Yesterday I was all wrapped up in how down in the dumps we sometimes get about the job market. Today, I think the universe must have heard me because lookee here: The Experts the Ebola Response May Need: Anthropologists One day, the job market looks like total crap. The next it looks like…well, there may […]
I’ll be over here, avoiding the interwebz
One article that’s been making the rounds this week – at least in my inbox and on my feed – is this one from Slate that attempts to demystify the academic job application process for non-academics. I had made myself a deal to stop reading anything about the job market. Because it’s all too familiar […]
introducing my high carb diet
My work just got infinitely better. There is a new French bistro. Adjacent. To. My. Building. I could go ahead and post my “before” picture here. The “after” will be 35 lbs heavier.
Shart week
Dawdler Toddler Preschooler: Mom, we learned DON’T touch sharps. They’re sharp! Me: Sharps? Dawdler Toddler Preschooler: No, wait. Not sharps. <thinking…> Sharts. Me: Sharts? Dawdler Toddler Preschooler: Yes, sharts. Swimming in the ocean. Sharts.
unfiltered thoughts: flying pigs
Me: “…when pigs fly.” My Better Half: “Can you imagine how big a pig’s wings would have to be for a pig to FLY?” “…And they’d be all bacony too. Mmmm. Giant bacony buffalo wings. I’d eat those.”