For those of you following this:
Junior no longer has vision problems. Apparently all 2 year-olds are farsighted and their vision fluctuates a lot during the third year — if a doc tells you your kid needs glasses, just make ‘em a second opinion appointment (which will take roughly 3 months, especially if you actually get two [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Insert expletive here…
Posted in adventures with child, sociology on June 29, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Things I learned today…
Posted in research, undergrads, work/family on June 27, 2008 | 4 Comments »
When you shell out the money to buy STATA SE so that you can have as many as 32,000 variables, you also have to have a supercomputer for this to work. In practice, you will increase your variable limit from about 2200 to about 5300.
After 10 years of marriage, both of you will forget that [...]
Las Vegas Debriefing
Posted in on the tenure track, pop culture, research, sociology, travel on June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After a week off from blogging, I have nothing of consequence to say (not that I ever did, but I used to hide it better). Other bloggers are in Paris, NYC, Malawi, to name a few. NSP chose to go to Vegas on my off week — this will be no surprise to those who [...]
I HATE grading…
Posted in teaching on June 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
not because the papers are poorly-written and not because it takes forever. I hate it because I am in a school that makes this silly +/- distinction so I am forced to make distinctions among students that, for a few, amount to 2 point differences on exams. I need to change my evaluation method or someone [...]
I’m enjoying this game much less than the first three…
Posted in sports on June 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
enough said.
I thought it ended pretty well though.
The NBA Finals: Lakers and Celtics
Posted in adventures with child, sports on June 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After a few years away from the NBA because of total disgust, I am loving the Finals. I’ve mentioned often how much I love Kevin Garnett. I don’t really care about the Celtics but I love the return of 80s-style team basketball. I like seeing Ray Allen adjust in favor of defense and team play [...]
Some Thoughts on the Academic Job Market as ASA Approaches…
Posted in conferences, job market, on the tenure track on June 5, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I keep getting asked by assorted people about the academic job market — when to go, how to do it, is my cv ready, etc. It’s not at all clear why people are asking me. I did the test-run year, applied to about 6 places that varied widely in terms of rankings and assumed I’d end [...]
Giddiness Abounds…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Things to smile about:
– Barack Obama, in the place of my birth, clinching the presidential nomination for the Democratic Party.
– Making an offer on a house today. Our first house ever. We may, in fact, be grownups. We can actually afford it and it is the perfect size and layout to boot. It’s in good shape [...]
