July 2016
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Breaking news: Professors procrastinate! There is a book chapter that I need to work on. I really don’t want to, but it’s one of those things that you do because you promised, and you promised because you want to do a favor to the person who asked, but in reality it’s a lot of work,…
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When I first moved here with Eldest in 2004, he was 4. We rented an apartment for a couple of years, and Eldest started going to the local public school. We bought a house near the end of his Kindergarten; the house is in the neighborhood associated with another elementary school, but is still geographically closer to the…
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Once you’ve become a mom, whenever you try to say that you are tired or overwhelmed by the demands of your kids, someone will rush to inform you, “Be grateful and enjoy it! One day they will be all grown up, and you will wish for this time to be back!” I am sure I will wish…
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Melanie of Annorlunda Books is running a Goodreads giveaway for “Academaze” (ends July 30). All you have to do to enter is add the book to your Goodreads bookshelf. It is, however, limited to residents of the US and Canada. Here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/196019-academaze-finding-your-way-through-the-american-research-university Good luck!
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Another day, another NSF grant rejection. Scores were E, V, V, V (E=excellent, V=very good). I haven’t seen the report yet, they probably won’t show up till next week. The scores are only a little better than last year, although I thought the proposal itself was MUCH better than last year. (Update: Did get the reviews, really very positive. Still…
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This has been a good year in terms of scientific output. Five papers already published or accepted this year; by the end of the summer, anticipate the submission of three more. Several in the pipeline. In the immortal words of a colleague who’s normally a big globetrotter but who was temporarily grounded due to offspring arrival,…
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