Monthly Archives: February 2007

Since we started dating Sydney and I have spent a great deal of time and energy learning about the pitfalls of communicating as a couple. We’ll continue posting snippets of those miscommunications for your entertainment. But I wanted to post … Continue reading →

When Sydney and I were finishing up our time at Yale, it was a rather rough season. On top of writing up theses (and Sydney’s fear that dating me would result in him failing his classes), riding out the grad … Continue reading →

Alan Jacobs rightly takes Jeff Sharlet to task here for some rather ill-informed reporting in his widely read peice on American fundamentalism (published in Harper’s). I’m quite used to assuming that whenever a journalist (especially if he or she happens … Continue reading →

Part-post, part query. I have always loved Valentine’s Day. Somehow I escaped the moping about “not having a guy,” and enjoyed spending time with girlfriends. I also welcome any excuse to hug people I know and love, and to wish … Continue reading →

We may take food a bit too seriously.  Over the course of the week or two we jot down ingredients on a sheet of paper, attempting to make the  name of the food match the location in which we’ll find … Continue reading →

Just like yesterday, the whole world seems different after I get my bowl of soup and my tea to fill up the gaps left by lack of sleep and anxiety.  Now I feel ready to tackle the world . . … Continue reading →

I would not have thought, judging from last week, that just a few days later we’d be going in early, coming home late, and unable to catch up on sleep or work in-between.  It’s difficult to feel quite human at … Continue reading →

Imagine that you’re part of a committee that’s making a decision about whether to award an assistant professor tenure. Suppose there are two qualifications that she needs to have: 1) she has to be a good teacher and 2) she … Continue reading →

Between yesterday and this morning I spent 8 solid hours in my office, having conferences with my students.  This on top of the fact that Mondays and Tuesdays are the days when my own classes are scheduled, so that means … Continue reading →

We had a pleasantly brisk walk to class this morning, with the windchill around -15°F. Alas, we don’t seem to be getting that really essential part of winter: snow. It looks like the 2-4 feet of lake-effect snow is sliding … Continue reading →