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Things that feel like they happened ages ago, but were actually relatively recent: Last time my mom visited (last summer, feels like an eon ago) One particular paper of mine that came out in 2014, yet seems like it’s been out for a decade. Even in 2015, it already felt like it had been out
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I have a female colleague who’s known for her niceness. It is true; she’s genuinely a very nice person. But the more I know her, the more I realize there is a considerable cost associated with her reputation; she might not feel it burdensome to pay the price because of her outlook on the world
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During the whole “no R01, no tenure” Twitter/Scientopia storm, I somehow stumbled upon this great post by Holly Witteman: http://holly.witteman.ca/index.php/2017/06/12/tenure/ It’s longish, but please go read it — Holly kicks ass! Also, I learned that yogurt is great for keeping blood sugar in check! One interesting thing that she wrote is that she always has
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Well, I spoke with the program manager who was in charge of my recently declined proposal. He said the proposal was actually ranked near the top and he tried hard to find some money to fund it, hence such a long delay in receiving the decision… But he was ultimately unable to fund it and
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To paraphrase what a senior colleague said years ago, when I was just starting out, I never have a shortage of ideas, only of time and money. I got a declination on one of my NSF proposals submitted last fall (so far got 1 award out of 2 that received decisions; btw, have you noticed
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The next two weren’t technically shazammed, but are great. I think Alex (h/t) might have been to one to alert me to the awesome K. Flay.
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Every year on my birthday, I get a card from our mortgage lender. And every year, this makes me angry. This year’s card was cute and the woman who underwrote our mortgage jotted down a couple of sentences. I bet she has a daily slot on her calendar along the lines “9:07 — 9:12 Sign
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Today, a dear friend from my childhood congratulated me on turning 22, twice over! In that honor, I will blog every day for 22 days; if I hit my stride and am in the mood, maybe I will do that twice over, as well! *** How did I spend my birthday? I got up at
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This is a personal post; if you decide to comment, don’t be a douche. I’m in my early 40s. I have a lovely family and professional “success.” I admit I constantly worry that I will run out of funding and that everyone else is somehow better at grant writing than me, and this is the
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I’ve been traveling. I had a great time at a conference in the UK. This was a meeting of my core research community and it’s always great to get together with old friends and colleagues. I hadn’t been in the UK before and I was overall very positively impressed. The people are friendly and easy
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