Last fortnight in the desert
The prickly pear outside of my office. Uprooting this as a souvenir would be poor form, right? 14 days. 336 hours. 20,160 …
Zen goal setting and overcoming my strange relationship with time
The Zen-est picture on my desktop. From our Hopscotch Honeymoon stop in Keokuk, IA. As you know, I’m a list-making freak (see …
Sorry Chanel, perfume makes you ugly
From my mom’s prolific orange trees. Fresh citrus. Pumpkin pie. Dark, rich coffee. Ocean spray. Bread baking. Vomit. Garbage. Dirty diapers. My …
Thursday 13: The dirt on doctoral studies
Yesterday in class, we scrawled narratives about the experience of being in our doctoral program. While I went the stream-of-consciousness-I’m-too-tired-to-think-straight route, my …
Life in the sky: Hiding from the TSA, watching grumpy passengers, and keeping perspective
Yesterday I spent 7.5 hours at Midway Airport in Chicago. The length of a business day. The amount of time it takes …
Over the focus group hump
After whining about Easter at 36,000 feet, someone recently inquired as to why I fly so much. Aside from traveling back and …
Easter at 36,000 feet
Peep sushi from Mikuni in Sacramento! Another day, another plane (or three), and I find myself in the Windy City. On Easter. …
Southwest Flight 812: In the groove, tensely
Photo from GigaIsland. Follow the link to see what pupus are. 🙂 Eight years had passed since I last clapped eyes on …
Answering the ‘WTF?’ questions and other curios
What you get from a Google images search term of “WTF?” (Credit) Today I shared some of my research experience with a …
Going to Hawaii “on business”: Photos and things
Sometimes it feels like I live in an alternate reality. In what world do GRAD STUDENTS get sent to Hawaii  for “business” …