Personal:
I have at least six things I really want to write blog posts about at the moment, but the day job is a harsh mistress. So instead of a content-laden post, you get a list so you can play along...
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Posted on May 8, 2008 10:28 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
More than a month ago William the Coroner tagged me. It is not just that I am slow; this meme is challenging! Not mush, methodology....
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Posted on May 6, 2008 11:13 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Captivated by the colors I saw, I took this picture today. Any guesses as to what it is?...
Posted on May 3, 2008 9:14 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
As we're listening to Weekend Edition, the younger Free-Ride offspring asks, "Why don't they ever have weekend subtraction?" (I think it was the elder Free-Ride offspring, years ago, who asked why Morning Edition had puppet words. It took us a...
Posted on April 26, 2008 11:09 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Do you ever get to the point where if you haven't checked your syllabus within the last few hours, you have no confidence that you actually know what day it is? Or is it just me?...
Posted on April 24, 2008 2:01 PM • 14 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Another Earth Day rolls around, and I still have major qualms about the typical American approach to it (which seems to boil down to "Consumer choices will save the world!"). Possibly, viewing ourselves and each other primarily as consumers explains...
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Posted on April 22, 2008 12:33 PM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
ScienceWoman has a great post on balancing responsibilities in a new tenure track job, with an eye to publishing papers and setting up a robust and productive research program. It's a must-read, especially for those who are lucky enough to...
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Posted on April 19, 2008 9:30 PM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Dr. Free-Ride: You know I
only work on Fridays, right?
Janet D. Stemwedel: Get your pseudonymous butt in gear and help me have a proper dialogue!
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Posted on April 17, 2008 3:21 PM • 37 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Actually, a few of them. Since we sent our tax return off already, the answers to the questions probably doesn't have much practical import, but here they are: Y'all know that I get paid a (pretty modest) amount for blogging....
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Posted on April 16, 2008 12:04 AM • 11 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
You may already have seen this at Absinthe or Zuska's -- if so, consider this post a friendly nudge to move beyond your good intentions toward action. Kay Weber, who is pursuing a lawsuit against Fermilab for (the details of...
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Posted on April 7, 2008 2:19 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Some screechy monkey or other tagged me on the song chart meme. The idea seems to be to come up with a visual/graphical representation of a song or some lyrical subset of it. In other words, you can get your...
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Posted on April 5, 2008 4:50 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
It's time to unplug from the ScienceBorg....
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Posted on April 1, 2008 12:46 AM • 46 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Well, light can still escape the gravitational pull of my world, but it does feel like it's getting noticeably smaller. Three recent data points:...
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Posted on March 20, 2008 9:35 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Since March is Women's History Month, I thought it might be appropriate to recognize some women who were a part of my history -- namely, the women who taught me chemistry and physics. (This shouldn't be interpreted as a slight...
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Posted on March 20, 2008 4:10 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Following up on an earlier post, I wanted to say a little about the Synopsis Championship that took place last week. It's sort of a judge's-eye view of the fair -- from a very enthusiastic and impressed judge....
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Posted on March 17, 2008 8:27 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The experiences of a white woman in science are no more universalizable than those of a white man.
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Posted on March 11, 2008 6:57 PM • 12 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Janet D. Stemwedel (whose nom de blog is Dr. Free-Ride) is an assistant 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.
