Popular Tripe, Sloppy Methods, and Questionable Conclusions

I have long been held in the throes of a catastrophic delusion: I think I am a mult-tasker. I’m not. I’m diagnosed ADD and have the same attention span/interests as my cat. However, whenever I buckle down to take on a task — folding laundry, reading articles, writing this so-called “thesis” — I always think [...]

I’m addicted to all the glittery, twinkling, chirping charms of the Internet.

I am not a math person. I’m a word person. However, even I am able to recognize the little equations by which our world works.  My most relevant pattern is the way in which pressing academic and professional demands ensure I will waste even more hours delving into the hyper-connective world of The Internets.
When I was an undergraduate, [...]