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Better living through modern chemistry

Posted in *sigh*, chaosgirl, dissertation, family, send more chocolate, yarny stuff on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In case you all hadn’t noticed I’ve not posted here in a while.  There still isn’t anything really fun and interesting to post about. For those of you keeping score:
Dad
Hospice brought out a hospital bed last week as he is now too weak to move around much even with the walker. Yesterday he got a [...]

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I’m not dead yet

Posted in dissertation, family, recipes on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I know it’s been pretty quiet around here lately.  Mom fractured her back a couple of weeks ago and I’ve been back and forth there some.  Dad’s going downhill pretty fast now and with Mom not able to do much they need more regular help.
Also, everything on hook or needles is a gift and therefore [...]

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another reason to do qualitative research

Posted in dissertation on December 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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this is my brain on dissertation

Posted in dissertation on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Heed the warning – don’t let this happen to you or one you love!

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Getting back in gear

Posted in dissertation on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve not been getting a lot of writing done on the diss lately.  Okay, not any writing done lately.  Thanks to the wonders of modern pharmaceuticals I’m sleeping and concentrating better and really need to get back in writing mode.
Part of the problem is the first couple of chapters rehash old stuff that I’m bored [...]

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Random Bullets of Blocking

Posted in dissertation on June 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »

I’m blocking myself. I know I’m doing it. I even know why I’m doing. I just don’t know how to make myself stop. I’m going to try to write through some of it here so please bear with me. It doesn’t help that this is my horoscope today.
I’m blocking myself from moving [...]

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Noooooooooo!

Posted in cats, dissertation on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

more cat pictures
I can haz back up? Plz!

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A good meeting

Posted in dissertation on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I had a good meeting with my chair yesterday.  I laid out the situation and what I was proposing to do and she was cool with it.  She wants to schedule a defense of my proposal in September and gave me the green light to do my IRB forms and start interviewing yet this summer.  [...]

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The final push

Posted in dissertation on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

It is officially summer. Commencement is over. Spring grades are posted. Summer classes have begun.
I’m only teaching one class this summer and it’s only for 8 weeks.
I have no. excuse. to not finish my proposal this summer.  I have a rough outline of the first three chapters and am slowly filling it in.
Generally the research [...]

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Keeping it together

Posted in dissertation, techno stuff, writing on April 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Warning: Tech/Student/Academic geek post ahead. Fiber folks may want to take a pass.
I had taken a stab at David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) system a few years ago. I did the big brain dump, the file purge, the whole nine yards. Then I drifted. The system went by the wayside and [...]

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