Meansomething flatters me by saying I get a lot done and I am truly honored and it helps to hear it, but let us now review what really happened on this day. Unlike meansomething, my department chair does not think I more than an average amount done and today is a good example of why … More Work-tracking today, #2
The role of this subcommittee is not to take over all functions of the larger committee. Also, if it does do that there will be no reason for the larger committee to exist. Axé.
I had a conversation last night with a friend from undergraduate days, who transferred from an Ivy League school to save money and had a hard time because the University of California was so much more demanding academically. He did not get into a strong M.S. program or any Ph.D. program. Him: How are you? … More The arrogant general public
Not to be deterred, I now have this program working in Windows. It is for novel writing, not academic writing, I can tell fairly well. What do you use it for? Shedding Khawatir uses it for all research but I am not yet sure how. What do you use beyond a word processor, file folders … More Scrivener
Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice; Nice, nice, very nice– So many different people In the same device. Axé.
“You cannot control what happens, but you can control your reaction to it.” I woke up this morning realizing that this was another of the ideologemes created to keep us from analyzing structures or thinking politically. You can develop strategies and learn what are now called “social skills,” and over time you can even change … More Further false truisms
There used to be a website on which I used to comment all the time. It was for escapees from Reeducation and it, along with comments from Jennifer who has also escaped from some cult-like atmospheres, is how I removed the gris-gris from myself. Now someone else from that site has very kindly sent me … More In fact, I am very intelligent.
I woke up this morning terrified of the students and faculty at Vichy State University, that is to say of many of them and the atmosphere they create, and how I let the poison get into my bones. I woke up thinking that people say that it is all in how you handle your reactions … More Mardi maigre
“I wonder if the academic world is unusual in the extent to which the things for which people go into the field cease to be the things they most have to do.” That is Professor Susan in the comments on this post, which is the best post of all the posts on this matter. Her … More Are academic jobs stressful?
I think every maladaptation I have is an attempt at managing anxiety. It is why I seem so calm — I was raised in the power of people who were delusionally anxious and it was important at all times to discern the actual state of things and remain calm, while also attempting to calm others. … More How Reeducation destroyed research and more
