Abundant Life… Pride of Place 17 Nov 201617 Nov 2016 The duplex I live in is a darling little home: my living space has blond wood floors, windows with sunlight streaming in every room, a warm wall color (not the…
Best Practices… Attend a Conference 31 Oct 201631 Oct 2016 There are many reasons to attend professional conferences in your field: meeting potential employers or research collaborators, reconnecting with former colleagues, round-table conversations about technical advances in your field, getting away…
Abundant Life… Productive vs. Effective 15 Oct 2016 I picked up Benjamin Franklin's autobiography and flipped through his writing. As far as human beings go, B. Franklin managed staggering productivity and effectiveness on several fronts throughout his lifetime. Notably,…
Life at the Front Lines 50th Post 9 Oct 2016 My friends, six months ago I started my blog series, StudyHabits.net and it's been an exercise in creativity. In a rare departure from my enterprising nature, I did not do…
Abundant Life… Hospitality and Conversation 7 Oct 20167 Oct 2016 How do we make space for hospitality in the present day? Is it still relevant? Does hospitality matter? Recently, I picked up a slim book by Thomas Merton, The Wisdom…
Abundant Life Unexpected Conversation 4 Oct 20164 Oct 2016 Last Thursday my Sweetie took me to a sold-out Evening with Itzhak Perlman. We expected a concert, but instead were treated to a warm, funny conversation with a world class…
Grad School How To… Paper Piles 28 Sep 2016 Last week I looked around my home office and my shoulders slumped. I arrived at the crossroads: either I got to work and cleaned up the piles or I would die as…
Grad School How To Academic Tools of the Trade 24 Sep 2016 I will proceed with the expectation that you already know you need a laptop, non-programmable calculator, crockpot, and notepaper. When it comes to making the academic life a little more efficient…
Abundant Life… One Related Book 20 Sep 201620 Sep 2016 My freshman year in high school I joined the debate team as a Lincoln-Douglas (L-D) debater. *Disclaimer: I joined the debate team because I came home and announced to my…
Abundant Life… Grad Student Brown Bag 16 Sep 201616 Sep 2016 It sounded good at the time, so a couple of weeks ago I signed up to give a presentation on the current state of my research at the Grad Student Brown…
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