>I frankly have a hard time
>wrapping my
>mind around the idea that
>someone
>could lack things to say about
>the
>assigned readings.
That is not a problem at all...if anything is a problem here, it is that I can't seem to type fast enough to keep up with my thoughts when I am trying to formulate.

>For example, would weekly chat
>office hours
>be helpful?

This seems like a good idea. Just for me personally, I would try to work my schedule around it as often as I could...and that is easier with a weekly thing than with a random thing. Mostly I want to hear your ideas and thoughts on all these ideas that we are creating and re-creating.

(I really am a nice and not-cranky person when I have enough sleep and my bent-back isn't infringing on my quality and comfort of life. That last post was at the tail end of an 85 hour back spasm of some kind. I apologize.)