Category: Micro
- March 6, 2019 One of the things I like most about a manuscript I’m currently working on is the chance to visit literature from a few fields that are adjacent to where I usually cite from.
- March 5, 2019 Public library holds and academic library holds are two of my favorite things.
- March 4, 2019 Dans une semaine, je serai à Québec, et j’ai trop hâte.
- March 4, 2019 Have not made as much writing progress today as I’d like, but today’s progress has validated both my use of a structured folder system as a “reference manager” AND my decision to memorize the keyboard shortcut for French guillemets.
- March 4, 2019 This week, I will be putting my nose to the grindstone to meet the deadline for submitting an article to a special issue whose editors have repeatedly blown past their own deadlines. 🙄
- March 2, 2019 Thanks to latitudinal differences, my spring break trip to Québec is happening while there is still snow there but after winter boots have gone on clearance here.
- February 28, 2019 I recently had students modify a “life simulation” as an exercise in examining the values embedded in games, and their collective rage that choosing to read a book increases the “loneliness” score is so satisfying.
- February 27, 2019 I spent most of my morning preparing to give a methods workshop that only one person showed up to... and yet, it went much better than the only other time I’ve given a methods workshop.
- February 25, 2019 My toddler just suggested cleaning something around the house so we could put off something she knew she had to do but didn’t want to. Looks like she’s developing valuable skills for grad school.
- February 25, 2019 Emailed my Kentucky General Assembly representative this morning to express concern about a bill and got a personal answer back by afternoon. Way better than responses I get from US House/Senate.
- February 25, 2019 I’m currently phasing in a new “professional picture,” and every time I look closely, I see the compression shirt I had on under my dress shirt because it was freezing outside during the shoot.
- February 22, 2019 Tfw you and a co-author disagree on a question of punctuation, so you text your editor sister for backup.
- February 22, 2019 Today’s writing is powered by The Doubleclicks, based on an endorsement by @macgenie Hard to believe it took me this long to start listening to them!
- February 21, 2019 A bug in my macOS mail client has just told me that after years of trying, I have finally reached the elusive “Inbox Negative One.”
- February 21, 2019 Hard to beat coming into the office with a post-bike commute endorphin rush. Doesn’t happen every morning, but it’s always welcome when it does.
- February 19, 2019 Funniest thing I’ve read all day is a tweet in the data I’m working with that proposes a Warcraft version of the French baccalauréat exam.
- February 18, 2019 Approximately 6 months after receiving my work laptop, I have finally collected all of the peripherals I need to use my work laptop at work. Until now, I’ve been using personal computer at work and work computer at home.
- February 16, 2019 I love that I do the kind of research where I have to define terms like “hashtag” and “meme,” but I hate trying to figure out how much of a 1,000-word conference proposal to dedicate to those definitions.
- February 16, 2019 Sure I scheduled a research Skype meeting for Saturday morning, but I attended in my pajamas, so that still counts as work/life balance, right? 😂😭
- February 15, 2019 I’m convinced that the hardest part of any research collaboration is figuring out what software everyone uses.