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You know you're a grad student when...
You read an article that states that 1 out of 5 undergrads are seriously stressed out... and are jealous because that means that 4 out of five of them aren't... and 5 out of 5 graduate students are...
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Life is random
So I'm on the train, unraveling my scarf, standing in the walkway, when a woman very politely asks me to move so she can get by. Sure, I say, and without looking up, step into the area in front of my own seat. I'm at one of the odd-facing seats, and when she gets to her seat, she turns around and also starts unraveling her own scarf. We both ( Read more... ) -
Oh happy day!
On a day where I deposited my paycheck, prayed that it clears through by tomorrow, sent off my payment to Oxford, prayed they don't immediately deposit the check, got an alert from Chase that my credit card payment is due in five days, and got yet again harassed that I have yet to pay my Bursar bill ( Read more... ) -
Things that make you go hmmm
So I was reading this article on newsweek.com (via msnbc.com, my preferred online newssource since CNN did away with their "education" section), and it made mention of Project Implicit, which seeks to show that people have implicit associations with negative imagery and certain types of people, and the subtle (like milisecond) differences in basic ( Read more... ) -
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Some reactions upon receipt of today's mail
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So I haven't counted out the Skeller Tip Hog in a couple of months, and it was well overdue. I couldn't even really get a dime in there without shaking it a bit. I decided that counting it out would be my evening activity. I needed to zone out and not think and do something productive that needed to get done before the semester really got going ( Read more... ) -
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This is my semesterly call for my teaching filter. If you want to be on it, comment below. If you soon also see a post about teaching at Purchase, you're already on it.
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I'm sitting in my class on Health, Media and Technology, where we spend all day critically analyzing new media in particular how it relates to health.
So we break to work on our digital video presentations, and I'm stuck because I've basically worked out the visuals but stupid iMovie and Mac's hatred of Windows platforms means I can't import the ( Read more... ) -
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Romney took Nevada. Ron Paul beat John McCain. Mike Huckabee really ougtta be Mike Huckawon'tbepresident. Romney took Nevada by a landslide, mind you. Gotta cherish the Mormon vote ( Read more... )