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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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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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:36 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 5:07 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:10 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:37 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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".
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 6:10 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:54 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 3:20 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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,...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 10:53 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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...
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 9:59 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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....
Posted by Janet D. Stemwedel at 11:50 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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