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February 4. Day 219. The poet Virgil was certainly a king of verse, and he sure knew his way around Hell, but maybe he should have taken some clues from Ovid about wooing and wowing of ladies. Can’t have it all, I guess. According to a medieval legend, Virgil was such a pushy suitor that one fed [...] February 2. Day 217. I’ve joined Twitter! My page is twitter.com/thedailyasker. Or, in twitterspeak, @thedailyasker. I’m not sure why I did, but lately I’ve been reading and hearing about it incessantly, so I thought I’d give it a try for a week or two. Feel free to track me, or let’s trade tweets, or whatever it is people do! *** Besides [...] January 28. Day 212. Today, I buckled down and asked for something from someone I know personally, and I’m not going to broadcast the details here. Since this project is dubbed the Daily Asker, and not the Daily Blogger, let’s leave it at that, k? I have an update, though. A few days ago, I asked my department [...] January 23. Day 207. Like anyone obsessed by her area of study, I tend to build my dissertation topic — balconies — into my everyday conversations. For example… Friend: On the sixth night, we stayed at a gorgeous hotel that was overlooking the Taj Mahal, and our pillows were made of this gossamer thread that was actually [...] January 21. Day 205. I keep a list in the back of my mind of things I’d like to ask for. Some are fun, some are practical. Today, I crossed a big one off the practical list. My department in grad school has the generous policy of paying for conference travel once per year, up to $500. Then, [...] |
    
  
 
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