April 2016
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You know how November is the month for writing? NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) both happen in November. I blogged daily in November over the past few years, as it’s a great way to purge the metaphorical lactic acid from the “writing muscles” that were straining to make the late…
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Apropos nothing, here are some webcomics I enjoy. These are all humorous, but I am also a sucker for beautiful art, so some of the selection reveals that. (I have also contributed to a couple of Kickstarter campaigns and artists’ Patreons. ) Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal xkcd PhD Comics (obviously) Cyanide and Happiness (not for the…
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h/t to Melanie Nelson of Annorlunda Books, who suggested that I make a comic based on this line from the “Academaze” manuscript: “[I]t is fundamentally impossible to have the right amount of preliminary data.”
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I drew the one below while I was waiting for Eldest’s turn at a music competition (he did fabulously, in case you are wondering). It will be an illustration in the upcoming book (“Academaze“).
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This past fall I submitted two NSF proposals within a few days of one another, to two different directorates. One proposal is better than the other. So, today I log into Fastlane, and both proposals are still pending, but the worse one shows to have a status update, dated today. I know this only means…
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I usually get a few hundred views per day, and I am happy with that. But it seems that “A Good Little Girl” really hit a nerve, and has been shared like crazy via Facebook (over 3k shares) and on Twitter. So I have had several days with thousands of views and it’s been quite exciting watching my WordPress…
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