Misaligned expectations
Yesterday was my dissertation proposal review. As longer-time readers will know, I completed the proposal (which is essentially the intro, …
Category Archives: Whining
Academic publishing runs on its own schedule, Part 2
As if sitting on our article for years (literally – nearly 3 years, see my first post on this topic) …
Academic publishing runs on its own schedule
3 years ago my chair and I presented a paper at the premier conference in our field. We took the …
Struggling to keep moving forward: Whining and musings
When I was working half time and taking classes two classes at a time was no big deal. Now that …
To sleep, perchance to dream… Or not.
I went to bed at 11:30 last not. Not only was I up every hour, all night, I remember seeing …
It had to happen eventually….
“We received an unexpectedly high number of proposals, and we simply could not accommodate all of the people who submitted …
The best laid plans….
Fall apart in the face of a migraine. How was today supposed to go? Up between 8 and 9 Go …
Things that are making me cranky today….
There are a great number of things making me cranky today. Here’s a summary: Mitt Romney’s speech and the religious …
All good things….
… must come to an end. No, not this blog. My cushy part-time contracting job in my old career that …
The good, the bad and the ugly of 6:25am flights
I am sitting on the floor at the airport waiting for my boarding group to be called. This has made …
