January 23, 2008 – 8:16 am
A correspondent asks:
I’m searching for economic advice. If I were to create a national holiday meant to coincide with the stimulus package being planned in Washington, when would be a good time to have the holiday?
It’s not so much an economic question, and I dunno. Perhaps, like “Love Day” from The Simpsons [*], it [...]
January 23, 2008 – 12:24 am
Being tenured means more committee work. Yesterday I had my first meeting as the social sciences representative on a small, but university-wide, committee about the future of research computing at Northwestern. Five minutes in and it was clear I am not going to have much to contribute, as several of the other members [...]
January 22, 2008 – 4:04 pm
“Sometimes you’re the windshield. Sometimes you’re the bug.”
~ Mary Chapin Carpenter, “The Bug”
’nuff said.
January 22, 2008 – 2:57 pm
I’ve blogged before about the pointless activity of writing mission statements. Today I received a link to this dandy little article which reveals some of the incredibly profound discussions surrounding the writing and adoption of mission statements.
“How can you possibly say our mission is ‘research and teaching?’ It’s so obvious that it’s ‘teaching [...]
January 22, 2008 – 12:22 pm
I’d forgotten until I saw a mention of her on another blog. My first big foray into politics was in 1972, when I worked on the Shirley Chisholm campaign in North Carolina. “Unbought and Unbossed.” My memories of this are hazy. My biggest excitement was meeting her and getting her autograph. I think [...]
January 22, 2008 – 10:36 am
Or, would you prefer traditional peer review? Which do you think would most improve your manuscript?
See this article in today’s Chronicle.
January 21, 2008 – 4:26 pm
Story on CNN.com, right now:
I notice that CNN.com is not presently running a companion story: “Gender or race: white male voters face tough choices in S.C.” (Update:
January 21, 2008 – 11:13 am
Like our illustrious fellow blogger, I suffer from insomnia. And now I know why. Okay, so maybe I don’t really know why. But it could be a reason. Save your money, Jeremy! Don’t go to a sleep center. First try not talking on the phone before bed. I also cut out caffeine after 5. Which [...]
January 20, 2008 – 10:00 am
I write this from my elliptical trainer. I suppose one might see pathology in someone squeezing his laptop into his elliptical trainer’s magazine rack, but at least my water bottle holder contains a bottle of actual water, not Coke Zero like yesterday morning. The real point for this post is that I don’t [...]
January 20, 2008 – 9:21 am
Joining blogland has been interesting, if time consuming. I’ve been particularly interested in tapping into the universe of Black & biracial blogs, the debates about adoption, and the academic blogs. I also realized I have been on a run of non-sociological experiences this week. After a week spent nose down finishing a grant proposal (the [...]
January 19, 2008 – 5:12 pm
Several people wondered whether I would stop blogging when I came to Northwestern. Speculation that this would happen increased after I, well, stopped blogging. But then I came back! What’s more, colleagues here at NU are now joining the blogosphere!* Two of my colleagues are among the founders of Controlling Authority [...]
January 18, 2008 – 1:08 pm
(or, possibly, speaking of snobbery part II)
I’ll start with a little history about why I was reading Psychology Today at all (although has anyone noticed it in the check out line lately? I saw it in a grocery store in Berkeley last year). I was reading the NY Times this morning and stumbled upon this. [...]
January 18, 2008 – 11:58 am
You try to keep the faith. You want to be fair. You certainly do not want to prejudge people based on where they are employed. The author/speaker is doing something with a title that seems maybe obliquely relevant to your interests, and just because they are based at a college you’ve never [...]
January 17, 2008 – 3:25 pm
I keep being about to post a comment on Jessica’s post about songs that “move” me. And I don’t. Why? Because the songs that move me tend to be classical music. Check that. Almost all the songs that move me are classical music. And there’s a funny thing about that: people tend to think that [...]
January 17, 2008 – 7:44 am
[place: the Whole Foods next door. scene: cashier rings up scone]
“A dollar forty.”
“It’s a scone. Scones are a dollar ninety-five.”
January 16, 2008 – 8:24 pm
OK, after Alan directed my attention to this post and its accompanying comments, I’ve decided I want to switch hosting services (see previous post about the e-mail they sent their customers after triple billing them). I need to take my domains (i.e., jeremyfreese.com and jeremyfreese.whateverelse) with me. Is this easy to do? [...]
January 16, 2008 – 3:37 pm
What song most “moves” you?
January 16, 2008 – 2:09 pm
I like on-line paper submission a lot. But I’m worried that the rigid selection rules ASA has imposed along with the on-line system are dysfunctional, specifically that a paper can only be seen by the organizer to whom it has been submitted and that organizer of choice #2 only sees the paper if organizer [...]
January 16, 2008 – 10:56 am
From the company that I use for hosting:
Hi Jeremy!
Ack. Through a COMPLETE bumbling on our part, we’ve accidentally attempted to charge you for the ENTIRE year of 2008 (and probably 2009!) ALREADY (it was all due to a fat finger)!
We’re really really realllly embarassed about this, but you have nothing to worry about. Please ignore [...]
January 16, 2008 – 6:56 am
Due to technical difficulties we have extended the 2008 Paper Submission Deadline to Thursday, January 17, 2008, 3 pm EST.
Now all you slackers can breathe a sigh of relief.
(me? no, I am right on the ball. Paper done weeks ago. I just checked the website this morning because, um, well, oh, look at the time! [...]
