Nod and Smile

The adventures of Jean Crawford, Starr Linguist

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Imaginary Friends

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Being married to a mathematician exposes me to a lot of field-specific humor that I don’t always understand. A lot of the times, I just have to nod and smile. But this is a math joke that I actually get, and though I had to dig deep into the recesses of my math […]

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Tags: Non-Linguistics · Quotes · comics · marriage

Speculations on Year 8?

May 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments


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Tags: comics · grad student life · sigh

Make it fit.

October 17th, 2007 · No Comments


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The comics people have spies in our department…

October 9th, 2007 · No Comments


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Ah, the delicate balance…

October 2nd, 2007 · No Comments


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The Monday Mission, a week late.

September 7th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’m not one to do things on time.
After reading Alejna’s post on Monday, I learned about the Monday Mission, that many have been doing, and that Painted Maypole is hosting for the moment. Not a bad concept, and I’m glad to know about it now. This week’s mission: song rewrite/parody of song […]

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What I did on my summer vacation

August 21st, 2007 · No Comments


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Yeah, they all say the same thing.

May 22nd, 2007 · No Comments


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Confucius has a sense of humor

May 14th, 2007 · No Comments


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I’m a grad student. I have TONS of issues.

April 11th, 2007 · No Comments


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