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Maybe with enough habituation, Erin will let me make messes, too. Sydney

Yesterday, after our weekend away, I had to rewrite a writing sample for a school that requested more materials from me.  One day in which to rewrite a 25-page section of my dissertation chapter.  Oops.  Sydney was an angel: he … Continue reading →

Despite the craziness of the King of Prussia Mall (seriously, it took us two hours to wade through Macy’s), the sleepless night with Katherine in a hotel room, and the icy roads all the way home today, we did indeed … Continue reading →

Thanks to the help of Christi and Sydney, I’ve gone out for short walks the last three days while leaving Katherine at home.  It’s suddenly gotten a lot like winter is supposed to get (bitter, windy, cold), and I’m not … Continue reading →

And the practice interviews didn’t prove to be painful.  Nice encouragement from all of the interviewers.  I’m done and Sydney has one more practice round on Thursday. Now we’re just waiting for the phone to ring and the email to … Continue reading →

Ah, the list of potential interview questions is amusing.  Favorite question: (For background, two classes a semester is a standard teaching load at Cornell.  Three classes a term is not unusual.) “How will you handle research while teaching four courses … Continue reading →

Last night we had a number of philosophers over for dinner.  Given that this is the first group we’ve had over since Katherine was born we found ourselves a bit rusty (not quite the fluid cooking and hosting machine we … Continue reading →

This afternoon FedEx delivered a new stereo receiver to our door.  Sydney had bought our old one on ebay a long time ago and all was fine–except that it would suddenly stop playing and require a quick thump on the … Continue reading →

On Tuesday I received my students’ final papers.  On Tuesday afternoon I came down with what seems like my 10th cold of the semester.  As did Katherine.  Sigh.  On Thursday I handed back the final papers, graded, and managed dig … Continue reading →

The new trick of the day is pulling yourself up and standing. It’s the only thing worth doing now: And Erin wanted me to post this picture as well: