Notes
Me, thinking about the logistics of attending my sister’s Master’s hooding: I mean, how many times does your sister finish graduate school?
wait for it
Me: Three, if you’re my siblings. Hmm.
I would like to thank the fine people at Nintendo of America for making the Easter Bunny’s job much easier this year.
M: Did you get me the toys and candy? Me: What do you want the story to be, baby? M: I want it to be the Easter Bunny. Me: Okay. The Easter Bunny got them.
My kid, raised in a mostly secular witchy agnostic home but with a vague understanding of holiday stories, after I explain that the Pharisees in Jesus Christ Superstar are worried Jesus will get too much political power:
“Why would they be worried about a baby?”
My closest friends are now the crow who hangs out in my yard and the moon. Also, I received a shipment of crystal-infused bath products today so… Not getting LESS witchy in my middle age.
🔖🎵🎭🍿 Read Judas Christ Superstar: Easter thoughts on being just (Reader) by Katie Prout.
This piece is excellent. JCS is an extremely important show to my family as well. I have a lot more thoughts about it and if I feel up to it, I’ll write them up later.
Spouse: So, how do I write up a plan for this research project?
Me: Step 1. Get a PhD. Just kidding! Read this one chapter - whoops, all of part II - whoops, all of part II and chapter 1 - of Creswell & Creswell.
🖖🏻📺 This /Film review of #StarTrekPicard 2x07 verbalizes something that’s bothered me all season:
“Picard” has invented trauma for the character, just so there would be a reason for him to overcome it.
🖖🏻📺 I’m not trying to spoil anybody for #StarTrekPicard but I would squee if we saw Mulder & Scully in the next episode. It won’t happen, but let me live in my headcanon.
Me: I don’t remember how to do a remote research interview! It’s been almost two years!
Also me: I wrote a blog post to help people remember how to do remote interviews.
The first me: Bless you, Past Me!
Finished reading: The Date from Hell by Gwenda Bond 📚
Review coming soon!
🔖 Read Projects: The Alastair Method.
Alastair Johnston has created a Kanban-like tracking system for the Bullet Journal that I may modify for use as an analog writing audit/pipeline.
My mom went to the hospital Saturday due to muscle weakness. (Previous surprise visits involved myocardial infarction & colitis, plus a bonus myocardial infarction during scheduled chemo.) It’s hard & scary each time a new complication comes up & it’s why I’m not posting much.
🔖 Read ecosystem theory: how to reframe the “i do this or i do that” binary (Thrive PhD) by Katy Peplin
Such a helpful perspective.
🍿 Watched Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis. 🌊
This shows some awesome innovations in water conservation from people all over the world at all different levels (city, business, household…).
Want to read: The Wastewater Gardener: Preserving the Planet One Flush at a Time by Mark Nelson PhD 📚
Want to read: Water 4.0 by David Sedlak 📚
Another super informal poll! If you are a scholar, regardless of your relationship ship to academia (student/university employee/working outside academia), do you use Google apps like Docs, Sheets, & Slides?
Hi there! This morning the outdoor temperature is 44F. When I pick my kid up at 3 pm it will be 80F. Welcome to central North Carolina!
I’m curious: if you are currently or have ever been in a graduate program, are you familiar with the concept of “personal knowledge management”?
🔖 Read Plan to rewrite NC teacher licensing could also raise pay, but it’s too early to say
Educators, what do you think? I’m not sure about the options for evaluation, but I like the idea of teacher leaders getting paid for their leadership work.
According to this blog post, some of the core concepts of Learning Experience Design include: