-
I read this morning about one blogger’s long road trip, in which the blogger lamented — or, more precisely, preemptively apologized for — “eating (gross) road food” and the kids watching movies on tablets. I don’t understand this. First, I know for a fact that you can travel cross-country, stop only at McDonald’s, and
-
Judging by how many people clicked on the links for The Grinder, how to format a short story, how to classify your story by genre, etc., it looks like quite a few readers have interest in writing fiction. This gave me an idea! We can have our own small flash-fiction competition here! SUBMIT YOUR SHORT
-
It’s been a bit quiet here. The thing is, I have a ton of work to do: definitely one and ideally three papers need to be submitted by the end of the month, and I am (or should be) working on two proposals, which both must be in by the end of October. I have
-
Hi all, last chance to get Academaze at a drastically reduced price! (Price goes back up tonight.) Academaze (Kindle edition) is only $2.99!
-
One benefit of having multiple kids of the same gender is that you only have to buy clothes once, for the oldest child, and the rest can largely wear hand-me-downs. This is particularly useful for things like winter boots and coats or swim trunks, all of which get limited use per year and per kid,
-
This morning, by way of Google Scholar alerts, I found out that we’d almost sorta got scooped. Meh. I work on roughly four loosely connected topics, and a group that works on one of them (and only that one) published a paper that presents an alternative approach to ours. It’s less rigorous, it has similar
-
Here are some character sketches, in pencil. Some of these will make their way into the comic.
-
I am feeling a little too rested, which makes me unbearably restless. I am really looking forward to the new semester and the return of structure, even if powers-that-be yet again make us use a completely new electronic course-management system. Eldest told me yesterday, “Maybe you should write another book. The last one kept you
-
My younger two kids have attended a summer camp for a couple of weeks. The camp is affiliated with the university and the counselors are students. What I find really disturbing is that the counselors don’t go by their names, but rather by pseudonyms. For instance, assume that all counselors have the names of green
-
An homage to Led Zeppelin that was on the radio a few days ago reminded me of some great music. What’s your favorite song by Led Zeppelin?
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
xykademiqz 