tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post577067446357939791..comments2024-03-29T00:56:07.277-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar: Oooh! Shiny! (A plea for someone to talk me back to reality)Notorious Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-66839295188375844342008-11-12T06:39:00.000-08:002008-11-12T06:39:00.000-08:00Bloody well go for it, it sounds fascinating. Afte...Bloody well go for it, it sounds fascinating. After all, there's no such thing as too much to do, right? Oh, well, maybe. But this never seems to stop such as us, right?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-45398874745842886942008-11-11T09:40:00.000-08:002008-11-11T09:40:00.000-08:00What everyone else said! It's a great sign for a ...What everyone else said! It's a great sign for a project that you feel the "ooh, shiny" response. I've got one of those . . . in a holding pattern till I finish the current one . . . which used to be shiny.Dame Eleanor Hullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06512884104691200975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-89347168711665719222008-11-10T14:01:00.000-08:002008-11-10T14:01:00.000-08:00I love the "Oooh! Shiny!" It's such a playful, chi...I love the "Oooh! Shiny!" It's such a playful, childlike metaphor for such an advanced academic endeavor! If you can maintain that attitude, you'll be fine, for sure. And, if not, you'll still be fine.Good Enough Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531793545583712309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-35446210136194614922008-11-10T09:56:00.000-08:002008-11-10T09:56:00.000-08:00I'll take a feeble attempt at dissuasion (is that ...I'll take a feeble attempt at dissuasion (is that a word?): It does sound like a great move and if you'd enjoy it, it sounds even better. I don't know how it works there, but I know the research for your last/current book was fairly well-funded. Would this be the same or will you be writing it and researching it on top of maintaining all of your classes? I believe it's possible since people can manage careers and small children, just stockpile coffee now and take periodic breaks to avoid tears and homicide.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-3016100937234163082008-11-09T22:24:00.000-08:002008-11-09T22:24:00.000-08:00You guys are useless. ((grin))Okay, I've written ...You guys are useless. ((grin))<BR/><BR/>Okay, I've written to Major Scholar who used to be working on an aspect of this project to confirm what he told me at Kalamazoo: that he's deeply enmeshed in something else for now, and won't be getting to this for some time. And I've written to my friend in Research City -- he knows the archives I'll need to use inside and out, and he knows the particular trial, so he'll be able to tell me if I'm charging off into a swamp. <BR/><BR/>And in the meantime, I'm glossing the case itself, mapping out possible chapters.<BR/><BR/>Last chance to discourage me, folks...Notorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-62580709990249097142008-11-09T19:07:00.000-08:002008-11-09T19:07:00.000-08:00Um, I'm sorry, did you want a group of nerdy acade...Um, I'm sorry, did you want a group of nerdy academics who love obscure research projects that might lead to distant, dubious, and probably rather scant financial rewards to warn you off? I think you need to page some non-academics to intervene. Do you want me to have one of my "why don't you get a real job?" relatives drop by?<BR/><BR/>I'm excited just by the word "folio", so no help here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-19550713660667236472008-11-09T18:55:00.000-08:002008-11-09T18:55:00.000-08:00I'm no help either. It sounds fabulous. Run, run w...I'm no help either. It sounds fabulous. Run, run with it while you have the momentum.AliceAcademichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793332996620824659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-24348192119415567402008-11-09T18:36:00.000-08:002008-11-09T18:36:00.000-08:00I say start working with it and see where it goes!...I say start working with it and see where it goes!clio's disciplehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13640279322691564414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-90695184430067005702008-11-09T15:45:00.000-08:002008-11-09T15:45:00.000-08:00I'm with Dr S. If you've got a case that can do ...I'm with Dr S. If you've got a case that can do these things, go for it. You might start with one of the pieces as an article, but why not think about doing the whole thing?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-60851787260635305022008-11-09T11:15:00.000-08:002008-11-09T11:15:00.000-08:00No reality check here. This one sounds to me like...No reality check here. This one sounds to me like a dream come true: you're at the end of one project, and another one may just have walked up and said hello. Take a deep breath and enjoy it: this is the fun part, no? (Hooray!)Dr. Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05710707191216637159noreply@blogger.com