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I reduced my inbox by a magnitude. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted. Let the productivity and calm begin! Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
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My time disappeared
Read more: My time disappearedAlthough my life is much less hectic than it was a year ago, I still seem to have every hour filled. The only reason I’m writing this now is because I’m waiting for someone to show up for a meeting. I think that’s not going to happen and I have another meeting in 1/2 hour.…
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Free the Internet
Read more: Free the InternetI’m in the airport, waiting for a flight to Denver. By the time you read this, of course, I’ll be in Denver. Because I can’t access the Internet in the air and I have to pay an outrageous amount for it in the airport. I used Google Gears to download my feeds, which is mostly…
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Teaching, Scholarship, Service on the Staff Side
Read more: Teaching, Scholarship, Service on the Staff SideOn Friday, I had the great pleasure of having lunch with Martha Burtis. It was a rare opportunity to talk to someone doing similar things and having similar challenges and dreams. I’ve been thinking about a lot of what we talked about. Yesterday as I was walking across campus, I was thinking about my favorite…
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Clean exploitation?
Read more: Clean exploitation?There’s a good discussion brewing at 11D and Megan McArdle about whether we middle and upper-class people should feel guilty about hiring help to clean our houses. We have a cleaning woman. We’ve had the same cleaning woman for 6 years. I suspect we’re her cheapest clients. The first time she came to our apartment,…
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Culture and Exercise
Read more: Culture and ExerciseFrom Thursday to Sunday, we were one busy family. On Thursday night, Mr. Geeky and I went to see Regina Spektor in concert. She was amazing. I only knew a few of her songs, so almost everything was new to me. What amazed me the most was that it was just her on stage. She…
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The TWiT guys are twits
Read more: The TWiT guys are twitsEven though I said a long time ago that I’d never listen again, I did it. You see, I like to keep up with “tech news” from the Silicon Valley. A lot of times, that information takes forever to penetrate into the ivory tower and I want to be ahead of the game. But I…
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Writing in public
Read more: Writing in publicWe bloggers like to think of ourselves as “public writers,” as doing our writing and our thinking out loud as it were. However, a lot of us do other kinds of writing that we may or may not want to be public. I posted my dissertation notes and drafts online because I was writing about…
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Falling Asleep, Waking up
Read more: Falling Asleep, Waking upThe Geeky family are not morning people. We do not leap out of bed when the alarm goes off ready to greet the day. I’ve had visions of being that person, but it never happens. Sadly, the world is stacked against us. School and work begin at ungodly early hours. Geeky Boy has an especially…
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Long week
Read more: Long weekI thought that this might be the week that things slowed down, but no such luck. Monday and Tuesday weren’t too bad in terms of meetings, but because I had no meetings, I actually sat down and got some real work done. I should list everything I did, but I don’t want to scare anyone.…
