November 30, 2008
Category: publish or perish
The month of November has but 11 hours left, and with it, I bid farewell to InaDWriMo, the month in which I (and many other brave souls) pledged to make significant progress in our academic writing. I set before myself...
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Posted by ScienceWoman at 12:33 PM • 4 Comments •
November 27, 2008
Category: ScienceWoman says...
It's nice that Thanksgiving is here, and not just because I need a wee break from teaching. It's also a very good reminder to me to look beyond the challenges and annoyances that seem to appear daily, and see instead...
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Posted by ScienceWoman at 6:48 AM • 7 Comments •
November 26, 2008
Category: in the field
Well, my data collecting trip could have gone better. Besides the 2" of snow, and the fact one participant had to bow out (hopefully to be rescheduled soon), I discovered that one of my participants was not actually at the...
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Posted by Alice at 12:06 PM • 4 Comments •
November 23, 2008
Category: in the field
I'm back at the ranch of the Aged Parents, and preparing to COLLECT REAL DATA tomorrow. It may be that it is supposed to snow 1.5" tomorrow and I have to drive 4 hours, it may be that one of...
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Posted by Alice at 7:31 PM • 1 Comments •
November 22, 2008
Category: ScienceWoman says...
Having worked on my writing every day for the first two weeks of November, I concluded last week feeling rather optimistic about InaDWriMo's success in getting me to increase my productivity. But I was also very tired. And in order...
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Posted by ScienceWoman at 4:13 PM • 15 Comments •
November 20, 2008
Category: -ology
Mountain streams erode but isostatic uplift keeps relief the same A humble contribution to the geological haiku meme, originated by survat, with a listing of contributions by Chris R....
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Posted by ScienceWoman at 8:09 AM • 3 Comments •
November 19, 2008
Category: Scientiae
Jumping into the breech, Isis has called for posts on, "My Science is Hotter than Dr. Isis's Naughty Monkeys Because..." by midnight on December 1. So get your posts in to Isis for what I'm sure will be an excellent...
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Posted by Alice at 11:37 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: publish or perish
Since my public confession, I kind of have gotten my writing groove on. I think I'm ready to turn revision-paper #1 around (at least, send it to my mom to see what she thinks), and I've made progress on the...
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Posted by Alice at 10:58 AM • 2 Comments •
November 17, 2008
Category: ScienceWoman says...
Isis tagged me for the five things meme that's making the rounds (again, actually, I know I've done this one at least once before.) But this time I borrowed Abel's idea and added a cool graphic that I got...
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Posted by ScienceWoman at 12:36 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: publish or perish
As Science Woman has noted, we're moving into week 3 for InaDWriMo and my progress has been lamentable at best. I found no word count thingies, I am way behind on my gender dissertation paper, and I'm avoiding the resubmit...
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Posted by Alice at 8:56 AM • 0 Comments •