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Biofuel blather

Having dissed George Will, a conservative darling of the ostensibly liberal media, I want to balance the scales by dissing...

Wondering Aloud

How is it possible that the comforter is warm, the blanket is warm, and the sheets are freezing? The sheets...

Long Distance Mom: Twilight, Seventeen and Possibly in Michigan

I have vague memories of reading Seventeen magazine upstairs in my attic bedroom, alone and sequestered from my parents. Even...

It's Official

I’m the best teacher who ever lived. Anyway I think that’s what the Provost said in the letter she sent...

ABCs and PhDs: Meeting expectations?

Recently I received a phone call out of the blue from a long-time family friend, a graduate student my parents...

Happy hypocrisy

Promoting sustainability at Greenback U. brings me into constant contact with both students and faculty. Each group has what I...

Reserves

The story in the Chronicle yesterday about California paying its community colleges in IOU's got me thinking about reserves, and...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Snow Days, Sabbaticals, and Unstructured Time

I read a piece in the Chronicle recently about learning to use unstructured time productively. Or, that’s what I thought...