The life of Post-Doctoral Gerbil

I think you know you spend too much time in your office alone when you think you hear the tardis and are very excited that the Doctor might be visiting....I do hope it is that version of the doctor, not one of the old ugly ones.

Yup that is my morning reaction...maybe I need more coffee or more sleep or maybe both....

Life has devolved into much administration and running of social science programs that are without directors at the moment...for a week or so I was the interim director of MAPSS. I was/am the interim diversity coordinator for graduate studies in social sciences (they don't actually let me see anyone--then they would know I was white and the gig would be up). I am running a search for a Survey specialist....oh and doing my same old same old running the lab. And let's not forget the most important part...trying to get a job.....Needless to say I am a bit busy...so the idea of running off on the tardis, not so bad....

Winning = Awesome

My brother-in-law, who is a gerbil by marriage is a chess expert (I will use the correct terminology---I wondered about that). I don't know what all of it means...but....winning = awesome.

On another gerbil chess related story, did you know that there is a chess program called gerbil....
Clearly everything is coming together....this explains BIL's love of chess and gerbils..it is all inter-related...

Gerbils in Space

No, I haven't joined NASA (although they have a branch just down the street)....but the Russians have sent 10 gerbils into space


By the way, who knew Link Hogthrob was so tall.....

things heard recently at the gerbil/bear/tigercat household

Yes, we are big dorks at our house, well except for tiger cat....she is too cool for the rest of us. So I thought I would give you a sense of the conversations around here....be prepared, you may not necessarily understand all or any of this....

EXTERMINATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gerbil: If we got a tardis, appa could live in it.
Bear: We would have to address the door issue...unclear if the door actually could expand

What do you think the symbolic interactionists and the existentialists think about each other (I'll spare you the on-going conversation beyond this)....

Along similar lines....I wonder what would have happened if Lenin had lived (and actually I wasn't the one who said this)...

No whorebuckets allowed

Where do you think I could get a sonic screwdriver?

So, in case you can't guess the hidden themes....I have a new favorite show (Dr. Who--I prefer the new versions) and I am writing a ton of applications for jobs to teach theory...The whore buckets that is a totally a random phrase I used to describe the broncos field goal kicker, who really just ruined my sunday...