A Ken Burns Sepia-Toned Archive of Posts
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A willing suspension for quiet relief
For the second time in my PhD career, I’m taking a leave of absence for the spring semester. The moment I made the decision I immediately felt relief. If there’s one constant in the six years—holy crap has it really been six years— that I’ve been trying to get this degree it’s that my parents Continue reading
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Do you need to hear this today?
I needed to hear this today. Continue reading
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I made the mistake of adding tech feeds to my RSS reader and now I’m just mad all the time.
As I’ve reinstated my tech RSS feeds, I find myself getting more and more suspicious about the proliferation of AI. Continue reading
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My commute is killing me, maybe
I talk to myself. Not just muttering, but full on conversations with, well, no one. If you could listen in, it would sound like I was talking to someone, because I pause and react and laugh and the invisible person in my passenger seat. Continue reading
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AcaStack, or things I use to do the things
I want to describe the four main apps for my academic work, but I’m not the best academic and I may lead you astray with my pseudo-mastery. Continue reading
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The Writing Side Dish
This is the first in a series called “How’s the Writing Going,” an attempt to make more of my research public, for the betterment of my wordsmithing and the possibility of feedback. Thanks to Brooke for asking me this very question every time she sees me, sending me into a panic. Continue reading
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The plight of the digital hoarder
Reading Charlie Warzel’s latest article in The Atlantic brought up one of those situations that I’ve had in the back of my mind. You know the one that sometimes rears up and says “halloo” and you’re like, “Yes, that’s something I should do something about, or consider more thoughtfully,” right before you’re distracted with taxes Continue reading
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What am I even doing anymore?
I haven’t had an idea for a post in a while. I’ve been writing, not necessarily the things I’m supposed to be writing, but writing nonetheless. I have a year’s worth of short bits in my journal that have given me a new outlook on my life. I don’t change much, really. I think that Continue reading
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Welp, I’m back
Sorry about the break. I really did think I could write a blog post about each day of the written portion of my comprehensive exams. Friends, I could not. I had no idea how much energy that was going to take out of me, including the one-hour commute each way. The day I wrote 5000 Continue reading
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