3 paper jams, and 2 paper cuts. But I love my Mother, so I carried on with printing on the back side of scrap paper despite such obstacles. But more importantly, after clearing the second jam, as printing resumed, I thought to myself: Did somebody let a horse into the computer hub? Or did someone [...]
Monthly Archives: August 2008
Not Proud
26-Aug-08I just did a quick read-through of this blog so far, and there are three mentions of hot dogs! I had no idea. I need to go to the farmer’s market and get some vegetables, stat. You would be able to do a search for “hot dogs” if this theme had a search bar, but [...]
At Home He’s a Tourist, 5
25-Aug-08Detoured on my bike ride home, went along the westside path and flopped down on the lawn at the Christopher Street Piers for a little time in the sun/away from the computer. Then, biked across town and treated myself to a dinner of gourmet hot dogs and roasted brussell sprouts, because that is the sort [...]
At Home He’s a Tourist, 4
16-Aug-08After an early morning of good (enough) work at a coffeeshop, wandered home to retrieve my bike and join the masses biking, running, and rollerblading up Lafayette into 4th Avenue into Park Avenue, which were closed to car traffic for some eco-green craze-Street adventure something. By the time I got back outside, it was over, [...]
Recuperating
08-Aug-08I think I am finally back in working order post-ASA. Phewf, that conference really took it out of me–that’s alotta days to be on all the time. Nonetheless, I have to say, overall, a good sociological time was had by all. I think I got everything out of this conference you should–meeting new people, reconnecting [...]
ASA Dress Codes
03-Aug-08Members of the undergraduate honors program: Business skirts, high heels, oxfords, pants, suit jackets, ties, button-downs, brief-cases. Grad students doing employment service: Pants, skirts, ties, shirts, sports coats, suits, khakis. First & second year grad students: T-shirts with slogans, sneakers, hoodies, no deodorant. Just graduated assistant profs: Cute going-out outfits. Assistant profs: Shirts, no ties, [...]
Best Quotes of ASA
02-Aug-08At the political sociology session on political science, after acknowledging that he was basing his claim in an anecdote, Peter Evans: But remember, the plural of “anecdote” is “data.”
Report from the Hynes Trenches
01-Aug-08I’m in Boston, at ASA. Arrived yesterday. The rough start to my ASA adventure included: waking up yesterday with a nauseating migraine; a bus driver who got lost leaving NYC and entering Boston, making us late and unable to attend the panel we were arriving for; a panic that I might puke on the bus; [...]