I have to take two kids to the dentist in a half hour. The dentist will only see special needs kids in the middle of the day, so I have to pull them both out of school. Their schools are 30 minutes apart, so I have to alloted 60 minutes to get to the dentist. When we’re there, I predict much terrified yelling from the youngest son. Sigh.
We just received a quote on getting a new kitchen. Double sigh.
I predict much beer later this afternoon. In the meantime, some links:
Great critique of Leslie Bennetts’ book by Elizabeth.
I’ve been worrying about the polar ice cap all week.
Proposals for shortening the time it takes to finish the PhD. Why do these good ideas always happen after I finish the hurdles? I say the little grad school buggers have to suffer like I did. No changes for them. I’m generous that way.
(more to come)
Apt. 11d 
OK, I’m really the naysayer on the PhD thing: I’m not sure it’s a good idea to shorten the time to degree, especially if it means not teaching. I mean, don’t most PhDs end up teaching? And isn’t it a good idea to learn how to do that before it’s your fulltime job? Is there something wrong with just living your life in grad school for a while?
(I took 7 years and ended up with a completely unpublishable diss. I’m not sure more time would have been better, but less would not have been a good idea either.)
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