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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...
No More 'One and Dones'
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I men's basketball tournament resumes today. After the nets have been cut at the...
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...
The Mote in Thy Brother's Eye
A theme in budget reduction processes in some states is an enthusiasm for cannibalizing some institutions in the hopes of...
ABCs and PhDs: Coming back for a Ph.D.
Earlier this week I came across this old Time magazine article, which reminded me of an interesting character, Dr. Theo...