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Drama Mama: Everything's Under Control
I’ve just had two weeks of faculty orientation activities and I am so tired I can’t see straight. Between the...
For Enervated Scholars
Our friend Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin says there are three kinds of exhaustion: “Exhaustion caused by muscular fatigue, exhaustion caused by...
MOTHERHOOD AFTER TENURE: Parenting a department
Yesterday I met with the new chair of my department to tie up loose ends, hand over some paperwork, and...
The Safety School Shuffle
With classes starting any minute now – I can see the dorsal fin in the water – the folks in...
Inside information #3 - A detour about dark
When I think about information, I usually think about it at rest. Kind of like, when I think about water...
A New Dispatch About Going Wild, Productively
I have a new dispatch up at McSweeney's today, in which I prove myself to be the monster that so...
An Open Letter to Money Magazine
Dear Editors of Money, This one has been making the rounds on campus. The September issue of Money magazine features...
Inside information #2 - Secret sharing
OK, so it's not technically a secret. But, if your college or university is located in (or even somewhat near)...