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Jane is an assistant professor in a computing field, and a new mother. Join her as she navigates the tenure track, deals with gender issues, figures out how to be a parent, and tries to have some semblance of a life.
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Rather than responding to all of the comments on my last post (and thanks once again---really, you all have done so much to help put me in a better mental state than I've been in in a while!), I thought...
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Posted on July 3, 2008 10:15 PM • 7 Comments •
You may have noticed that there's been some "radio silence" around here, as they say, lately. Never fear, I'm still here, and I'm....coping. Sort of. Executive summary: I haven't been myself lately, and it's really, really starting to take a...
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Posted on June 27, 2008 12:15 PM • 28 Comments •
In the spirit of this year's theme, "Fearless", I have signed up to run a race that's a bit longer distance than I'm normally comfortable running. Not significantly longer, but longer. At the time I signed up for it, it...
Posted on June 15, 2008 11:29 PM • 3 Comments •
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 •
I just saw this meme at ScienceMama's, which I believe originated at Sciencewomen. Yeah, so I'm late to the party on this one, but what the hell, it's late and I'm too wired to sleep, so here goes:...
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Posted on May 27, 2008 1:58 AM • 5 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 •
Do you ever play the game in which you fantasize about what you would do, career-wise, if you couldn't do what you're currently doing? I do, particularly when I'm having an especially bad week or when someone is droning on...
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Posted on April 30, 2008 11:27 PM • 23 Comments •
A numerical synopsis of my weekend:...
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Posted on April 28, 2008 12:34 AM • 3 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 •