I just heard from Noelle and unfortunately our paper got a revise and resubmit yet again from the Journal of Marriage and Family. It sounds like a tough set of peer reviewers--to paraphrase Noelle, she may have to open up a vein before this paper is accepted for publication. Of course, I thought the latest revision sounded pretty damn good and Noelle did a good job taking some fairly complex statistical analyses and relating them in more "reader friendly" terms.
Yet they still think (among an assortment of other things) that overarching conceptualization issues exist and a tweak in our analysis is warranted. They consider another revision to be minor and are willing to let us resubmit once more (and by "us" I really mean Noelle... she's been in charge of this paper since I graduated).
I still haven't heard anything back about our religion paper (my thesis that Noelle and I are trying to get published) but it's still too soon to have heard back. I'm just excited that the editor didn't outright deflect it and that it actually went on to peer review.
-KP
"Is that a toilet in your kitchen?"
"Or a stove in your bathroom?"
"Oh...that's not just a stove. That's a stoveinkerator! A combination of a stove, oven, sink and refrigerator. Stoveinkerator! Isn't that futuristic?!"
"God I hope not."
-How I Met Your Mother
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Goonies Never Say Die
It's becoming hard to live by my favorite childhood mantra when my favorite Wisconsin sports teams seem to be falling in on themselves. The Packers are nothing more than bribers and the Brew Crew have let the Cubbies dominate.
My biggest pet peeve, however, isn't even with the Brewers themselves but with the fact that there are just too many Cubs fans at Miller Park. I know this is how it has always been, but I'm tired of hearing about "Wrigley Field North" on television down here, with the television announcers picking on Brewers fans during all these telecasts. I'm sure the fact that I live in enemy territory only elevates my sensitivity to the matter, but it sure would have been nice to shut those fans up so I didn't thave to constantly hear, "Let's go, Cubbies" being chanted at Miller Park. It's just aggravating.
However, Goonies Never Say Die. There is a lot of baseball left in the season and it only takes a week's worth of bad games for the Cubs to falter and/or the Brewers to get on another hot streak. Hell, maybe Dave Bush will show everyone tomorrow afternoon that he shouldn't be overlooked. But against Rich Harden? I doubt it.
Anyway, that's enough about the issues I carry from identifying too much with hometown sports teams.
I'm almost caught up on loading pictures to my WebShots page. Go check it out, leave some comments, have a good time. If anyone is looking for some new sound, I recommend checking out Miri Ben-Ari--she's got a cool mixture of classical music fused with jazz, R&B, and hip hop going on. It's pretty awesome.
The best thing though? This weekend marks our third annual "camping" excursion. I can't wait for 4pm to roll around Friday so we can jam on out of Illinois and onwards to a weekend full of lust, gluttony, and greed! Give me a holla if you want in on that action.
PS: The new X-Files movie? So incredibly disappointing. It was so disappointing that it made me depressed. Us X-Philes have waited this long and that's what they gave us? Seriously?
Seriously?
-KP
"There you are you deaf bastard! I hate you so much everytime you utter my name, I wanna stick my fist all the way down your throat and watch you slowly choke on it!"
"Ted, I can hear now."
"Who's Ted?"
-Dr. Kelso & Ted, Scrubs
My biggest pet peeve, however, isn't even with the Brewers themselves but with the fact that there are just too many Cubs fans at Miller Park. I know this is how it has always been, but I'm tired of hearing about "Wrigley Field North" on television down here, with the television announcers picking on Brewers fans during all these telecasts. I'm sure the fact that I live in enemy territory only elevates my sensitivity to the matter, but it sure would have been nice to shut those fans up so I didn't thave to constantly hear, "Let's go, Cubbies" being chanted at Miller Park. It's just aggravating.
However, Goonies Never Say Die. There is a lot of baseball left in the season and it only takes a week's worth of bad games for the Cubs to falter and/or the Brewers to get on another hot streak. Hell, maybe Dave Bush will show everyone tomorrow afternoon that he shouldn't be overlooked. But against Rich Harden? I doubt it.
Anyway, that's enough about the issues I carry from identifying too much with hometown sports teams.
I'm almost caught up on loading pictures to my WebShots page. Go check it out, leave some comments, have a good time. If anyone is looking for some new sound, I recommend checking out Miri Ben-Ari--she's got a cool mixture of classical music fused with jazz, R&B, and hip hop going on. It's pretty awesome.
The best thing though? This weekend marks our third annual "camping" excursion. I can't wait for 4pm to roll around Friday so we can jam on out of Illinois and onwards to a weekend full of lust, gluttony, and greed! Give me a holla if you want in on that action.
PS: The new X-Files movie? So incredibly disappointing. It was so disappointing that it made me depressed. Us X-Philes have waited this long and that's what they gave us? Seriously?
