Saturday, June 30, 2012

On the day the iphone turned 5...

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... we decided to wait for the 5, which is apparently coming out in September. iKelvin was very disappointed, but when he heard about some...
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Friday, June 29, 2012

Soakin' up Super High Speeds with Fios

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We're visiting friends close to Philly and they have * real * high speed internet  while we're stuck with a ridiculous DLS connectio...
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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Connectedness: Imminent Change is coming to Casa in Translation!

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well, well, well I feel a lot of trepidation about this decision, but our lives are never going to be the same again, I'm sure, after ...
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Tuesday, June 26, 2012

March Madness 2013: 3 Consecutive Spring Breaks

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I haven't yet compared our three calendars in detail (mine, K's & the kids). I know that I start roughly at the same time as K, ...
Monday, June 25, 2012

And then the really old car...

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... went and died on us. The timing couldn't have been worse, but at least I'm traveling to Brazil in a week, so K will be able to m...
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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Quick Academic Question: Are Courses/Syllabi Intellectual Property?

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When I decided to leave my current adjunct position, I assumed that my GenEd class would be canceled, but the chair just told me they need t...
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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

We Arrived 16 Years Ago Today...

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... and it looks like we're here in the U.S. to stay, after all! We landed on the old Terminal 4 in JFK -- one that has been completel...

Mindless Entertainment...

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I just finished a two-day Downton Abbey marathon... I hope I can watch season 3 a little bit more leisurely! (sigh) Not bad for mindless e...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

The Very First One

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In Brazil, where I grew up, children of middle-class families generally don't start working until after they graduate from college, some...
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Perspective

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I wrote last night's post while still disappointed and angry about the chair's email -- which I read after a long day and a long dri...
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Indecision R Us

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You know, I'm just going crazy with my stupid "indecision" here and then I remembered!! I'm the QUEEN, the "Goddess...
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the lesser "evil"

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Thanks feMOMhist and Anastasia, for your feedback (and Spanish prof too) -- sorry for lack of links! I think that at this point it boils d...

answers (and no answers) to my questions... not a good vibe

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On Sunday night K & I literally spent hours drafting and carefully writing and email to the "other university's" departmen...
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Monday, June 11, 2012

why exactly should I do this?

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I'm sorry to keep bothering you with this possible new job stuff... blogging about it is good for me, not only because it helps me with ...
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WASPs and Academia

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remember I told you they had a failed search for the tt position? Well, I think that yesterday I found out who the person that they'd re...

Facing Fears... Home Alone! :(

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This who I am... a "realist" or... as some like to call it "pessimistic realist"... my husband can't stand this trai...
Sunday, June 10, 2012

Headache(s)

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I don't know if it's because I spent too much time in the sun this afternoon (my son had a birthday party at a pond -- I wore sungla...

Sticky...

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edited in 10/23/13 to remove links at the request of medical equipment vendor Allegro Medical (I hope I can mention them, this is no link!...
Friday, June 08, 2012

job offer: i'ts getting REALLY complicated, I'm almost anguished!

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So many emotions in one day and everything still very much up in the air. This is very unnerving. I wish I could just sit in peace after my ...
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20/15 Vision

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That means I see better than 20/20 (which is a weird way to describe vision for me to begin with. According to this , it's 20/20 because...