As it turned out, there was a twisted logic to my idiosyncratic ploy

[rebeccmeister]

My students had to turn in an assignment electronically today. I made the assignment due before 8:12 pm, exactly. This has worked out quite nicely, because the late ones have gotten it in by now, so I can get everything ready to go by tomorrow (they're all giving 5-minute presentations). Dealing with all of these cheesy powerpoint presentations could have been so much worse.

That reminds me that I need to find a copy of the Gettysburg Address on Powerpoint. It's out there, if you haven't ever seen it before.