By diana on Jun 9, 2013 | In capricious bloviations | 4 feedbacks »
It's starting to scare me. This is so out of character for both of us that I'm starting to think aliens replaced us with replicas while we slept.
Seriously. For long-time homeowners, we have worked out a stunningly slothful lifestyle in which we--for…
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By diana on May 31, 2013 | In capricious bloviations | 4 feedbacks »
I'm not the CEO of a Fortune 500 company--nor do I ever wish to be. Doh. I'm military but...I will never make colonel, either. I have no desire to do what is necessary to make that cut: the politics, the extra activism, or even the time in service. I am…
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By diana on May 31, 2013 | In capricious bloviations | 2 feedbacks »
I drifted out of my coma around 9:30 or 10:00 this morning, a mere 15 hours after I slipped into it (if you don't count a couple of bathroom breaks). Feeling absolutely capital, I brewed a half pot of coffee as an excuse to consume flavored creamer, and…
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By diana on May 25, 2013 | In capricious bloviations | 6 feedbacks »
I like to keep track of the totally awesome stuff my students unwittingly say in their papers. I usually list them on Facebook. Here are a few:
Sentencing to death saves lives.
Idi Amin "did not encounter any major form of education."
Oskar Sch…
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By diana on May 22, 2013 | In capricious bloviations | 3 feedbacks »
It's just starting to hit home that my summer will be over before it begins. I think it's begun, but I'm not even sure what the measure is anymore.
I used to think, in my more naive and impressionable years, that "summer" in academia referred to "that…
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By diana on May 17, 2013 | In capricious bloviations | 3 feedbacks »
Joshua Waters, suicide, Jeffrey
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By diana on Mar 22, 2013 | In capricious bloviations, talking türkiye | 4 feedbacks »
This will be my last "talking türkiye" post. I'm home now, but this is very much about Turkey still.
I felt depressed and out-of-sorts for the last few weeks I was in Turkey. The last few days I was there, I felt dispossessed, as though I was leaving…
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By diana on Mar 4, 2013 | In capricious bloviations, talking türkiye | 3 feedbacks »
I'm not sure why, but I recently decided it would be fun to find ways to tell stories (and get others to tell stories) with the "so there I was..." lead-in. It entertained me for a while, until I said it at a party. I was about to launch into some tale…
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