March 2016 – Page 3 – coldhearted scientist وداد

The University Is Not A Business

06/03/2016

Axé.

Do you understand the election?

06/03/2016

I do not, that is to say, I do not understand the attitudes of the voters. Most younger people I know do not vote. This includes people even up into their forties, except those who have a Ph.D., and M.D. or a J.D. (yes, that much education). They say it is because “the government is … More Do you understand the election?

Publicity

06/03/2016

♦ I must renew library books! ♦ I must create publicity. Press release, to University media people. Radio station 1. Radio station 2. Facebook event. Website. Electronic mailing lists. Flyer, but post it, do not e-mail it. Departmental mailing list. ♦ 9. I must also create a social calendar. It is because of the need … More Publicity

The likeability factor

06/03/2016

This explains a great deal but I would add from my experience that if you are a kind person, yet competent, you are actually LESS LIKEABLE than if you are incompetent and/or ditzy, yet authoritarian and/or a jerk. Part of the explanation is that one gets a pass on those negative characteristics or behaviors if … More The likeability factor

Mais dis donc

05/03/2016

Had I realized the CSA was meeting in Haiti, I would have arranged to be part of that adventure. I am tempted to write the director and ask if I can join late. Even though I am not funded for it, and even though part of it overlaps with something else I am committed to, … More Mais dis donc

Inblogable

04/03/2016

…pero blogueo sin embargo. I want to say that I resent being treated like a fractious employee over a project I am undertaking after hours, out of good will, for the sake of the department’s image. When I give my best estimate of the total time needed to finish by the deadline, and of how … More Inblogable

Tous les temps en temps

04/03/2016

This is the song, and you should listen to it, tu le ton son ton. Tiempo tiempo. Everyone wants more time time time, all the ton son ton, and thinks that if they could only manage their time time time, everything would be done in Time. Every task I did today seemed burdensome and difficult … More Tous les temps en temps