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My Poor, Incurable, Itching Humors
“’Tis most true, [many have an incurable itch to write]…in this scribbling age,” Robert Burton wrote nearly 400 years before...
The One Way We Still Get to Hire...
is for grant-funded positions. But hiring for grant-funded positions is different than regular hiring. Grant-funded positions exist in a parallel...
One finger on Arrakis
When I was a lad, I read a piece in a magazine, a book, I don't remember where. It talked...
These items just in
Three recent events of which to take note. Each of them signals a step in the right direction, so be...
Math Geek Mom: Another Option
Last week was the anniversary of the legal hearing that made our daughter’s adoption official. And so, as much of...
Quote of the Day
From yesterday's New York Times article about the faculty at the New School passing a vote of no confidence in...
Creative Writing Job-Search Wiki
A friend has sent me the link for a wiki that might be of interest to anyone on the job...
Buying Low
Apparently, the proprietary colleges are in the midst of another of their periodic booms, swooping in and grabbing students just...