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	<description>personal and professional notes from a chemistry graduate student</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Chemistry as a stumbling block</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/chemistry-as-a-stumbling-block</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Not professionally, but socially.
&#8220;What do you do?&#8221;  &#8220;Oh, I&#8217;m just starting as a professor at Hobart U.&#8221;  &#8220;Oh, that&#8217;s wonderful!  Are you excited about classes starting tomorrow?&#8221;  &#8220;Yes, very much.&#8221;  &#8220;And what is it that you teach?&#8221;  &#8220;Chemistry.&#8221;  &#8220;Oh&#8230; I never took that.&#8221;
Or, &#8220;Oh&#8230; I hated that class.&#8221;
Or, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No Smoking Hot Spot&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/no-smoking-hot-spot</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/no-smoking-hot-spot#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:25:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[nerd alert]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[evidence]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=390</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A former consultant for the Australian Greenhouse Office writes in The Australian about the lack of evidence pointing to carbon dioxide emissions as the cause of global warming.  (He was actually the one who wrote the FullCAM model that measures Australia&#8217;s compliance with Kyoto.)
When I started that job in 1999 the evidence that carbon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>While I move&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/while-i-move</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/while-i-move#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:58:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[nerd alert]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[hobart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[moving]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; posting has gotten a bit sparse&#8230; I&#8217;ll pause for a moment while you gasp in surprise&#8230;  
Why do I always move by letting the schedule slip until I&#8217;m doing everything at the last minute?  I know the answer to that one - lack of ability to say &#8220;no&#8221; to myself and others; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Crouch, Skoog &#038; Holler</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/crouch-skoog-holler</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/crouch-skoog-holler#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[laughter]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[crouch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[fire safety]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[holler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[skoog]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Crouch, Skoog and Holler&#8221;.
Is that&#8230;
Southern-style fire safety instructions?
or
the authors of a popular textbook in instrumental analysis?
Why not both??  I just need to figure out how one &#8220;skoogs&#8221;.
]]></description>
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		<title>Last Group Meeting</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/last-group-meeting</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/last-group-meeting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:34:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[postdoc]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, I have a job.  Another temporary job, yes, but it&#8217;s a RealJob, or at least a big step in that direction.  (Not guaranteed to be free of dead ends.)  And it&#8217;s definitely mine; mailed off the acceptance letter (to the president! I wonder if he&#8217;ll actually read it?) and the polite-but-friendly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The fun of waiting&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/the-fun-of-waiting</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/the-fun-of-waiting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[hobart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[job hunting]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[for the phone to ring.  Or the email to arrive.
Today&#8217;s the day when &#8220;Hobart U&#8221; is making its decision on who gets the job.
]]></description>
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		<title>To the Atheist</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/to-the-atheist</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/to-the-atheist#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:17:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[nerd alert]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[atheism]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[belief]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[God]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[science]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This was gonna be the start of a big long rant in which I marvel at how intolerant progressives can be.  I would&#8217;ve particularly focused on my amazement at the fact that so many atheists are aggressively intolerant of the sincere religious beliefs of others &#8212; for instance,
&#8220;I watched my father-in-law die this weekend. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching is hard!</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/teaching-is-hard</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/teaching-is-hard#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=380</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; and I haven&#8217;t even started doing it yet.
The phone interviews with &#8220;Hobart U&#8221; continue to go well, so I&#8217;ve allowed myself to anticipate the final result a little bit.  Classes start at the end of August, I need to start down there at the start of August, so it really seems pretty reasonable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why &#8220;video blog entries&#8221; are evil</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/why-video-blog-entries-are-evil</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/why-video-blog-entries-are-evil#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[rants]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[animation]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[post]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[video posts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a disturbing trend at a few of the sites I follow, or used to follow:  Video posts.  Regular entries that would&#8217;ve lasted for a page or two of text get replaced with a wonderful multimedia version - visual effects, animation, pictures, with voiceover commentary by the video creator.  Or, someone used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kill them</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/kill-them</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/kill-them#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 20:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[job hunting]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[More from the Chronicle job-hunt forum, which I&#8217;m starting to like more and more &#8211;
&#8220;I have shared this before but here is what I have told my mother and mother-in-law:
&#8220;I teach XX history. That is what my specialty is and that is the only thing I am going to get hired to do. Each college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phone interview!</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/phone-interview</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/phone-interview#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=377</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently I&#8217;m already a &#8220;finalist&#8221; for the temp faculty position at &#8220;Hobart University&#8221;.  I suspect that that means I just made it through the initial screening of &#8220;is breathing and apparently has a degree in chemistry.&#8221;  But they did mail me the morning of the day they were to begin considering applications, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A to C, or B</title>
		<link>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/a-to-c-or-b</link>
		<comments>http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/2008/a-to-c-or-b#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 18:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Wallaby</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[faculty]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.orangewallaby.net/wall/?p=376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Job interview yesterday.  It went well!  They liked me!  Woohoo!
(Clearly they haven&#8217;t talked to my current boss yet.  Although he supposedly has nothing but good things to say about his students, no matter what he really thinks about them.  Which is nice, I guess, but  kind of reinforces his [...]]]></description>
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