Old People Say the Darndest Things

AKA, Somebody stop me before I unleash my pent-up fury on not just the MIL but my own parents as well.
All three of them are in the house.  In the livingroom. Right outside my door, the door behind which I’m supposed to finish at least another quarter of this fucking chapter before I send it [...]

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Forecasting “Infinite Summer”

So I mentioned below that I plan to embark on Infinite Summer in a few days.  I’m also planning to take Wizard along for the ride.  We’ve never “co-read” anything, partly because I read for work and partly because our tastes diverge quite a bit (oh, and partly because we’re not really the co-reading type, [...]

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Quick Cop-Out Post

Now that I’ve moved from high-level “baby’s gonna die” worry back to the normal low-level “hope baby comes out okay” worry, I’ve got to get some work done.  Namely, I’ve got to teach a real class tomorrow instead of doing my usual tutoring sort of gig.
I’m used to teaching. That’s all cool.  Problem is I’m [...]

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I hate my co-workers.

They are not technically “co-,” since I “manage” them.  Yet without the power to fire those I hate, what good is this title, anyway?
This fulfills my blogging requirement for the day.
ETA:

I ended up yelling at the despicably happy young people and not feeling bad about it.  Not even embarrassed, which is my usual M.O.
At least [...]

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What if I have to get a “real” job?

Being on the edge of maybe having a kid, and having, as I do, shit health insurance, it occurs to me that someday, maybe sooner than I think, I might have to get a “real” job.
And by “real,” I’m not at all saying that what I do right now isn’t work, or that it isn’t [...]

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I hate October and other updates.

Hi.
So if what I wrote below is true, and it might be, I’m going to try to undo my bad bloggery by posting every day. We’ll refrain from contemplating my likelihood of success until after I’ve failed.  Here, then, in handy list form, is what I’ve been up to in October (and before that):

I finished [...]

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Saturday A’Bed

In my “about me” section, I mention that I like to make “jacked-up stuffed animals in my spare time.” Today, instead of using my written-off day to catch up on emails, and work stuff, and dissertation stuff, I made a starfish. Like me, he wishes to maintain his anonymity, so you only get [...]

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Not unless you consider navigating England’s middle class marriage market “action.”

You mean the whole point is they’re trying to get married? There’s not going to be any…action…or anything?
–my father, after watching the first hour of Pride and Prejudice
So I was supposed to be out of town this weekend, but instead I’m stuck at home with a cold. Despite my best efforts and liberal [...]

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I’m a little behind

On…everything.  I’m behind on my proposal, my article submissions, prepping for my job.  And I don’t think I’m procrastinating.  I think I’m overestimating my potential.  I haven’t been able to cross anything off my list (except going to the dentist, which, let’s face it, took about an hour and little effort from me) in a [...]

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Recaps, Revamps

It’s almost August, people. For those of us in the academic world, this is the month of “I said I’d finish that before school starts?” and “when does school start?” and “it’s August already? are you kidding?” I’ve finally gotten to a point in my life where friends don’t assume I’m “on [...]

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