1) Here is a link to my new blog. It will, as promised, be a hybrid of personal and professional topics: http://iteratewildly.wordpress.com/

2) I love lists and this is a great one: http://transom.org/?p=24153

The Calvino project has been put on hold because (gasp) I'm way too busy to do a bunch of extra thinking and writing. Is that sad? Or is that good? I can't even tell anymore.

The postdoc project is really picking up steam. One of the things I promised myself and others I would do is start a blog specifically aimed towards the project and all that ( Read more... )

This has long been one of my favourite go-to books when it comes to inspiration. Whether the project is creative, academic, or simply the project of life, Italo Calvino never fails to shed simple, perfect light on the matter. Before my uncle John pointed me towards this text I knew Calvino for his masterful short stories and his innovative and ( Read more... )

After yet another hectic cross-country move here I am in Edmonton with my husband (?!) having taken up a postdoctoral fellowship at the U of A (!?). The past six weeks have been a complete bloody whirlwind and if I ever get it into my head to move again during the holidays please put me out of my self-inflicted misery. At least we're just still ( Read more... )

I have just over a month left in Halifax. I've been here for over six years. This astounds me ( Read more... )

It has been much too long since I last wrote. Five months, mon dieu. But what a five months it has been. And what a summer. People continue to amaze and befuddle me. I’ve seen the best and the worst and I’m making a real conscious effort to learn from them all. I can’t really catch up on everything that happened so I’ll do a quick round-up of the ( Read more... )

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I've been writing little bits about the author whose chapter I'm in the process of editing for the dissertation. Here are the first three ( Read more... )

Ah dear blog. Ah dear blog I have been remiss ( Read more... )

One of many very special moments from the Tim and Eric Chrimbus special followed by a very, very special dubstep remix from The Room

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