Monthly Archives: February 2010

Katherine’s been up to interesting sleep antics again.  We know what this looks like, having done it for seven weeks in the fall: no more than a couple of hours at a time at night, very reluctant to sleep alone, … Continue reading →

I arrived in Oxford yesterday morning, was shown to my room in Merton College, spent the remainder of yesterday and last night alternating between dozing and sleeping, and now feel much refreshed. I’m in a room above the T. S. … Continue reading →

After an unexpected drive to Syracuse this morning (our flight in Ithaca was canceled due to weather), Katherine and I arrived safely in Iowa.  She is tired and somewhat cranky after such a long day, but she’s already starting to … Continue reading →

This week turned into a very interesting one.  Stressful, yes, but just all-out interesting. To begin with, Katherine and I are leaving for my parents’ place tomorrow.  It’s a work vacation for me, but Katherine will get to crawl all … Continue reading →

Ever. Sydney

. . . Sydney just learned that he has an interview for a postdoc.  So he’ll be flying to England next week! Erin

In a certain sort of way.  We feel very thrown off in part because Katherine’s returning to her October ways: she has stopped sleeping for more than a couple of hours at a stretch at night–and does not want to … Continue reading →

As Sydney reminded me today, cooking is what we do while looking after Katherine (since work and Katherine don’t mix).  She likes her parents to be up and moving, entertaining her with their motions and stopping frequently to play with … Continue reading →

I’m enjoying the sweet feeling of vindication: new research shows that multitaskers are worse at everything. They can’t focus as well (even when they want to), they can’t think as well, they get less done, … not only that, they’re … Continue reading →

Sometimes I get embarrassed for my students.  Not when they make grammatical mistakes or mangle sentences, but when they overreach.  What do they hope to achieve by name-dropping Freud, Hegel, and the flashiest terms of recent literary theory?  What do … Continue reading →