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Category: miscellania
Today, as I was driving around and flipping through the radio stations, I heard a song from late in my college days....on the classic rock station. (At least it wasn't the oldies station?) I've recently been friended on FB...
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Category: miscellania
Dear Circadian Rhythm and Brain, Cut it out, both of you. I don't know if this is your idea of a sick practical joke or what, Circadian Rhythm, but I really, really, really do not appreciate being jolted wide awake...
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Category: work-life balance
Sometimes, when I look at Toddler Jane*, my heart aches over how beautiful she is, inside and out. Nothing in the parenting books, nor the advice and stories from other parents, can prepare you for what that feels like....
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Category: miscellania
I've been tagged for the 5 things meme by GirlPostdoc! And heck, this is way more entertaining than the oodles of work I should be doing, so here goes......
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Category: miscellania
A week or so ago, I was telling Mr. Jane about a dream I had. In the dream, one of my colleagues had found my blog, but was totally cool with it---gushing over it, telling me I should "definitely include...
Posted by Jane at 9:34 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: miscellania
I saw this meme over at Adventures in Ethics and Science: The Vegetarian's Hundred, a veggie-flavored response to the recent Omnivore's Hundred meme. I'm going to play by Janet's rules, which are: [original] If you want to play along, here's...
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Category: miscellania
If you could sit down for lunch, or coffee, one-on-one, with a Very Very Big Name in your field (think Nobel Laureate or, for the CS crowd, Turing Award winner, or similar), what questions would you ask her/him? (Beyond specific...
Posted by Jane at 9:48 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: miscellania
You could have stayed in bed all day and gotten more accomplished than you actually did. You are a computer scientist---someone who works with computers for a living---and can't figure out how to program a seemingly simple thing on...
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Category: miscellania
It happens like clockwork: as spring approaches, I get hit with the uncontrollable urge to rearrange my office....
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