Archive for February, 2011
The terror of feminism
From Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy: He began to think of her, of what she was thinking and feeling. For the first time he pictured vividly to himself her personal life, her ideas, her desires, and the idea that she could and should have a separate life of her own seemed to him so alarming that […]
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Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth
With Republicans and Tea Partiers in power in the House and some serious financial problems in the country, things look really bad for a lot of science funding. I was talking about some of the frustrations of getting research funded with a friend last night. Her response surprised me. She works in education and she […]
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Hope you’ve got someone to be silly with!
Happy Darwin Day!
Today I will finish up my application to Big Northern University, my last grad school app. After my sad rejection from a program I thought would be ideal for me, BNU has become my first choice. Three years ago, I never would have thought I would be working with someone in BNU prof’s particular subfield. […]
Homeopathy & a quack in Anna Karenina
From Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy: And the celebrated doctor expounded his plan of treatment with Soden waters, a remedy obviously prescribed primarily on the ground that they could do no harm.
Fem(me)inity
From Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy: Although her dress, her coiffure, and all the preparations for the ball had cost Kitty great trouble and consideration, at this moment she walked into the ballroom in her elaborate tulle dress over a pink slip as easily and simply as though all the rosettes and lace, all the minute […]