Of course the day I wear a short, flippy skirt and two inch heels to work in the office is the day they want me to crawl around on the copy room floor unpacking paper boxes and sorting files in preparation for a re-accreditation visit.  Good thing that door locks ( Read more... )

I have a VERY IMPORTANT question ( Read more... )

Also, I just applied for a job in Kalamazoo, MI.

This is my first grown-up job application ever - whee!

I am starting to wonder if taking the Ph.D. qualifying exams this spring is a wise choice. I have tried to talk it through with a couple of people, since I am interested in other perspectives, but it is hard for my audience to keep straight when presented verbally.

So, here are the options:

A) Take the 12 hours of written exams the first week of ( Read more... )

Be warned: this is tirade-ish.

I have this naive little illusion that life should be fair.  It isn't.  I know it isn't. I know it wont be.  And I am working on my outrage over that.  In approximately 17 million years, it may even stop pissing me off.

In between now and the next geologic age, I am getting awfully tired of being less important than ( Read more... )

I have always said that babies are like aliens.  I like infants - a lot - but really, they remind me of aliens.  I wrote this to share my logic with a friend, and thought I would post it here as well ( Read more... )

I am now that instructor - you know, the one that returns student papers covered in illegible notes and sticky food spots. I just dropped a spoonful of ice-cream smack into Ang's essay. Thank goodness it was vanilla - at least it isnt a colored mark ( Read more... )