One thing that is bothering me about writing my dissertation–especially the proposal–is the lack of voice it has. There are such formal constraints on this document that it’s hard for me to speak through them. As I’ve been revising sections of it, I’m dismayed by the sound of some of it. Some of it sounds…

So the deal that Mr. Geeky and I struck was that two days a week, I would stay after work and come over to the library to work. Today is the first night doing this. I don’t hang around the campus normally at night, so was unaware of the customs. First, besides the dining halls,…

Is it possible to know too much about something? Blind spots. Knowledge blind spots. I’m sure I have these. Lots of energy. Got it. Trying to take advantage of it. Believe it’s hormonal. Whatever. Do those memory-enhancing herbs really work? I think I need some. What will be waiting for me in my work email?…

Jiggety jig! Back at home dealing with homework again. Geeky Girl has not been doing her homework on a regular basis, so we’re catching up. We tend not to police the kids on the homework. We ask if they’ve done it and trust them if they say yes. (Often they do their homework at their…

I’ve been travelling this weekend–again. There has been shopping and rockclimbing and much eating. Pictures should surface soon if I can teach my stepmother how to email them. I’ll try for a more substantial post later in the day, but for now we’re off to eat again. Please consider donating to my efforts in the…

Pretty cool. I think I really will get the t-shirt. via Dorcasina Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

An example of my semi-science poetry: Red Shifts At seven I discovered the end of the world,how in four billion years, the sun would expand,swallow all the planets. Looking beyond the red shift of the furthest galaxy to see what the universeexpanded into, I understood how people feltbefore Columbus, thinking if they went too far,…

I have generally quit reading The Chronicle, opting instead for the freely available Inside Higher Ed. However, I ended up there a few minutes ago and this article about Facebook caught my eye. I’m an educational technologist and general all around geek, so obviously I think technology in education is a cool idea. That said,…

I have always been fascinated with science. In fact, in high school, I was very good at math and science. My teachers in those subjects were constantly encouraging me to pursue a career in science. I, however, wanted to be a poet. Even as I pursued my lucrative poetry career, though, I couldn’t quite let…

There’s nothing specific that’s happened, just an accumulation of odd looks. Yeah, okay, I blog. I use Flickr. I furl and del.icio.us. And I like these things enough to show other people. And when I do, I get “the look.” But man, I’m not that crazy, am I? It’s just the web, people. One of…