Go West, Young Woman!

exploratorium

Posts have been a little scarce on the ground here, because I'm in the middle of prepping to change jobs and change coasts.  Scrapping with everyone about religion, philosophy, and musical theatre is fun, but it's not how I earn my living. I have sometimes said that, in my dream job, I would have a badge that said "Methodology Cop" and I would be allowed to kick in doors and help people overhaul their research projects and interventions.  "Ma'am, I need you to step away from that … [Read more...]

Here’s what’s coming up this week…

coming-soon

I'm going to be received into the Catholic Church this Sunday (baptism, confirmation, and first communion).  Here's what's going to be going on here at the blog from now until Thanksgiving. In the spirit of my blogging advice from yesterday, I'm going to be doing some arts blogging as a lens on some parts of my conversion/spiritual life on Thursday and Friday.  (Fairly musical theatre heavy, natch). On Saturday, I'll be on my anti-football hobbyhorse in honor of the Harvard-Yale … [Read more...]

Handy Dandy Blogging Advice!

Blog_New Yorker cartoon (Medium)

This weekend, I went up to Baltimore to attend a session of the Fall General Assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The session was called, "An Encounter With Social Media: Bishops and Bloggers Dialogue" and included a presentation of survey results about Catholic blog reading habits, a panel discussion, small group discussion, and then a period where the bishops asked questions of the bloggers en masse and then we switched and asked them questions. They encouraged us to … [Read more...]