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There is work to do tonight, but I can’t make myself do it. Preparing a whole new midterm for one student who was ill, writing a letter of nomination for a student for an award, getting an abstract/bio ready for an upcoming talk. This has been a really difficult semester and I am really cranky. I
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Yesterday I found out that one of my NSF proposals got declined. I was disappointed, as I think this was probably the best proposal I have ever written. I read the comments and felt even more down. The comments indicated that it was poorly placed panel-wise. It received 3 “goods”, and the comments were pro forma. First,
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I have been extremely busy, hence the scarcity of posts. I have been wanting to post on a number of interesting topics, but the time just isn’t there… And then I forget or the impetus to write diminishes for whatever reason (mostly due to sleepiness), and then there are more pressing things to tend to
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After a mad dash to the deadline, I recouped (read: did weekend chores) and am now heading out of town. For your viewing pleasure, here’s a great segment from John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight show. The whole segment is longish, but if you only have a few minutes, at 17:15 starts a hilarious trailer for a
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Reader E has a question for the blogosphere. I am retelling the original email to better anonymize the case (as per E’s request). I think I managed to capture the gist of the experience; E, if something is incorrect, please let me know. ******* E completed their PhD in a physical science field at a tippity-top university (ranked
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I think I might explode with anger and frustration. I have a proposal due next week and I cannot get to work on it because I have to finish two nominations (including writing letters) for colleagues (no, they could not have been done sooner because everyone, including the nominees, waits till the very last fuckin’
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It’s proposal writing time, which means it’s time for rock blasting through my headphones to help me focus. (Don’t judge.) For your listening pleasure, I recommend two of The Black Keys’ old albums. The 2006 “Magic Potion”… … and the 2004 “Rubber Factory” Again, if you get a chance, see these guys live. They are phenomenal!
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I am in a physical science field, addressing problems by means of theory and computation. I also work a lot with experimentalists. When I write paper or proposals with experimental colleagues, since they all use MS Word, I use it too. I also use MS Word for a lot of small documents (writing homework assignments and tests,
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