Monthly Archives: August 2014

The Academic Life (or, How to Think Thoughts Professionally)

Posted on 29 August 2014 by Benj

Up until this point in my life, the academic pieces–reading for general knowledge, class preparation, research and writing–have fit in around the larger, immovable blocks of my life. But now, I have been hit with an avalanche of “free time,” and it’s hard to know how best to use it all…. Continue reading →

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August Update: Greetings from Lithuania!

Posted on 13 August 2014 by Benj

Greetings from Lithuania! We completed the 24-hour journey from Perkasie to Newark to Copenhagen to Palanga to Klaipėda, across 7 time zones… Continue reading →

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Five-Year Plan (non-Soviet-style)

Posted on 5 August 2014 by Benj

In May 2010, we made a five-year plan… Continue reading →

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Audio Streams in the Desert (Or, My Free Post-Graduate Education)

Posted on 1 August 2014 by Benj

Over the last eight years, I listened to thousands of hours of teaching from top teachers at top institutions–mostly for free! Continue reading →

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