i am an unrequited astronomer, pretend patient, gentle adventurer, pedal enthusiast, recovering calligrapher, occasional thespian and unfinished poet living in portland, oregon. contacting me via email is usually a good idea.
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adra is officially leaving. joe got offered a job in arkansas, so she's staying long enough to sell the house & handle her biopsy stuff. i worry about her in arkansas, but she seems really happy about the decision. i imagine it's a relief. this means, of course, a coveted position will be up for grabs.
we got the evaluations back from the cats conference. good scores except for the adapt presentation! i was horrified that we got comments like "too casual or informal" and "overly cute" and, worst of all -- "very childish presenters. i was embarrassed. total waste of time." the strength of the cats conference is that it's informal and we're supposed to talk to each other like peers, not authority figures. the conference is cheap and voluntary and meant for networking, not for academics! or at least, that's the ways it's always been. maybe they're moving away from that. this will make me very sad. of course, i recognize that you can't make everyone happy, and the numbers were still good, but those comments really stung. :(