Wow. I did not realize how long it's been since my last post. sorry. I've been super busy with job applications. So, if any of my readers still exist, here's something that's come up in the last few days that I have been pondering ( Read more... )

To Punish Thai Police, a Hello Kitty Armband

Published: August 7, 2007 BANGKOK, Aug. 7 - It is the pink armband of shame for wayward police officers, as cute as can be with a Hello Kitty face and a pair of linked hearts.



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No, this is not an interesting post about American military empire-building in the name of "freedom." Sorry. It is rather a very neurotic post about the academic job market. Yes, a snoozefest to most of you, but the cause of many sleepless nights and stomach aches for me lately. See, I am about to go on the job market. While tenured jobs in ( Read more... )

Look what I did!


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So those of you on the blogosphere have heard and shared several stories about the difficulties and special considerations surrounding doing research and teaching in the Gulf. I feel like as a researcher I self-censor way more than I would while in the states and that I am constantly looking over my shoulder. These paranoias are actually more self- ( Read more... )

So, a week from now I will be sitting in my cramped BA seat and drinking as many free bad cocktails as possible -- on my way to Dubai! It was such a wonderful and awful year living there last year, both at the same time. And I feel like I was such a different person there than I am at home (and have become such a different person for having had the ( Read more... )

So, all of you know I have been lamenting (ok, bitching) about having no research funding, no guaranteed job prospects, and $15K a year salary. But, this week my hubbs and I had a fantastic revelation. It costs like 100K to raise a kid to 18, and insanely more to pay for private liberal arts colleges that end up doing nothing but providing much ( Read more... )

So , I thought that I was adjusting to being in my thirties, There are a bunch of things to adjust to: sagging boobs (thank goodness not even enough that my husband notices), the need to buy eye cream and sunscreen, and the fact that losing even one pound takes 17 hours of cardio. Oh yeah, and the fact that I have no job and no real guarantee that ( Read more... )

Hi everyone! I just got back from a much needed vacation in the Dominican Republic. Much needed, but I didn't get the rest and relaxation I required. I got a sinus infection on the plane which turned into a chest cold and aggravated my asthma so I had breathing problems the whole week, then I got a sunburn on the first day (yes, me, the one who ( Read more... )

So, four minutes after the last post, but not before
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