Yesterday began at 6:00 a.m. and ended at 9:00 p.m. It was crazy. It still feels like the rush of the beginning of school. It’s not supposed to be this way. I managed to slow down enough to enjoy my class, which was really fun yesterday. I think we’re finally getting to know each other.…

We’re three weeks into the semester and I’m not sure I feel we’re totally in the swing of things. My students may find this, so I will paint this in broad strokes. In fact, I hope they do find this. It would mean they’re doing what I expect. Last semester, when I taught this course,…

Okay, I can’t stay away. You people make me think too much. I was just glancing at blogs while I waited for my Death-to-the-Diet Brownies (recipe tomorrow) to cook, when I ran into Phantom’s post (Phantom Scribbler: Diversity)). I had read Jody’s post which she references and even looked up the demographics of our current…

I’m stepping away from blogging for the weekend–reading and writing. I have had what can only be described as one of the most incredibly stressful weeks of my life. It’s right up there with the week before my wedding. I went into the week fairly stressed out already and then things just piled on. Mr.…

Just wanted to thank J. at bingdella for the header! I think it looks great. Thanks, J. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Yes, this topic won, barely beating out Faculty, Teaching and Technology, which I promise to write about tomorrow, since I could probably write about that topic all day every day. 🙂 I have some cogent thoughts about it and some good input in the comments to my last post on the topic. (Geeky Mom: Technology…

I’m still finding myself with lots to write about, and it’s kind of fun to do these poll thingies, so what do you think? What should I cover next? Take the poll Free Poll by Blog Flux Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Specifically, what I didn’t realize was how much my confidence in my ability to do research had been blown to smithereens and scattered to the four winds. New Kid on the Hallway: Minor epiphany I have no confidence when it comes to research. New Kid, thankfully, has regained hers, but me, not so much. And…

I’m actually finding myself with lots of topics here. So here’s poll. What should I tackle first? Take the poll Free Poll by Blog Flux Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

Work The work week was kind of crazy. I worked on Monday since it was the first day of classes. And as you could probably tell from the previous post, I was a little stressed out.  On Wednesday, I spent about 2/3 of the day answering Blackboard questions. As I indicated below, part of my…