I have solved my manuscript problem and the solution is very powerful. I am brilliant. This is why people fear me — I can get things done. I have also gotten someone into graduate school this week, fully funded, no mean feat from here, so I am jumping, running, winning. I have remembered another technique … More Machiavellian
I want to apply for an NEH Summer Stipend for 2014. I can argue that my project fits into their Bridging Cultures program, and all. It has a funding ratio of 8% and that is from among people who are actually allowed to apply, after applying to apply. Our university can nominate two people. In the … More This is the sort of thing
I I am walking the floor over this issue and I realize I have done it before … long ago, after the first time I had ever spoken up in a faculty meeting. It is the same, nothing ever changes. It was in a small apartment in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, of this man I was seeing. … More Walking the floor / Tennessee border
Epigraph: message from random faculty member in another college, re my final report to the committee I quit: “Thank you for your time and effort. I know it was not an easy task but you did it with such grace and professionalism, when many would not have.” Now I have to practice what I will … More Et nunc
I always did like that guy. I know you are surprised, he is a Republican. But I, unlike many, am a professional, objective person, a coldhearted scientist even, and Drezner is a good academic. Now, he says: …your dissertation will follow you the rest of your life. Don’t think you can just grind one out … More Thank you, Daniel Drezner
I have never paid enough attention to ‘pataphysics and it had somehow escaped my notice that it was continuing. It is, and Mt. Holyoke has a collection of its publications. Axé.
…and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Our search committee has decided these are the qualities the person needs: “Terminal” degree and record of achievement in teaching, research and service that merits appointment as a tenured professor [here]; Successful career path that demonstrates progressively responsible administrative leadership experience in a vibrant academic setting; Collaborative, transparent, strategic management … More Qualifications for a Provost…
1/ The summer writing group has started but I am not starting summer until Thursday. That means I must finish spring on Wednesday. I had hoped to finish it today but that may not be entirely possible. 2/ By Thursday I must also decide about the June LSAT. My student and I were going to … More La semaine — and the LSAT
I know, I am obsessed, I want this to crystallize just enough and I want to send it somewhere. I have not fully figured out where to send it, so I keep fiddling with it. I want it out. Since I resigned from that committee I have become acutely aware of all the shock and … More Meilleur encore
Considering various comments on drafts, material has been added and also cut from this text. The title has been changed to embrace broader issues, and changed back. I am tired of working on it now and I notice that additional material I am not sure it is useful or wise to publish it in the … More In which I have to stop working on this
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