The Clock Resets to 505 Days

As of today, Tuesday, April 17, 2007
There are 0 days left in the lecture schedule, only the exams remain.

AND

There are 505 days until the next day that I have to lecture here again (the first day of classes in the fall semester 2008).

Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom Psalm 90 : 12

Where will Professor Honeydew go on sabbatical you ask?

May 2007 Preparation for conference presentation on research at National Chemistry Conference of the Chemical Institute of Canada in Winnipeg.

May – August 2007 Travel to the Chemistry Department of UNB (at the invitation of Professor P.) to initiate a new study on the unusual equilibrium between the cations in the reaction of SNS+ with alkenes.




September – December 2007 Travel to the Chemistry Department of MtAU (at the invitation of Professor B.) to work on a project involving low valent phosphides from tris(trimethylsilyl)phosphine



January – May 2008 Manuscript preparation and submission (at home in Moncton) on the two projects listed above and preparation of conference presentations for both projects in May 2008 at National Chemistry Conference of the Chemical Institute of Canada in Edmonton

June – July 2008 Travel to the Chemistry Department of Dalhousie University (at the invitation of Professor B.) to investigate reactive strained rings incorporating phosphorus.




August 2008 Vacation and preparation for the fall semester 2008

There are other projects I am thinking about including:

Learning how to make DSC measurements on air-sensitive compounds.
Conducting a survey of the first year chemistry courses in our region.
Initiating a project with Professor C. at SMU just for the fun of it.