So if I’m really going to do this dissertation thing and the topic is related to blogging, shouldn’t I have a dissertation blog? Maybe? Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

It’s official. I will not make it to 50,000. I made it to 30,000. My story is done and I just don’t have the time to go through and fill in in order to make it to 50,000. I don’t feel like I failed though. I wrote pretty complete story, something I might be able…

A lot of people around here have announced they’re quitting the blog thing, or they’re going to. It makes me kind of sad, actually. It’s like a neighbor who up and announces they’re moving halfway around the world. I can see why someone would quit. Blogging is time-consuming and can take away from other things…

A quick post from work. Hey, I’ve got to ease back in, right? I have a lot of exciting things on the horizon. Then why do I feel so bogged down? How does one focus on the positive and ignore the negative when it seems to intrude in everything you do? I’m serious. If you…

When I walked in the door of the mini-reunion, I felt almost exactly the way I did in high school, uneasy, unconfident, but expectant. Did I look okay? Who would be there? Would they think I looked okay? Would they accept me for who I am? Right away I was greeted by my oldest friend,…

A couple of my high school friends live across the street from my dad. My dad has actually moved twice since I left and this neighborhood is kind of on the outskirts of town–or at least it used to be when I was growing up. This evening, they’re having a little gathering of high school…

So far, so good. Dinner isn’t until 6-ish. It’s basically an all-day party. Some people have already arrived and are helping coordinate the deep-frying of the turkey. I’ve made apple pie and green bean casserole (I have a weakness). Bloody Marys have been consumed. There’s more to come. I hope everyone is having a wonderful…

I think wireless should be free everywhere. It’s crazy that it’s not. We’re in a relatively cheap hotel somewhere in the middle of Maryland and we’ve got free wireless. So last night before bed, I caught up on blogs; Mr. Geeky caught up on blogs (I’ve hooked him on Pharyngula unfortunately; damn you, PZ!). I…

The plan is to leave after work. It’s actually kind of silly for me to go to work today, except that I’m teaching. I’m looking forward to the class actually. I have most of it planned out; I will likely spend the morning finishing that up. Half the students will be gone. But it’ll be…

2555.5555555555555555555555555556 That’s how many words per day I have to write to make it to 50,000 words. Totally doable. Do you know how many pages 27,000 words is? Well, I didn’t, because I was writing in a text file that doesn’t paginate. It’s over 100 pages. Do you know that I have never in my…