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Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an associate professor of philosophy at San Jose State University. Before becoming a philosopher, she earned a Ph.D. in physical chemistry. Email her at dr.freeride@gmail.com.

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Passing thoughts:

Unprovoked YouTubery.

Category: Passing thoughts

It's Friday, I'm still working on stuff that I was supposed to be done with by now, and the temperatures in the vicinity of Casa Free-Ride have climbed into the uncomfortable range that is more compatible with having a cold...

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In which Socratic parenting backfires.

Category: Kids and science

I've been busy in the three-dimensional world, where I am in the middle of committing an unnatural act for an academic: writing out every word of a lecture. (As weird as it is, it makes the video production of that...

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Necessity is the mother of longer text messages?

Category: Technical issues

Recently, I traded up from my nowhere-near-smart phone to a slightly more advanced (but still nearly obsolete) phone -- one maybe about a year newer (in terms of technological endowment) than the old one. Practically, what this means is that...

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If search strings were writing assignments ...

Category: Blogospheric science

From time to time I have a look at the search strings that have brought readers to this blog. Looking at some of the recent queries, I can't help but wonder what kind of blog this would be if these...

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The work-life balance minefield.

Category: Women and science

It's hard to speak of experiences making work-life balance decisions without someone feeling as if my "is" is intended to have the force of an "ought".

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Question for the hive mind: 5 AM is sneezy time?

Category: Personal

This is a blog post that I more or less composed in my mind early this morning when, at 5 AM, I awoke with a runny nose and started sneezing. Just like I have every morning at 5 AM for...

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Friday frivolity: what's that in my office?

Category: Academia

This week I had one of those rare moments between work projects to pause and take a look around. I mean that literally -- I actually took a look around in my office and noticed that I have accumulated some...

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Repent! The end (of the semester) is nigh!

Category: Academia

Yeah, still grading here. Yesterday I returned mass quantities of graded papers (with a free paperclip for every student!) and have another assignment to grade today ... just in time for two more assignments which come due tomorrow. And then,...

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An open letter

Category: Academia

... to the elder Free-Ride offspring's trumpet teacher. While I am generally accepting of your choices as far as the pieces you are having my child learn how to play, I have a small bone to pick with you this...

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A worrisome plan to make the earth move.

Category: Geology

It has come to my attention that a number of people are risking catastrophic seismic activity today by exposing n00bs. This so-called "n00bquake" frightens me, and not just because I live in earthquake country....

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