Nod and Smile

The adventures of Jean Crawford, Starr Linguist

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Home Improvements

May 20th, 2008 · No Comments

The semester is over. Though I have an incomplete and hence one more paper to write, it is now the time of the year for home improvements.
We are going to get a new desk set sometime in the near future (hopefully this week). The papers on the floor are no longer in piles […]

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Tags: Non-Linguistics · grad student life · homeownership · sigh

Speculations on Year 8?

May 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments


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Tags: comics · grad student life · sigh

Goats with GAD

May 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

It’s certainly funny, but it looks like Fainting Goats are genetically prone to panic attacks. (Apparently no one in the veterinary psychopharmacology industry has tapped into the Klonopin for Kids market. Shame.) I sympathize with the goats. Replace that threatening umbrella with the word deadline, and you’ve got me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9_CdNPuJg

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Tags: Linguistics · Non-Linguistics · grad student life · videos

On the ball

April 16th, 2008 · 1 Comment

It’s the end of the semester. The house is a mess, I’m putting off work, I haven’t exercised in months. I’m sore and cramped from sitting at a desk all day and driving a lot. I am not on the ball. To counterbalance this, I decided to get on an exercise […]

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Tags: Non-Linguistics · grad student life

The wrong week to quit.

April 8th, 2008 · No Comments

Grad students: As another semester and year of graduate school comes to a close, a sudden change in personal habits is not advisable:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwyrGwM4a7M

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Tags: Words of Wisdom · grad student life · stress relief · videos

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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What I did on my summer vacation

August 21st, 2007 · No Comments


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You make me uncomfortable with your words

August 12th, 2007 · 1 Comment

OK, the summer has passed, and school is about to start once again. I feel like now that some time has passed, I can give a retrospective of some of the things I learned last semester being a discussion section leader in a 101 level class.
I went to a big state school, and I […]

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Tags: Words of Wisdom