Seriously?
-KP
"There you are you deaf bastard! I hate you so much everytime you utter my name, I wanna stick my fist all the way down your throat and watch you slowly choke on it!"
"Ted, I can hear now."
"Who's Ted?"
-Dr. Kelso & Ted, Scrubs
Monday, July 28, 2008
Fireworks!
Molly and I went down to Millenium Park Saturday night to watch the fireworks. 'Twas a good night--good food, good drink, good friends...all coupled with that feeling of being tied for first place in the NL Central.
(C'mon, Brewers--channel tonight's loss and kick the crap out of those Cubs tomorrow!)*
Look--pictures!
-KP
[J.D. finds his bike wrecked]
"What the hell?"
"It's a riddle! Two guys destroyed your bike with a crowbar and a bat! One of them wasn't me!"
-J.D. & the Janitor, Scrubs
*I actually have no problem with the Cubs, believe it or not. No, I have a huge problem with the majority of Cubs fans** and their innate tendencies to be assholes. Example: Molly and I are taking a walk yesterday. I'm wearing my Fielder shirt. A car drives passed us, slows down, and begins to heckle me. Is that really necessary? Is that your definition of being a good fan? *sighs*
**I realize not all Cubs fans are assholes. I work with the Cubs' historian. He is a shining example of a good Cubs fan... but I think he may be the exception to the rule...
(C'mon, Brewers--channel tonight's loss and kick the crap out of those Cubs tomorrow!)*
Look--pictures!
-KP
[J.D. finds his bike wrecked]
"What the hell?"
"It's a riddle! Two guys destroyed your bike with a crowbar and a bat! One of them wasn't me!"
-J.D. & the Janitor, Scrubs
*I actually have no problem with the Cubs, believe it or not. No, I have a huge problem with the majority of Cubs fans** and their innate tendencies to be assholes. Example: Molly and I are taking a walk yesterday. I'm wearing my Fielder shirt. A car drives passed us, slows down, and begins to heckle me. Is that really necessary? Is that your definition of being a good fan? *sighs*
**I realize not all Cubs fans are assholes. I work with the Cubs' historian. He is a shining example of a good Cubs fan... but I think he may be the exception to the rule...
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Borneo or Bust
Last weekend was the 3rd Annual BBE in honor of Molly and Yep's birthdays. It's become a nice tradition to get us Waukesha folk together in July, have a bonfire, play washers, witness classic Yep quirkiness, and partake of the beverage. This year did not disappoint (although the Grovers were very much missed!).
All this brought to you courtesy of:
Picture of the Night:
I'll put all the pictures up on my Webshots sometime this weekend. If the title of this blog post makes you go, "WTF?" then you'll have to check 'em out.
-KP
"Ah, I'm sorry... Crazy lady says what?"
"What?"
"Atta girl."
-Dr. Cox & Jordan, Scrubs
All this brought to you courtesy of:
Picture of the Night:
I'll put all the pictures up on my Webshots sometime this weekend. If the title of this blog post makes you go, "WTF?" then you'll have to check 'em out.
-KP
"Ah, I'm sorry... Crazy lady says what?"
"What?"
"Atta girl."
-Dr. Cox & Jordan, Scrubs
The Hammer is my...
Ooh! Ooh! I just purchased my very own Captain Hammer t-shirt! I cannot convey how much excitement this brings me! Here's to the one good thing the writer's strike brought us everyday-common-folk!
I like exclamation marks!
-KP
"She's giving it up hard 'cause she's with Captain Hammer and these [holding up his fists] are not the hammer."
[Leaves]
[Beat]
[Returns]
"The hammer is my penis."
-Captain Hammer
I like exclamation marks!
-KP
"She's giving it up hard 'cause she's with Captain Hammer and these [holding up his fists] are not the hammer."
[Leaves]
[Beat]
[Returns]
"The hammer is my penis."
-Captain Hammer
Randomnicity (07.24.08 Edition)
1) Somebody get a broom ready because I'm ready for a sweep!
2) Nose hair. I'm a firm believer--for the sake of those who must look at you--that men should embrace the trimming. At work, however, I am surrounded by a seemingly endless forest. It is gross.
3) While on the topic of work and gross, it should be noted that I am constantly astounded by certain individuals and their behavior in the presence of coworkers. We're talking about a complete disregard for manners concerning burping, farting, and bodily odor here. I mean, how can you work your way up the corporate ladder and not realize you must wear deodorant??? It blows my mind.
4) Sometimes I wish it were legal to shoot paintballs at little children who constantly scream outside your apartment. Also: the parents who "monitor" said children but can't keep them well-behaved.
5) Ditto for little children who run around the stairwell and slam doors.
6) Brett Favre vs. the Packers? Sorry, Brett. You lose.
