On The Painter of Tiny Trees and Blue Squares
interesting. I always thought the Snowbird one was significantly worse than the Alta one, but if they are drawn by the same person, does that mean that the Bird (ha) is just harder to navigate?
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On Or, if You Live Elsewhere, on Your Dogsled?
@GooooGrapefruit! it's a lot shinier than many other cities' transit - I'm thinking of Philadelphia and Chicago, and some parts of BART (main take-away: do not upholster public transit).
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On This is a Safe Space to Talk About Your Dissertation
My dissertation is done, and therefore good.
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On This is a Safe Space to Talk About Your Dissertation
@Ellie OMG, props for what you do and not losing your mind. I felt like I went through 1,000 "no this margin is not aligned" corrections for my grad office and when I apologized, the checker said "oh don't worry, I've seen far worse!" (which I trust she was not just saying to make me feel OK).
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On This is a Safe Space to Talk About Your Dissertation
@stuffisthings Agree that you'd be good in consulting/coaching. During the end of my diss I paid for a month of "academic coaching," which was OK, not great - it consisted of reporting daily work hours and reflections, and some feedback and conference calls. But they really did not coach well on the task of writing, just on the problems that prevent you from writing (if that makes sense - more like work habits, etc).
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On This is a Safe Space to Talk About Your Dissertation
@OwlOfDerision yep, pretty much the only time I get to use it is in ordering things to be mailed to me, or airplane tickets and such. But I enjoy it and my partner makes fun of me every time.
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On Ask a Humanities Grad Student, Part One: Scotch and Lentils
@bocadelperro yup (recent History PhD here). Ask a Humanities Grad Student will be worthwhile only if these points are repeated over and over again in the comments each time.
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On Ask a Humanities Grad Student, Part One: Scotch and Lentils
@The Lady of Shalott Most American PhD programs are a kind of MA/PhD combination - where you do coursework and exams as part of a PhD track, and many people enter this entire package right out of undergrad. A separate MA can be useful but is not necessary (and in some cases is a waste of time/money .. it seems the best ones have an emphasis like public history or museum studies). If one applies for a PhD program, takes courses, and realizes the PhD is not for them, they can drop after a certain point and still receive an MA (IMO this is a great way to get a funded MA, assuming you can get accepted).
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On How to Pack for a Trip
Kind of embarrassed that I took the transcription assignment seriously, but these are the things I could guess at:
1 Black sherry snowdancer ski top = 1 Black shiny snowdancer ski top
2 pair goggles (Bell Oakley) (Red juroos [ed. – ?] Oakley) = (Blk Oakley) (Red mirror - Oakley)
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Leopard pajamas - 3 piece [which is amazing to ponder if true, but makes more sense than "spruce"]
2 gators - blk/green [agreed with the above commenters who guessed maybe gaiters for neck or legs]
Dying to know what the 2nd & 3rd items are... we may never know. Sigh.
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On Never-Complainers, Workaholics, and the Balding-and-Manly
@thebestjasmine If the LW wants to be with this dude, and he is an early-career corporate lawyer, she is going to have to put up with a ton of time alone, but there are ways to mitigate. TBH, I think A Dude was a little short on this answer. There are ways to deal here, like a) not saying you will be home in 10 minutes and actually coming home 3 hours later, b) not pretending to watch TV while really working, to name 2 obvious ones from the letter. Lawyer guy needs to be honest with himself and his fiancee about what is possible, prioritize the things that are unbreakable (like the rehearsal of his wedding) and work out how to communicate about work that must be done. On the plus side, he probably makes a lot of money. From the perspective of both a sister and a daughter of a corporate lawyer, I am not honestly sure it's worth it, though.