voncookie | October 23, 2009
6:10 pm Just back from a Dr.’s appointment, somewhat ready to work. Knitting has been put away. Notes are ready to be taken (which should have been taken a few days ago) and soon I’ll be ready to write. It needs to be soon. It has to be soon. The question remains but is never [...]
voncookie | October 22, 2009
1:10 pm (Tuesday) Yesterday I somewhat serendipitously found a document that has half of my conference paper already written for me. I wrote it several years back, and forgot about it. So it’s a good thing that I went through my archives, because I’m now ahead of the game. Or at least I was. I [...]
voncookie | October 6, 2009
This past weekend I received two unexpected treats: 1) I got word that a paper of mine has been accepted for a conference and 2) I got to see an old friend from Big U who showed up unexpectedly in Liberal Paradise, visiting from distant lands where football reigns supreme. (Which is not to say [...]
voncookie | May 16, 2008
12:34 a.m. (5/17/08) I’ve realized that what was going to be my concluding section to this chapter is really the opening section to my next chapter, and rather than repeat myself unnecessarily, I’m going to go to bed. Final tally for Ch3, as it stands: Words: 24,002 Pages: 65 Footnotes: 100 Sources: 68 I’d say [...]
voncookie | April 27, 2008
I’m doing delicate work these days, trying to work up a conference paper that deals with eugenics. Now, eugenics is a touchy issue. And accusing an entire publication of taking a eugenicist approach to science is a little dangerous. And so it feels, as I work on this piece of art that is the Conference [...]
