I have been waiting for my summer to begin. May was a nightmarish whirlwind of deadlines and heavy amounts of work and way too many obligations, that spilled over into June. (But on the bright side, I did get another...
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Posted on June 12, 2008 9:23 PM • 1 Comments •
The theme of this month's Scientiae carnival is "Added Weight: Taking up Space." This theme is very timely for me, since I've been thinking about this topic lately---a lot. And, readers of the old blog may remember that my "theme"...
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Posted on June 2, 2008 10:42 PM • 4 Comments •
Things I should be working on vs. things I've actually been working on this morning:...
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Posted on May 22, 2008 12:35 PM • 7 Comments •
In honor of Mother's Day, and in honor of the one-year anniversary of Baby Jane's appearance on Planet Earth, here, in no particular order, are the top five things I've learned from being a mom this past year. And, as...
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Posted on May 12, 2008 12:04 AM • 6 Comments •
It's been quiet around here lately, I realize. As you can tell from the last few posts, life has been busy and angsty and not a lot of fun lately. But a very large burden has been lifted (which I...
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Posted on April 22, 2008 10:04 PM • 6 Comments •
Not too long ago, I had lunch with one of my mentors, a senior woman in a different department who has been just an incredible resource and sounding board for me over the years. Meeting with this woman always makes...
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Posted on April 16, 2008 11:43 PM • 11 Comments •
Longtime readers of this blog are familiar with the struggles I've had to finish and submit journal articles. In particular, there are two such articles that I've been working on forever that I just couldn't seem to wrap up, for...
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Posted on March 20, 2008 1:03 AM • 4 Comments •