A new faculty member faces his demons
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Shaking my Cane at Google, etc.
My institution, like most, has a set of random little jobs faculty should be doing. Open House days, committees, various events, various assessments (don’t ask)… they’re part of our job, we know they are part of our job, we know they’re … Continue reading
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We Have to Keep the Program Going, Right?
When I was in graduate school, we talked about professional ethics a lot. Would it be acceptable to take a job with a company that developed chemical warfare, that polluted, that destroyed the natural environment, that trashed communities? We veered … Continue reading
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Nobody’s Ally
I’m nobody’s ally. Colleagues have stickers on their doors proclaiming that they are allies of this and that, but all I post is a sign-up calendar and (in winter) a notice proclaiming it to be the coldest office on campus. It’s … Continue reading
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A Monster Calls (if only!)
My book club read A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness. I understand that this book has been made into a movie. Pro tip: if you want me to remain totally ignorant about something, just make it into a movie. Anyway, I … Continue reading
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Yes, I’m one of those people who ignore climate change articles
I read an article this morning about why people ignore climate change articles, no matter how horrific the predictions are. I’m a big-time climate change article ignorer, even though I’m not skeptical about its existence at all, so I thought I … Continue reading
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It’s Just Too Hard to Learn, I Guess
I have the nicest, most analytic and open-minded set of online friends possible, but there is one topic on which I can always start an argument with someone. All I have to do is post something against demonizing groups of … Continue reading
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Why I am not Burned Out on Writing
Kristine Kathryn Rusch has had a few writing posts about burnout lately. This one came at an odd time for me, because I have just had an ‘aha’ moment with the WIP which reminded me why I’m not burned out … Continue reading
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Seizing Defeat From the Jaws of Victory
Over last weekend, even the conservatives I follow online were becoming OK with taking down those Jim Crow-era confederate monuments. There was a little rumbling in the form of left-siders feeling a need to argue that no, those monuments were … Continue reading
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Forgiveness, really?
I can’t be the only person who sees stuff like this on their Facebook feed, but sometimes I think I’m the only person who is bugged by it. This is fake forgiveness. I mean, if someone said that to you, … Continue reading
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What Not To Do on Palm Sunday – and all the rest of the year, too.
I’m very easy-going about religion. I generally find religious stuff quaint and charming, even the stuff I’m actively involved in — and I am more actively involved in religion than almost any of my lay colleagues. I go to church every … Continue reading
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