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Day 361: Holy Crap, I’m going to be 41

January 19, 2018 phillconfessional into a dashboard

So I have to admit, I’m a little nervous that I’m now just a few days from 365– turning 40 made me finally finish the goal I’ve had for my whole life, to keep a[…]

Day 348: It’s getting a little 41 up in here: a birthday wish list

January 6, 2018 phillconfessional into a dashboard

Hi, all. I decided today to do something really silly and practical but also hilarious in what I might pick– to memorialize the birthday of the Tumblr blog for that class I taught on lists,[…]

Day 337: Answering someone’s Quora question

December 27, 2017 phillconfessional into a dashboard

Someone asked this today: Are PhD students who get faculty job offers usually the most popular and well-socialized PhD students? Let me start by saying I think this probably varies by field. I’ve only been part[…]

Day 311: Beautiful Disaster

December 1, 2017 phillconfessional into a dashboard

Today I swapped hosting services. For anyone who has ever left GoDaddy’s hosting, you know this already. For those who don’t… MY GAWD IS IT HARD TO MOVE A WEBSITE. I mean I’m not uneducated[…]

Day 258: Goodbye, Old Friend

October 8, 2017 phillconfessional into a dashboard

AOL Instant Messenger is closing down on December 15th. As a person who downloaded AIM in beta, it’s hard to explain what this means, particularly when my audience here consists of a few of my[…]

Day 256: Arrrrgh my freaking ear!

October 6, 2017 phillconfessional into a dashboard

I taught all day today with an ear that feels like it has razor blades in it, that is stuffed and isn’t letting sound in, with my nose throbbing and congested, with almost no voice.[…]