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Hello 2013

I know they say time goes faster as you age. That said, I’m hoping 2012 was an aberration because it felt like a year-long sprint. If this pace continues, I’ll be so far behind in twenty years that we...

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I am…

Well, what I have running through my head is “superman” (a la R.E.M.) but also tired or mediocre or overwhelmed. So, it seems to be mid-February and I seem to be continuing my trend of not posting...

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good, evil and things in between

The preliminary hearing in the Jessica Ridgeway case was today. Even now, months later, what happened last October continues to color my world. It was the top story tonight. I’m glad, at least, that we...

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again?

I’ve survived the madness that was two different conference papers at two different conferences plus Holy Week and Easter plus a trip to Disneyland. All were good. The papers were well-received. One,...

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rain…and more rain…and more rain…

The last time I wrote, it was in the high 90s and breaking records for both the daytime high and the daytime low (“low” being a bit ironic in these cases).  After a miserably-hot 14-mile run last...

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music break!

First, the disclaimers. 1) I usually save this sort of thing for my students because it’s interesting fodder for discussion. Seeing as I don’t have students this semester, the blog will do. 2) For...

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There is more good.

So a couple of weeks ago, a seemingly innoculus tweet blew up, so to speak.  Someone I follow had retweeted the following: What do I tell my kids? If you can’t go to the police (Jonathan Ferrell) &...

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Time Marches on

Did you see the pun…’cause it’s March? (Sorry, couldn’t resist.) Despite an optimistic beginning to the year, I remain mostly without a steady paycheck. I’m picking up little bits of work here and...

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Puppy!

I’m back! At least for now. I didn’t really leave so much as got too busy to have time. And really, I’m too busy now but that’s ok. My short summary of 2014: – ran a sub-4 hour marathon in May at the...

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So, 2016.

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly a year since I’ve posted. And yet it’s not at all hard to believe. Seriously–this year! Tonight’s inspiration? John Oliver’s last 2016 show, which I watched on...

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