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Misaligned expectations

November 10, 2010

Yesterday was my dissertation proposal review.  As longer-time readers will know, I completed the proposal (which is essentially the intro, …

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Academic publishing runs on its own schedule, Part 2

July 19, 2010

As if sitting on our article for years (literally – nearly 3 years, see my first post on this topic) …

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Academic publishing runs on its own schedule

July 4, 2010

3 years ago my chair and I presented a paper at the premier conference in our field.  We took the …

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Struggling to keep moving forward: Whining and musings

September 8, 2008

When I was working half time and taking classes two classes at a time was no big deal.  Now that …

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To sleep, perchance to dream… Or not.

January 28, 2008

I went to bed at 11:30 last not.  Not only was I up every hour, all night, I remember seeing …

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It had to happen eventually….

January 15, 2008

“We received an unexpectedly high number of proposals, and we simply could not accommodate all of the people who submitted …

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The best laid plans….

January 13, 2008

Fall apart in the face of a migraine. How was today supposed to go? Up between 8 and 9 Go …

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Things that are making me cranky today….

December 7, 2007

There are a great number of things making me cranky today.  Here’s a summary: Mitt Romney’s speech and the religious …

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All good things….

November 13, 2007

… must come to an end.  No, not this blog.  My cushy part-time contracting job in my old career that …

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The good, the bad and the ugly of 6:25am flights

October 25, 2007

I am sitting on the floor at the airport waiting for my boarding group to be called.  This has made …

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