Best Practices… Moscow, Russia (Part 3) 6 Mar 20178 Mar 2017 Day 3 of the conference and my day to present. Up to that point, I made my way in and around the exhibition floor, sifted through presentations in Russian while…
Abundant Life… Winter Hiking 31 Dec 201631 Dec 2016 On or about December 30, I remember my annual resolution to go on more hikes. To get a running start on my New Year's resolutions, I start lining them up…
Abundant Life… Ridiculous 22 Nov 201622 Nov 2016 Every writer, entrepreneur and creative type I read about has one unexpected commonality: gut-leadening fear of putting "it" out there. Occasionally, the compulsion to put forth one's work is so…
Grad School How To Business Cards – Grad Edition 17 Nov 2016 If you are in graduate school, you need business cards. Nowadays, recruiters from large companies can no longer accept resumes at career fairs because acceptance of a resume could convey…
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…
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…
Grad School How To Back to School (Sanity) Savings 9 Sep 20169 Sep 2016 I love the start to a new school year: fresh faces, imminent adventures, a new t-shirt from the book store. AND making new To Do Calendars, buying new used books, warming up…
Grad School How To Inappropriate Shoes 31 Aug 20161 Sep 2016 Two aspects that I love about TA'ing geology labs are 1) learning new things and 2) going on field trips (think of field trips as recess for college students and their TA's/Professors). As…
Grad School How To… Pithy Sayings II 13 Aug 201613 Aug 2016 In no particular order, the second set of my pithy sayings follow. 8. You have to take the salt with the sugar. No job, no city, no relationship exists in…
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