Blogs about: This Academic Life
Bartleby's revenge
Lucky Jane wrote 1 month ago: Three years and two months ago I arrived in Funky City for my first tenure-track job. At last, my jo … more →
Jimmy Choos via Campus Mail
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Lucky Jane wrote 2 months ago: The first thing that popped into my head when I awoke, some eighteen hours ago, was, of all things, … more →
A consumer's report
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Lucky Jane wrote 3 months ago: There’s a commercial for a big-box office supply store that, to a soundtrack of “The Mos … more →
Writing like an undergrad
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Lucky Jane wrote 4 months ago: On my way to the office this morning (cos I’m trying to avoid getting sucked into and enraged … more →
Today's binge
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Lucky Jane wrote 4 months ago: Date: July 7, 2009 Written: 3000 words Deleted: 500 words Consumed: 1 cup yogurt 32 oz. coffee with … more →
Done
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Lucky Jane wrote 4 months ago: Not quite ten hours ago, I returned from my twenty-third conference presentation. Moments thereafter … more →
Repeat after me:
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Lucky Jane wrote 5 months ago: I do not hate this. I do not hate this. I do not hate this. I do not hate this. I do not HATE this. … more →
Envy
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Lucky Jane wrote 5 months ago: Once upon a time, I was just beginning my teaching adventures. The course, of course, was compositio … more →
Eeeeeeeuuuuuwww!
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Lucky Jane wrote 5 months ago: Like virtually all of my colleagues, I have tried to personalize my Soviet-issue office. This task i … more →
Note to self
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Lucky Jane wrote 6 months ago: Next year, carry—don’t wear—your regalia to your soon-to-be-former students’ commencemen … more →
Pluck pluck pluckety pluck
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Lucky Jane wrote 6 months ago: Around this time every year, my colleagues and I greet each other with weary smiles and the brillian … more →
On budgets
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Lucky Jane wrote 6 months ago: At JPU, Spring 2009 ends neatly with the cruelest month. Fearful symmetry, that. You know what else … more →
In which my moniker fits
Lucky Jane wrote 7 months ago: After eleven straight hours in my office, seven of which were spent talking to students, I have arri … more →
Non-Librarian Library Employee Has Been Watching the Detectives!
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Lucky Jane wrote 7 months ago: A running theme throughout my academic career, which started at age five, has been my love of librar … more →
O what a beautiful morning.
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Lucky Jane wrote 7 months ago: I have to teach in fifteen minutes. My students have wonderful things to say about the novel we are … more →
Rediscovering chamomile
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Lucky Jane wrote 8 months ago: Lately I’ve been waking up in cold sweats. This morning was no exception. I woke before 5 AM a … more →
Nathaniel Hawthorne was wrong.
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Lucky Jane wrote 8 months ago: Or at least he was when he declared that “Easy reading is damn hard writing.” But that i … more →
Somebody!
Lucky Jane wrote 8 months ago: Why yes, c’est moi! As I was searching Amazon for a title that shares part of my name, the sea … more →
Giddy
Lucky Jane wrote 8 months ago: Just looked outside: a thick, fluffy blanket of snow covers everything in sight, while a brisk wind … more →
