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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 27, 2008

There’s a whole lot I’m thankful for, but I’m probably most thankful for my family and friends: Oliver, Rainer and the rest of my relatives, my expat friends, German friends, college friends, high school friends, childhood friends, and all the other friends I’ve made along the way.  I’m thankful that Bush won’t be president for [...]

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Sexual harrassment in academia: my experience

June 3, 2008

For probably over a year now, I’ve been considering posting about my experience as a female graduate student in a male dominated field. Until now, I’ve always told people that I left the PhD program in Statistics at Duke University because Rainer was in Germany and the professor I was working with had gone to [...]

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The Answers, part II: living in Germany, living in general, and kids

April 4, 2008

What is the best part about living in Germany? What is the hardest? The best part about living in Germany is probably the socialized medicine. You hear stories about illnesses making people bankrupt in the US, and I don’t have to worry at all about that here. If, God forbid, Oliver was autistic, or Rainer [...]

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The Answers part I: books, movies, music, etc.

April 2, 2008

There were a lot of great questions, keep em coming if you still got any.  Here’s some answers, others will come soon. 1. What’s your favorite Pearl Jam song? That’s tough.  I like a lot of them, and Riot Act has been played often as of late.  When I was in college, I considered “Corduroy” [...]

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Just how privileged are you?

January 30, 2008

I got this meme from Barbara over at Home in France.  It was developed for a research project (and copyrighted) by Will Barratt, Meagan Cahill, Angie Carlen, Minnette Huck, Drew Lurker, Stacy Ploskonka at Illinois State University (see their project’s website here).  They ask that you PLEASE acknowledge their copyright if you use this meme. Bold the [...]

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Happy 4th!

July 4, 2007

Happy 4th of July to all the Americans out there! I heard on the news today that there are 500,000 people expected to attend the fireworks in DC today. We went once when I was in college (when we were kids my dad preferred setting off illegal fireworks in the backyard), and if I remember [...]

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Freaky!

June 30, 2007

WHAT MAJOR IS RIGHT FOR YOU? You scored as Mathematics/Statistics, You should strongly consider majoring (or minoring) in Mathematics, Statistics, or related majors (e.g., Accounting, Actuarial Science, Astronomy, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Systems (CIS), Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Finance, Management Information Systems (MIS), Operations Management, Physics, Risk Management). It is possible that the best major [...]

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