to the library and let them sort it out via interlibrary loan.

Utterly, utterly doomed. I've already verified that Great Authors of the Western World; Great Religions - Hinduism; Shakespeare Comedies, Tragedies, and Histories; and Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance are in the system before the web interface got squiffy and kicked me out; that's enough to keep me busy while I try to find out if they also have History of Impressionism kicking around there somewhere.

In an attempt to break through my current inertia, I've started listening to the "Argumentation" class while I do some grunt work. Well, I was. The course material (rhetorical argument) is not simple enough to have flowing in the background; this is something that will require more than a little attention. (I may even lump it with a couple rhetoric books as a "class" later.) Also unfortunately, Prof. Zarefsky's voice reminds me a great deal of the minister I grew up with, and it's giving me a pavlovian urge to doodle on a church bulletin. He's not a particularly vivacious speaker, although in his favor, his diction is quite clear.

So short review: tough class, boring teacher, important information. Can't win 'em all, and I will make a point of listening to this... later.