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NaBloPoMo: On speaking your mind
About four years ago, when we'd lived in Gainesville only a few months, I made an appointment with a... erm... lady doctor for a checkup. Since I was a new patient, she had a number of basic questions for me, starting with occupation. When I told her I ... 		Nov 16, 2008
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NaBloPoMo: Civic Duty
About a month ago I opened the mailbox and groaned inwardly: I'd received a jury summons instructing me to show up, well, today. In theory, I'm all about the Civic Duty. In theory, I think it's one of the greatest responsibilities of living in this ... 		Nov 10, 2008
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NaBloPoMo: AM EMOTIONAL
Walking into the grocery store last night, I caught a whiff of my mom's perfume. It's an unusual perfume, by which I mean that it's not a fragrance many women wear, so it's something I come into contact with only around my mom. Anyway, I just about lost ... 		Nov 4, 2008
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Ex-Boyfriend Land
There's an episode of Sex and the City in which the ladies are sitting around discussing ex-boyfriends: the aftermath. Carrie is of the opinion that it's possible to remain friendly with an ex after a breakup. Miranda, though, is not as convinced. ... 		Oct 29, 2008
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In which my job hunt runs smack into my paranoia
So, yeah, looking for a job. As well you know. As well everyone knows, if they've come into contact with me lately. I pretty much check for new jobs every day, and I add any to my list if they're a good fit (ie, in my area of expertise, somewhere in the ... 		Oct 15, 2008
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It's all a matter of perception
So apparently I forgot to set my alarm last night. (You already know how this is going to end, don't you?) I woke up this morning feeling refreshed and, frankly, wondering how that was possible, since I'd gotten only a handful of hours' sleep. Thinking ... 		Oct 9, 2008
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Childhood misconceptions
Lots going on here, and not a lot of time to post, so I'll leave you with this brief reminiscence: When I was little, I thought that working for a non-profit meant that you wouldn't get a paycheck. I had this idea that it would be great to work for a ... 		Oct 7, 2008
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Whac-A-Mole
Do you ever feel like your life has turned into one giant game of Whac-A-Mole? That you're dealing with a hundred things at once, standing on tiptoe and wielding your rubber mallet, trying to stay on top of everything? Except, not only are you not able to ... 		Oct 2, 2008
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Clothing clarification
Uh, yeah, so when I talked about how the new clothes I'd bought wound up being see-through, I should have explained a bit more. No, they're not from Frederick's of Hollywood (dude, are they still in existence?) and no, they're not from Forever 21. They're ... 		Sep 24, 2008
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Why is everything SEE-THROUGH?
Recently, I bit the bullet and bought myself some new shirts. Nothing fancy, just a few things for teaching and a few things for, well, the other 95% of my life. What I noticed when these New Clothes arrived was nothing short of astonishing. They are all ... 		Sep 23, 2008
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A job is a job
So, uh, I'm on the job market this year and, as I've mentioned, the market is tight. Tighter than... well, no cliches come to mind at the moment (at least none that I can publish in good conscience on this blog), so we'll just say that it's tight. And all ... 		Sep 22, 2008
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Easy as pie
When I was little, I would come home from school.... wait, that's a different story. I get lots of mileage out of it, clearly. But seriously, folks. When I was little, we didn't have birthday cakes for our birthdays. We had birthday pies. I don't know how ... 		Sep 18, 2008
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Brilliant inventions
I had this brilliant invention when I was little. It was nothing short of genius, I tell you. It was a bed, right? But no ordinary bed, no sir. This was a bed that was at least twice as tall as your average box spring and mattress. It had a small door on ... 		Sep 17, 2008
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When I am an old woman, I shall wear RED
When I was little, my mom would make me bread and butter and jam when I came home from school. Wait, what? You've already heard that one? Oh, lordy. Okay, how about this one: When I was in junior high, I announced that I couldn't wear red because I did ... 		Sep 15, 2008
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"We are not at home!!!"
I don't know what you all did this weekend, but we had the most fabulously awesome weekend here at Sally Central. Wait, what? You hadn't heard? My soul-sister Sally flew in on Friday evening and from the time we picked her up at the airport to the time we ... 		Sep 8, 2008
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Shattered childhood memories
"This little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home, this little piggy had roast beef, this little piggy had none. And this little piggy went 'wee wee wee' all the way home." Remember that nursery rhyme? I certainly do. It's one of my ... 		Sep 4, 2008
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Smartypants
I think there's a part of my brain that just likes to mess with the rest of me. That part of my brain routinely whispers the question, "Are you wearing pants?" Really, you'd laugh at how often this happens to me. Just today, I was walking into a meeting ... 		Aug 28, 2008
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Wheel of fire
I realized last night that a dissertation is a lot like the One Ring, the ring of power from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Bear with me for a minute. At the beginning of the trilogy, the ring of power hasn't quite taken a hold of Frodo yet. He's near it ... 		Aug 27, 2008
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Back to school edition
It's always strange to start another new school year. The summer never seems long enough (am still investigating what happened to June and July), and the first day of classes never fails to sneak up on me. Last week I noticed more BMWs, Jaguars, and ... 		Aug 25, 2008
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The Games of the 29th Olympiad...
... are slowly killing us. It's true. We stay up late every night watching the little gymnasts do their thing, or Michael Phelps winning another gold, or the sprinters running faster than anyone's run before. (And can I just say how ironic it is to be ... 		Aug 19, 2008

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