I'm in that place again.  Three nos.  Three yeses -two with full funding. One that has neither given me the wink, nor set me free.  Not that that last one really matters.  I didn't think that I'd feel all "been there done that" but, really, I sorta do.  And very very shortly it will no longer be the only known on my radar.  The two offers are ( Read more... )

The plumbers came at 7 this morning.  The water main is my bedroom.  Thus, no matter how much my post-thesis brain thinks it deserves sleep, I was up fairly early.  But, as all thing, it's been a mixed blessing: I'm a little yawny and I'll probably be tired tonight (since I had trouble getting to sleep last night) and I'm still in my housecoat and ( Read more... )

I love a good story.  I fall for boys who can captivate me with a good tale and I've likely driven you crazy with my penchant to make you wait for salient details when I relate an event to you.

And I'm an sucker for the untold story.  I like to hear what people think.  I crave the answers to the questions that others have forgotten to even ask.  ( Read more... )

Excerpts from an actual gChat conversation with Annalise tonight.  All italics have been added at the time of posting.  I provided a few cuts to keep your brains from exploding upon reading this.  That, and I'm not sure how cool she is with her conversations being posted verbatim.  But, really... I'm only incriminating myself with this post...  And ( Read more... )

People keep asking me where I want to go for my PhD. My current answer is that I really don't know. I just don't know ( Read more... )

This is certainly not going to be the first time you read about Wagner here. This fall, when I was working readings for my comprehensive exams and reading a lot of Wagner, I definitely had some blogging material, but they never materialized. I'll be working closely with some of those sources in the future, so I'm sure that there will be future ( Read more... )

So, the reason I'm looking for a name for a baby elephant.

See, I have this thesis that I'm beginning to toil away at. The other day (yes, the way I infamously usually mean 'the other day' to mean a time of variable distance in my past) I was chatting with someone about my thesis. He asked how long it takes. His response when I replied two years ( Read more... )

One good name for a baby elephant.

I'm serious. Make suggestions. No further explanation until I have ideas and have selected one.