*I read the questions you emailed out. I thought, "how cool." I was in Indy. At a meeting and then a conference. Then home. I chair a department. Big. 1500 majors. 160 grad students. 50+ tenure line faculty. Under-resourced :( Many meetings. Small crises. Small is good (even before Jerry Brown). Conference call for NCTE. Outcomes for lit classes. Program portfolio for MA student. Now on the road again. Eportfolios! Life as this faculty member with admin appt and national role right now (not yesteryear nor perhaps tomorrow): exciting, humbling, energizing, fragmenting, rewarding.