Procrastadabbler

Now that I’ve had a few days distance from AERA and my jangled noise assaulted nerves have been calmed by the chirping of spring birds (yes, the birds are arriving even here in frigid Rochberg), I’m able to reflect a bit on what I learned at AERA.
I was feeling badly because I didn’t go to [...]

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I’m back home from AERA and happy to be so. As I indicated in the previous post, I was made crazy by the noise of the city. I also came to the conclusion that the chaos of the city is worse when you are alone. When I was with other people, it didn’t bother me. [...]

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I’m still in NYC and going crazy. Maybe it’s because I’m getting old. Maybe it’s just my mood this year. For whatever reason I’m having a hard time adjusting to the city. It’s the noise really. I can handle the crowds. I can handle the visual over stimulation. I can handle the high prices. But [...]

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I’ve started turning my papers for AERA into presentations. It’s always a tough decision picking out what I want to share and what gets left out. I have to remember that the presentation is intended to try out the central ideas, not to give the entire data dump. The good thing about turning a paper [...]

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