7) You know, I still haven't finished uploading pictures from Maui on my WebShots. I should get to those.
8) Then I could upload pictures from last weekend's 3rd Annual BBE (Birthday Bash Extravaganza)!
9) Ok, so my opinion on The Dark Knight. Pretty phenomenal. About 20 minutes too long (but what would you cut out?) and the transformation from Harvey Dent into Two-Face was a bit--shall we say--rushed. I understand you can't have an entire movie with a guy flipping a coin but... I don't know... this was the thing that just didn't click for me. I liked Harvey, though. Harvey was good. (And so was that guy who they say was Heath Ledger playing the Joker but they could be lying because he didn't look or sound anything like Heath Ledger... for real). My head hurt when I left the theater. What an intense, intense movie.
9a) I am indifferent when it comes to Katie Holmes vs. Maggie Gyllenhaal but I'm glad they recast for one reason: one particular scene may have encouraged applause from the crowd if Katie Holmes had been in it. Applause would probably be the exact opposite reaction intended.
10) Is it 4pm yet? I really want to go home today.
-KP
"So my girlfriend serviced most of the staff? I'm proud of her commitment to medicine."
"It's not like you haven't had sex with other people. Your ex-wife, that med student, your ex-wife, that cute intern in radiology, your ex-wife..."
"Would you get off my ex-wife?"
"I will if you will."
"Dammit, now I'm too gosh-darned proud of you to be mad!"
-Dr. Cox & Carla, Scrubs
2) Nose hair. I'm a firm believer--for the sake of those who must look at you--that men should embrace the trimming. At work, however, I am surrounded by a seemingly endless forest. It is gross.
3) While on the topic of work and gross, it should be noted that I am constantly astounded by certain individuals and their behavior in the presence of coworkers. We're talking about a complete disregard for manners concerning burping, farting, and bodily odor here. I mean, how can you work your way up the corporate ladder and not realize you must wear deodorant??? It blows my mind.
4) Sometimes I wish it were legal to shoot paintballs at little children who constantly scream outside your apartment. Also: the parents who "monitor" said children but can't keep them well-behaved.
5) Ditto for little children who run around the stairwell and slam doors.
6) Brett Favre vs. the Packers? Sorry, Brett. You lose.
7) You know, I still haven't finished uploading pictures from Maui on my WebShots. I should get to those.
8) Then I could upload pictures from last weekend's 3rd Annual BBE (Birthday Bash Extravaganza)!
9) Ok, so my opinion on The Dark Knight. Pretty phenomenal. About 20 minutes too long (but what would you cut out?) and the transformation from Harvey Dent into Two-Face was a bit--shall we say--rushed. I understand you can't have an entire movie with a guy flipping a coin but... I don't know... this was the thing that just didn't click for me. I liked Harvey, though. Harvey was good. (And so was that guy who they say was Heath Ledger playing the Joker but they could be lying because he didn't look or sound anything like Heath Ledger... for real). My head hurt when I left the theater. What an intense, intense movie.
9a) I am indifferent when it comes to Katie Holmes vs. Maggie Gyllenhaal but I'm glad they recast for one reason: one particular scene may have encouraged applause from the crowd if Katie Holmes had been in it. Applause would probably be the exact opposite reaction intended.
10) Is it 4pm yet? I really want to go home today.
-KP
"So my girlfriend serviced most of the staff? I'm proud of her commitment to medicine."
"It's not like you haven't had sex with other people. Your ex-wife, that med student, your ex-wife, that cute intern in radiology, your ex-wife..."
"Would you get off my ex-wife?"
"I will if you will."
"Dammit, now I'm too gosh-darned proud of you to be mad!"
-Dr. Cox & Carla, Scrubs
Sunday, July 13, 2008
CC Mania
Maybe--just maybe--all this hype over CC is worth it (ok, I can't lie--I've always been on this particular bandwagon). I never in all my life thought I would witness a pitcher hitting a home run. And then it happens:
Ok, so that's the Milwaukee Journal's picture and not mine. But it's cool. Then he strikes out the last three hitters in the ninth for his first complete game as a Brewer. The fact that Craig Counsell hit a sac fly against good ol' Coco to avoid being swept by the Reds was just icing on the cake.
-KP
"Girl problems?"
"How'd you know?"
"Look like you got problems. You're a girl. Girl problems."
-Janitor & J.D., Scrubs
Ok, so that's the Milwaukee Journal's picture and not mine. But it's cool. Then he strikes out the last three hitters in the ninth for his first complete game as a Brewer. The fact that Craig Counsell hit a sac fly against good ol' Coco to avoid being swept by the Reds was just icing on the cake.
-KP
"Girl problems?"
"How'd you know?"
"Look like you got problems. You're a girl. Girl problems."
-Janitor & J.D., Scrubs
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