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On the upside, I’m cooking more than ever. On the downside, I’m cooking more than ever. It’s a thing I can do and do well, but don’t burn with a desire to do more of. This from-scratch French bread was a big hit, but it was very low-tech (I mixed everything by hand and also
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Withdrew from several magazines a poem that’s funny and angry and profane and has to do with rage over a physical exam, which I had submitted weeks ago. Why? Because, at this point in time, it seems really inappropriate to have out for consideration something that is even jokingly negative about healthcare provides. The worst
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As I said, I’m running a drabble contest on my fiction site, so the entries have been cheering me up. Btw, I have the submissions set up through Google Forms, which is free and super convenient to collect submissions. Today was a grumpy day for me, not sure why, but I battled the mood with
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I promise I won’t blog about the quarantine every day, but this is as new and overwhelming to me as I am sure it is to you, so let’s just all take the time to adjust. It takes as long as it takes. The university is closed for the semester and, as of today, K-12
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Ok, not much interest in a microfic contest here, so I won’t run it. I am, however, running one for real (and already getting a bit swamped with submissions) on my fiction website, so if you want to partake and aren’t already following me on literary Twitter, shoot me an email. Well, that’s out of
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OK, it looks like I am stuck at home for the next three weeks, if not more, so unless — gourd forbid — I or one of mine get sick, I will have some time that could be spent on blogging! I felt proud of myself for all of 2 seconds for thinking this month-ish
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Who ever this is SPILLED! pic.twitter.com/eYDkxgEPxI — THEO ADSR (@ThatSoThe0) February 29, 2020 The video is much more hilarious than but in the same vein as the takeaway of this oldie but goodie post of mine: “Ride It Like You Stole It.”
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I don’t like snow or cold, so you’d think maybe I shouldn’t live in the Midwest, but it’s hard to beat the low cost of living and the good public schools. Luckily, we’re at the tail end of winter — nicer weather, longer days — so I’m coming out of the slump and feeling (somewhat)
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My department and college have rules as to how much certain people can be paid. There are set salaries (with a very narrow window around each) for the different seniority levels of research scientists.There is a set salary for a full-time postdoc; you can’t pay them more and if you must pay them less, then
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Happy 2020, everyone! Following an ancient blogosphere tradition, the first(ish) week of January is the Blog Delurking Week! Stop by to say ‘hi’ in the comments. Tell us a bit about who you are, what brings you to the blog, what grates your cheese, what you’d like to read about on xykademiqz, and what you
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