Thursday, November 01, 2007
Q: what now?
- Please be advised that the lecture and tutorials for your PHIL 201 course have been CANCELLED for tonight (Wednesday, October 31).
I am sorry to inform you that the instructor of your course, Professor Brian Grant, died suddenly of an apparent heart attack.
We are unable at this time to provide information about how this will affect your course for the remainder of the term but will be in touch as soon as possible to let you know.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me directly by email _______@ucalgary.ca or phone ___-____.
Sincerely,
Merlette Schnell
Philosophy Department Administrator
my philosophy professor was such a skeptic, and was by far the best philosophy professor i'd ever met. though i couldn't hear most of his mind-boggling ramblings and teachings because he didn't know how to turn his mic towards himself so it would catch his voice, dr. brian grant was still the best philosophy professor i have ever come to meet. it probably was an honour to sit in his class, all 6 weeks of them.
he said: 'have you checked your email about tonight's philo class?'
she said: 'no? i'm in school.'
he said: 'yeah. well, apparently he died from a heart attack.'
she said: 'that's a bad joke.'
he said: 'i'm not joking.'
she said: 'are you serious?!'
he said: 'i'm serious!'
she said: 'he wasn't feeling well last week, and now he's dead?!'
he said: 'yeah.'
she said: 'i don't know what to say. i'm now staring at a dustbin.'
he said: 'i was staring at the email through math 201 class.'
she said: 'you're serious.'
he said: 'i'm serious.'
she said: 'so now what?'
he said: 'they said they'll get back to us with a plan.'
she said: 'a plan.'
he said: 'yes val, a plan.'
she said: 'okay. so are you going for class?'
he said: 'no, they said class is cancelled.'
she said: 'okay. i WAS going to do my philo essay on hume which is due next week, but i guess i don't need to do it anymore. so i'm gonna stare at the dustbin now.'
i wondered if he believed in God. i said a prayer for him anyway.
A: we'll just have to wait and see.
on a cheerier note: spot the squirrel.
and the answer to the fun question in the previous post: WILD RABBITS.
when i first saw them wild rabbits, i was thinking to myself, which science lab let them loose? there were a dozen of those furry long earred rabbits running around on campus! one day i asked a classmate who catches the rabbits who got out of the lab. he said, 'what lab? what rabbits? have you been taking grass, val?' hahha.
