tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post610206576075644616..comments2024-03-14T02:18:13.285-05:00Comments on T h e | D e e p | M i d d l e: Smorgasbord Recipes for Neurotic Goat PeopleBenjamin Vogthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-72981900530494163282010-02-11T19:31:27.975-06:002010-02-11T19:31:27.975-06:00Nice blog you got here. I'd like to read more ...Nice blog you got here. I'd like to read more concerning this topic. Thanx for posting that information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-16482965482409519412009-03-14T17:18:00.000-05:002009-03-14T17:18:00.000-05:00Pam--My wife, also a PhD in English, asks the same...Pam--My wife, also a PhD in English, asks the same thing of me every day. Sometimes it can be fun, but after 9 years I need a break. Too many hoops. And what is it really all for? I just want my 50 acres and a writing shed. And yup, Ted is on my committee. I've worked with him for years. He has even agreed to publish a poem of mine via his newspaper column American Life in Potery in about, oh, 39Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-28809060809765948232009-03-13T22:21:00.000-05:002009-03-13T22:21:00.000-05:00So I sneak off to read your blog, late on a Friday...So I sneak off to read your blog, late on a Friday night, with a grant proposal open on the screen - and just laugh. This week a doctoral student of mine asked why the hell she was doing this to herself - and I burst out laughing and said that I didn't know. And then - once I collected myself, I told her that it was because it was fun. This weird, odd, strange, wonderful addiction to learning Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-38084428956247344282009-03-12T21:33:00.000-05:002009-03-12T21:33:00.000-05:00A--The red tape is so that you don't forget who yo...A--The red tape is so that you don't forget who you are: cheap labor.<BR/>Karen--I'm in love with yellow dogwood for the strip. Where is IC? Are we talking Nebraska? I'm not from here....<BR/>Frances--My schtick? I like that. They are calling for 70 next Tuesday and Wenesday--that is a no pants day if I ever heard of one. <BR/>Susan--Yeah, when will that editor get going and reject me? I have Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-49904169231917805652009-03-12T15:32:00.000-05:002009-03-12T15:32:00.000-05:00Hey Benjamin!...Some of us read, but do not commen...Hey Benjamin!...Some of us read, but do not comment every time! Not only that..I share your blog with a son who is working on his doctorate in Evolutionary Biology.... <BR/><BR/>I am totally into cognitive restructuring;-) <BR/><BR/>Fantastic news on the publishing front, btw.<BR/><BR/>GailGailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194325535496408116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-80049517625282542182009-03-12T06:19:00.000-05:002009-03-12T06:19:00.000-05:00And WOOT! for wining $1000 for your poems!And WOOT! for wining $1000 for your poems!Susan Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532464326705599296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-71489446694246612392009-03-12T06:18:00.000-05:002009-03-12T06:18:00.000-05:00Hag in there, friend--it is all just part of the v...Hag in there, friend--it is all just part of the very, very special hell that is the doctorate. ;-)<BR/><BR/>You can add to your list that one of your essays is in review for an essay on garden literature. You will probably hear something shortly--just as soon as that editor unburies herself from student advising for fall term.<BR/><BR/>Spring break is coming...Susan Tomlinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01532464326705599296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-55120012675373007232009-03-12T06:06:00.000-05:002009-03-12T06:06:00.000-05:00Hello my dear Benjamin, your manic rantings used t...Hello my dear Benjamin, your manic rantings used to worry me, but I now realize that is your schtick, and you are so good at it too. As for trying to act happy, that is the very best road to take. As my therapist, and she knows who she is! says, fake it 'til you make it. And that is so true. You tell people you are doing all right, that everything will work out for the best enough times, thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-72589213793374177522009-03-12T01:54:00.000-05:002009-03-12T01:54:00.000-05:00PS Oh sorry, didn't see them listed. I don't know ...PS Oh sorry, didn't see them listed. I don't know those folks - lived in IC in the early 90s so there's been a lot of faculty turnover since then, I guess. Best wishes for it all to work out, and I say go for it with your hell strip! I know you can do something creative. Some neighbors will be shocked, but maybe others will be inspired. You will have left your mark in the neighborhood forever if Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-87505549024043412732009-03-11T23:04:00.000-05:002009-03-11T23:04:00.000-05:00Wow! congratulations on the publications and all! ...Wow! congratulations on the publications and all! That is awesome! :) Ya, Jackie was telling me about all the paperwork. That is just insane. You have done all the work, why all the red tape???Amanda B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08611282164381411546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-20797775780842236962009-03-11T20:23:00.000-05:002009-03-11T20:23:00.000-05:00Don--Think of my "sick guy" as a dissertation that...Don--Think of my "sick guy" as a dissertation that needs some editing and revising. I have to mentally prepare too, you know--anxiety. Fear. Dread. Hope.<BR/>Layanee--Spring? It's 7 outside with a -10 windchill. Sigh.<BR/>Kate--Like, I know! My two dissertations are now one--I combined the titles with an "and." Stupid.<BR/>WF--Oh I'll keep writing. I have to. And the writing is half of it--I Benjamin Vogthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10661489036836711335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-32928110498866045952009-03-11T19:08:00.000-05:002009-03-11T19:08:00.000-05:00Sorry about the travails. Between the rabbits and ...Sorry about the travails. Between the rabbits and the UI computers, sounds like you've had a horrid late winter. Congrats on getting the book done, good luck with the hustle and flow of post-grad-school employment. I'm curious who's on your committee, but maybe that's top secret.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-90400930645246368212009-03-11T07:56:00.000-05:002009-03-11T07:56:00.000-05:00Make that 5 people who read your blog. You're a ta...Make that 5 people who read your blog. You're a talented writer and will build a following if you are able to keep at it. (Whether you will ever make money at it is another matter. Sadly, there is very little correlation between writing talent and the ability to make money as a writer.) Wishing you well in your disseration defense.Wild Florahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12879469366372645504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-63019848254100374912009-03-11T00:30:00.000-05:002009-03-11T00:30:00.000-05:00Only idiots refuse to acknowledge the obvious--lik...Only idiots refuse to acknowledge the obvious--like your two dissertations. <BR/>--Katethemanicgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08750985315536912324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-32683615333501050922009-03-10T23:13:00.000-05:002009-03-10T23:13:00.000-05:00"Therefore, my melancholy will breed genius. It's ..."Therefore, my melancholy will breed genius. It's inevitable."<BR/><BR/>No need to breed it... it's already there. I'm convinced! Many people mistake genius for insanity, you know... ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-74564617371328506162009-03-09T22:34:00.000-05:002009-03-09T22:34:00.000-05:00Looking at the positive? Hmmm...it must be spring...Looking at the positive? Hmmm...it must be spring. Great things happen in spring.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9218275625589637009.post-55748736504961726422009-03-09T20:39:00.000-05:002009-03-09T20:39:00.000-05:00How do you prepare for defending your dissertation...How do you prepare for defending your dissertation? I would think you would have already researched the topic until you're sick of it; do you take a Dale Carnegie course, or something? Fortunately graduating from medical school we never had to do that; they just handed some poor, sick guy to us to take care of and saw whether he survived (mine did).IBOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160379892465206319noreply@blogger.com