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On crashing and burning in public
My previous post was perhaps not worse than a crime, but it was definitely a blunder. To go 0-for-2 in...
The Adjunct Comedy
Comedy, it’s been said, is made possible by incomplete understanding. If one fully understood another’s suffering, the story would turn...
Math Geek Mom: The Calculus of a Championship
My daughter came home the other day with words that made my Math Geek heart leap for joy. She told...
Insanely Proud of Both
Last night, after dinner, as The Wife, The Boy, The Girl, and I chat in the family room: TW: You...
How Connie can't count
I'll admit to being a little bit anal when it comes to math. I'm not sure "anal" is the right...
Motherhood After Tenure: Rethinking Teaching
During this sabbatical year I promised myself that I wouldn’t even *think* about teaching until the summer. After all, this...
Stopouts
In discussion with some colleagues from other colleges, I realized recently that different colleges handle 'stopouts' very differently. 'Stopouts' are...
Groceries and grasping
I was in a grocery store checkout line last week. The woman in line ahead of me had two children...