Grad School Dropout: The Rest of the Story
Here's a story for my Father-in-law, who asked me a "simple" question recently: "Why didn't you finish grad school?" My wife was kind enough to provide him with the quick and dirty answer, but it got me thinking that I should really write it out. Partly for myself, so I can get it out of my brain, but also for all the people out there who are facing a major task and just can't seem to get it done. Maybe this will help, or at least give you ...
A Man, A Plan, A Blog, No Palindrome
I was going to title this post "God Laughs" in reference to the Yiddish proverb that "Man plans and God laughs," but it seemed a bit too religious for a first post. And "Of Mice and Men" was already taken. (Thanks a bunch, Steinbeck.) But there is an odd bit of irony in the fact that I finally decided to do a full wipe of my old website and start again, and then I immediately concussed myself and couldn't use a computer for a few days. ...