one night in cowtown…

I’m in the process of finishing out the Summer I session with my students and preparing for a class in July, but I wanted to keep posting. This is a post from my MySpace blog. Many of my readers there often lament that they don’t have an interest in my academic blog, but that they […]

New Blog

I finished my second year, and now I guess I need to update everything, as I am now a third year PhD student. It was a difficult ride, and as I indicated in previous posts, I hope to blog more about it. However, it felt weird blogging about my research ideas and my personal life […]

You just have to own it

I’m never sure how to take compliments about my achievements. I have simply never taken compliments well, and I certainly don’t pay much mind to my academic pursuit now. It seems like a fairly self-contained bubble that is separate from the other aspects of my life. And all too often, that bubble grows, to force […]

New Blog

I began blogging almost a year ago on my other blog, Stupid American. I wanted some way to put my ideas out there as I trudged through the PhD process. After some reflection, I have felt the blog didn’t offer enough latitude. I didn’t want to use the blog for anything other than my academic […]