This morning I presented my initial thesis proposal to my supervisor and a fellow grad student. My supervisor suggested a few minor revisions, but gave me the green light to take the next step and start planning my thesis proposal defence for my committee. A relatively small accopmlishment, but it felt pretty good.
I felt really sorry for the other student though as he was...
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dholokov:
i bet that's how evil scientists start out.
Canada lost. Not a big surprise given their play in the round robin. I'm not a Bertuzzi hater, (although he's a fucking slug this year) but Ovechkin's goal was on the power play resulting from a bad penalty he took. Maybe all of those Bertuzzi nay-sayers were onto something. You can hardly fault him for their loss though. I'm going to go way out on...
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signalnoise:
just saying hola to a fellow political scientist. how's that treating you? 
signalnoise:
i think what is scary for most people about writing a long piece is finding that one, *clear* question that can sustain itself over a thesis or dissertation or book right? so, a question that is interesting, relevant, do-able, and will actually turn up results - that's the sweet spot.
So I've been living up in the god forsaken wasteland known as Prince George for nearly two months now. I've been pretty busy with teaching and learning but also pretty bored and lonely. As such, I was really looking forward to having some friends come visit me. Tomorrow a couple of them were supposed to make the 6 hour trek up here and stay for...
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dholokov:
in your friends list, it looks like I'm staring at Deanna's neck.
blah! blah! I am the vampire dholokhov! blah! blah!
blah! blah! I am the vampire dholokhov! blah! blah!
darkdrow:
Yeah... tell me about it...
if she wasnt married I would totally allow myself to be rejected by her
*lol*
Be Well
-DD
if she wasnt married I would totally allow myself to be rejected by her
*lol*
Be Well
-DD
I bought a deep fryer today ... because I'm addicted to deep fried tofu. And to think, I started eating the stuff to be healthy.
Canada loses to Switzerland. Why on earth did I get up at 6:30 to watch that?
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deanna:
cause your crazy??
troglodyte:
Loses what?
"Heineken? Fuck that shit! PABST BLUE RIBBON!"
I wonder what the world would be like if we all let our inner Frank Booth out? Probably not too much different than it is now.
I wonder what the world would be like if we all let our inner Frank Booth out? Probably not too much different than it is now.
I've got a calendar with a new Bush quote every day. Reading something profound from the leader of the free world always gets me off to a good start in the morning. I thought today's was a worth posting:
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."
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"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country."
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troglodyte:
The question is rarely asked: is we teaching our kids good?
dholokov:
it's gotta be a fake. He hasn't said 365 different things.
Reading break is here...and I'm going to spend it reading. Fuck!
troglodyte:
I'm going to spend it fucking! Read!
andvari:
How dare you abuse the meaning of Reading Week so?
I got a new iBook in the mail today. Sooooo excited! 
jen:
You lucky bastid.
dholokov:
but it would be an ugly gray unicorn that lives in water and spits water through its forehead all day.
no thank you!
no thank you!
I started marking papers tonight and have decided that we really need to upgrade the graduation requirements for high school. Honestly, didn't you know the basic rules of grammar and how to properly cite sources when you entered university? These are first and second year university students and technically I could have half of them expelled for plagiarism simply because they fail to cite their...
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troglodyte:
I've been hearing this a lot from profs. Perhaps there should be more rigorous grammar instruction in high school? I don't remember doing much grammar at all past grade ten...there probably should be more...at least 20% of each level devoted to grammar, perhaps. At any rate, You can't force people to learn things that they don't really want to lean. If profs were more willing to dish out shitty grades for bad writing, students would have to shit or get off the pot, so to speak.
*There's still a spelling mistake!
*There's still a spelling mistake!