Ye Olde Blogge

I had been working on the diss for an hour every morning. This still happens, but only about twice a week. I’ve shifted my work to the evening, which works, but my brain is sometimes a little mushy after a full day at work. The main reason for the lack of morning work? My children.…

Why does it always seem that everything has to be done at once? Why can’t busy times spread themselves out? I have hit a lovely point where I have papers to comment on (had to ask for an extension from my students), a chapter to write, stuff to read for class, an election to judge,…

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while, but things have been busy and all. But in my life outside of work, I actually got promoted. Last November, I was elected minority inspector (meaning I got the least number of votes, kind of like how they used to do president and v.p.). I…

Via Pharyngula and Atrios, the banning of the Dixie Chicks commercial. What happened to free speech? Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

I really can’t do it all, all evidence to the contrary. Here are some things that have slid over the last few months: Laundry–this has gotten really bad because no one likes to do laundry. We’re living out of baskets at the moment My hair–I’m letting it grow anyway, but I’m also letting it go…

Mr. Geeky and I spent last evening at a Paul Simon concert. It was pretty fun. We had decent seats and until the very end, there was no one in front of me so I had a great view. People were actually dancing in the aisles. We were decidedly not among the oldest there, as…

Today I wore my power boots–knee high black leather boots that zip up the side. I love these boots. They have just enough heel on them that I go clicking down the hall, but not loud enough to be annoying. They have, dare I say, the sound of authority. They make me feel like I…

What fun I’ve had listening and talking to people. It’s been a great pleasure as always to talk to Bryan, but I’ve also been able to talk to Kathleen, which has been great. I’ve been able to catch up with old friends as well, including an old friend from graduate school. The thing that always…

I’m in Oregon for a conference, which so far, what little I’ve seen, seems interesting. But getting here was crazy. It didn’t start off too badly. I found my way to long-term parking at the airport, got checked in and, despite a really long security line, made it to my flight without having to run.…

There’s nothing like writing a big long thing like a dissertation to focus you in on your process for getting the thing done. My process has followed the same basic pattern, once I figured out what worked best for me. This is, I think, the hardest thing to teach people, that there is no one…