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I now have my two university examiners lined up. That means my whole thesis defence examination committee is pretty much set! (Although I do have to decide on just three of my five supervisory committee members — two have been picked, one has been eliminated, so I just need to pick the last one of […] →Read more
Sigh. The big news around these parts is David’s Emerson defection to the Tory party. Funniest thing I read about this: On election night, however, Emerson told his supporters things like “We have got to look at this as Ground Zero for rebuilding a stronger, more vibrant, healthier, winning Liberal Party,” and added to journalists, […] →Read more
Last month I went to see a talk by David Orr, Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies at Oberlin College, called “The End of Education” which was really cool. Click the link if you are interested in checking out the podcast of it. As part of the same speaker series, I’m going to see Stephen […] →Read more
As Dave so aptly pointed out in the comments section, I am soon going to need a new title for this blog. Any suggestions? →Read more
Why is it that whenever I accomplish a major milestone, I get deathly ill? OK, “deathly” may be a wee bit of an exaggeration, but bedridden isn’t. I don’t get sick that often, but when I do, I usually can work through it. But I caught this cold (or possibly flu — I can’t really […] →Read more
After much blood, sweat and tears; after countless revisions, rewrites and edits; after FIVE LONG YEARS OF TOIL, I have a completed thesis. It may not be perfect, but as they say around these parts, “the best thesis is a done thesis.” Now mind you, this isn’t the absolutely final copy. This is the copy […] →Read more
Apparently January 23rd is the most depressing day of the year. Yeah, tell me about it: The words “Prime Minister” and the words “Stephen Harper” should not appear next to each other… unless the words “Martin punched” are in between. →Read more
I just received the following by email: I am writing with the good news that an external examiner has been confirmed to review the Ph.D. dissertation of Beth Simpson when it is submitted in late February. Scary! Now I have a real, honest-to-goodness deadline for getting my thesis to Grad Studies! Ack!! The deal with […] →Read more
In honour of our 6-2 thrashing of the Montreal Canadiens, I suggest everyone listen to this really excellent song: Making Love To The Vancouver Canucks. This year we are undefeated while wearing our stick-in-a-box jerseys and we are 8-1 vs. teams from the East. Our record within our own division… let’s not go there. Props […] →Read more
A while back I mentioned the stupid timeline worksheet thingy from UBC Faculty of Grad Studies (FOGS) that I had incorrectly filled out. Well, it turns out that the incorrect way I originally filled it out would be more accurate than filling it out the correct way. Confused? I don’t blame you. Basically, the worksheet […] →Read more