Ornery ramblings of a political science professor
A question I've been asking myself is where am I and am I where I want to be? Surprisingly for me, I've been reading some "self-help" books lately. I've never been one to gravitate towards those in the past. However, in light of some severe frustrations and set-backs in my chosen career path, I have …
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Saturday night my upstairs neighbor died from an overdose of heroin with fentanyl. His mom and girlfriend had spent the afternoon and evening trying to locate him and then, that night, found him dead in the apartment. Absolutely tragic. Our landlord is a neighbor and friend and we ended up spending about two hours outside …
I'm visiting my brother who lives in western Ireland. I'm sitting on his back deck looking out at the yard and the pasture and the ponies and the dogs and realizing why exactly Ireland has inspired so many poets and writers. It's not just the romantic history, castles and what not, but the views, quiet, …
I just read a post at Mad Genius Club discussing reading and cultural heritage. This post was based on an article at Intellectual Takeout analyzing 7th and 8th grade reading lists in Minnesota public schools in 1908 vs. 2019. Both of these posts got me thinking about what I read, and how much I read …
Yesterday and today I have been trying to get a start on my syllabi for the fall semester as well as keep up with the writing I really want to do. A colleague turn me on to the Pomodoro method. Basically, you work on something, one task, for 25 minutes. Then you take a couple …
I've seen the comment "all the Democrats had to do was not act crazy and they can't even do that" several times on Instapundit. It's completely accurate. The latest kerfuffle for Ds comes from the so-called "Squad". Four of the newest representatives who are now presenting themselves as the face of the Democratic party: Ilhan …
We got back from Oregon on Monday after a red-eye flight. Hubby had to go to work on Monday morning after we got home. That totally sucks. I'm very grateful that I didn't have to do anything more demanding than walk down to Whole Foods and figure out things for dinner for the next two …
