Well, Mark and I were wrong on all counts. Little "Bud" was actually "Budina." Mariella Rose Goltz made her appearance into the world a little after Noon on Monday, August 27, 2012. She weighed 7 pounds and 1 ounce and was 18.9 inches long ( Read more... )

Wow! It's been a long time since I posted to LJ...More than 2 years. A LOT has changed in that time ( Read more... )

It's been a long year so far. I got married to the man of my dreams, lost a grandparent, and scored some major career victories. Boy, I'm tired ( Read more... )

In thinking about the upcoming new year, there's a lot going through my mind ( Read more... )

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I may complain about the amount that my post-doc pays, but I make about 30% more than my mother did at the point she retired. That being said, the life of an academic isn't always easy and the life of a Black academic can be "interesting" in the Chinese sense. It's not like we have the words "safe Negro" tattooed on our foreheads. At my old ( Read more... )

From "Zoom" (The Commodores ( Read more... )

In case there was any doubt left, I definitely hate my job. Don't get me wrong. I love my line of research and I love its potential. HOWEVER.....There are some seriously disturbed people working in close proximity to me. And, I think we all know how I feel about "crazy." As my grandma sometimes says, "You got to be careful around crazy. It's catchy

Dreams of life without the "publish or perish" mentality. Apparently I'm not alone. A recent survey of doctoral students basically found that a number of us are considering non-academic careers ( Read more... )

;) Nuf said.