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Obligatory post-trip update

Okay, so I got back from Qatar on November 3.  Sue me, okay? You read this blog, you get what you pay for. Anyhow.  Qatar, yes.  A couple of coworkers and I were sent to our campus in Doha to meet with some researchers face-to-face prior to a big proposal deadline.  And I am here [...]

Eyeballs, etc.

LASIK update Y’all.  Y’ALL.  I had several people tell me how awesome it is, how I would wish I’d done it years ago.  And guess what?  I TOTALLY WISH I’D DONE IT YEARS AGO.  In addition to the cost (which is admittedly substantial), I was mostly worried about silly things, like being required to keep [...]

FIRE!*

It’s been so long since I posted here that I forgot how to log in.  Well, in the interest of full disclosure: the blog redesign took the admin link off my home page and I didn’t know the web address to get in through the back door so N had to text it to me [...]

A conversation with Miss T

Subtitled: This is what they’re teaching in the three-year-old class? Sub-subtitled: Anatomy 101, for those who are in need of a refresher course* Tonight we were doing the usual pre-bath routine – the one where I wait for what seems like an eternity for Miss T to…finish her business.  We’ve found it speeds the process [...]

Today’s headlines

I’d like to say that I have a really good reason for not posting in three weeks, but that would be a lie.  Actually, I had figured I’d have grad school to blame for any sporadic posting these days.  This is not really the case.  So far, my classes seem to be going well.  There’s [...]