Thursday, January 31, 2013

My writing looks beautiful in print! And... passion doesn't matter in academia.

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All right, let's get that gloomy pos t out of the top of the blog for now, shall we? added half way through post :  and let's repl...
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The Upside of Not Having a TT Job and MORE Angst! ;)

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I hope I didn't sound like an insufferable whiner in those previous posts. Of course there's very positive upside (for me at least...

Closing Tomorrow! 2.65% 15 Year Fixed!

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Wow, even I can't believe that our refinancing is finally going to happen! It was confirmed on Nov. 28 , but it is only taking place two...
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Losing Sleep

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I've been waking up on my own before 6:45 for the past two days (after going to sleep at my regular time of 1 am or later). Unfortunat...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

14/15/16

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That's what my class enrollments look like today as compared to 13/13/13 two weeks ago. More students joined my classes! The full enr...

I know I'm not a failure, but this (adjunct life) is hard

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Thank you, thank you, thank you, Brightstar(B*) for the really encouraging comment . I know I'm not a failure, in fact, with the exce...
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Monday, January 28, 2013

The Roller-Coaster is Back! :(

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Seriously... I was ready to continue to have a relatively stable, uneventful life, but I guess it's not meant to be. After the past si...
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My Student Lost a Friend in the Brazilian Nightclub Fire!

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When I heard of the horrific news of the deaths in the Santa Maria nightclub fire in Brazil I immediately thought of my student. She spent ...
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Pride & Prejudice's 200th Anniversary!

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Let's start with the fluff, shall we? I was so excited to find out this morning that today is the 200th anniversary of the publication...

Warning! heavy posting ahead

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I need to write at least three or four posts today, some very short, but I still want them to be individual posts. You've been forewar...
Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Classroom Teaching Etiquette Complaint

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New semester, new classroom, new annoyances... Why, I wonder every day I arrive in class to teach (in a newly renovated classroom, yay!), ...
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Friday, January 18, 2013

Out in the open

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Suspense's over. In the hallway this morning, almost late for class, search committee chair, on his way to a meeting, apologized for n...
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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Utter Joy & Angst

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I wish I were a better writer or that I at least had the time to craft beautiful & thoughtful blog posts, but this one will have to do. ...
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Monday, January 14, 2013

13/13/13 (Class enrollment)

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It looks like I'll have even more students, but this is what my enrollment looked like today, exactly 13 students in each class. (I had ...

Sorry for the Silence

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Everything is going well, I've just been very, very busy. And I had a lot of pent up stress because I had to start teaching today ...
Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Pending 2012 News!! - Updated Edition

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originally posted on 01/04/13, updated today.   I have to write a few posts (maybe two, maybe more) to share some exciting news that I wa...
Monday, January 07, 2013

Things That I Always Forget To Do (a post in progress)

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... this post will be "in progress" because I often forget which things I always forget to do. ha ha. I wish this could be funny. ...
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Sunday, January 06, 2013

Downton Abbey is back!

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And, of course... just because I'm a fan, we have an antenna now, but it won't catch PBS's signal! Thankfully a friend on ...

Recent Discovery: Kurt Elling

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During our trip we had the privilege of visi ting A, one of K's ma ny awe some and musically gi fte d secon d-cousins , and his family...
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Friday, January 04, 2013

It's a GIRL!!!! :-)

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On 12/19 our family received wonderful news (that those of you who are my friends on fb already know! ;) I am going to have a niece!!!  ...
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