Monthly Archives: October 2012

Pretending Not To Notice

Posted on October 29, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

That was uncomfortable. As you know, I’m not out-of-the-closet to my supervisor. Normally, this is frustrating, but leads to few problems. I duck into my office and change before our meetings. Lately, however, he has apparently decided to become more … Continue reading →

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Are Women “Too Busy To Think About Politics?”

Posted on October 29, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

If there is one politician in the entire country whom I hate on a level comparable to that of Prime Minister Harper then it can only be BC Premier Christie Clark*. Since her election a year and a half ago, … Continue reading →

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The Horror of Monkey-Man!

Posted on October 27, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

This being the “season” leading-in to Halloween, I thought it might be optimal to put a few minutes aside in order to discuss those things which frightened me as a child. To begin, I need to make plain the fact … Continue reading →

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In Which The Author Expresses Her Frustration

Posted on October 26, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

My thesis is written, my diagrams are prepared; I’ve got my results plotted into nice little pretty point-graphs of in the complex plane.  I have made the revisions my supervisor requested, rewritten entire chapters for comprehensibility, and broken-down all of … Continue reading →

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One Takes One’s Victories Where One Can

Posted on October 26, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

I came-out to my best friend from High School a year before I came-out to the world in general. That was now two years less three months ago, and during all of that time, he has refrained from addressing this … Continue reading →

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Learning New Things About Yourself

Posted on October 23, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

So as you know, I have been experimenting with different modes of gender expression since I came-out a few months ago. I have done this, first and foremost, as a simple celebration of my new-found freedom to do this, but … Continue reading →

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Amusing Errors

Posted on October 22, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

One of the unfortunate things about being a physicist is that I cannot, generally, take part in the academic passtime of highlighting particularly amusing errors made by my students to delight my readers. This is because the assignments I mark … Continue reading →

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Behaving Like a Douche for my Health

Posted on October 18, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

My therapist is of the impression that the best way for me to overcome my various anxieties concerning social interactions is to face them head on. Towards this end, today she worked with me to compile a list of different … Continue reading →

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What If…

Posted on October 17, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

I watched the second Presidential Debate last night. Of course, I’m not an American, but “living next to [the USA] is like sleeping with an elephant; no matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, one is affected by every … Continue reading →

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A Pathetic Bit of Whining

Posted on October 16, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Uh-oh! Looks like someone online is a Freethinking Badass (TM) and wants everybody on the Internet to know it! Ripping-in to the popularity of the facebook page “I fucking love science,” the author writes: Any time I see people on … Continue reading →

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