Last night, the bloggies, aka the video group, aka a group of GC soc students (and one poli-sci interloper) who have been collaborating on mutating projects for the past year, got together at the home of our advisor for some drinks and some re-capping of our latest activities. The group started as a way of [...]
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Blogs, Bikes, Sledgehammers
07-Jul-08Tearing Down the House
03-Jul-08I am back in the blogosphere after another trip out of town, this one to Northampton to help the chosen fam out with their new home purchase. I spent a few days tearing out sub-flooring, which I have to say was amazingly therapeutic: I didn’t think about my dissertation or the job market even once. [...]
What I Ate For Dinner and Why
24-Jun-08Had a great, wonderful time with Emily tonight. I made us pork chops and kale, she brought us a special beverage. Dinner conversation topics included: reading The Order of Things; abandoning The Order of Things; professional conferences; alienating professional colleagues by criticizing gay marriage movements; sociology journal rankings versus library science journal rankings; her new [...]
Synesthesia, and Finishing School
06-Jun-08Sometimes when I can’t sleep, or am barely sleeping, I get a word or phrase running through my head over and over. The insomnia episode of a few nights ago featured just a few lyrics from an Alicia Keys song (“no one, no one, no one”) as I flipped uncomfortably around in bed. This morning, [...]