Travels and (Mis)adventures: Life in Academia (formerly Mexico)

This semester, I'm teaching one of my classes in a large-seat lecture hall that requires me to either mic up or yell for 50 minutes, 3 t...

Ok. It has been an embarrassingly long time since I've written here. I am no longer in Mexico, for starters, and I have a real (!) job a...

Nearly 2 weeks ago, I attended a Mexican-themed potluck holiday dinner. It was fantastic. There were many wonderful dishes, and lots of ef...

Hmmm... December 4. Yeah. September, October, and November were good. I've been busy at the new job, which largely includes writing n...

Tonight is my last night in Mexico. Trying to get everything ready for the move back to the states as well as complete work down here (I sp...

On Sunday, Keating and I decided it was time to run down to Taxco to check out the famous silver markets. We got up early(-ish) and hopped ...

Last night I decided to have some fun in the kitchen. I've learned the trick to sweet-talking my violently combustible oven and I refus...