Comments on: Cereal with a Fork

By: Blinger

Blinger — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:57:21 +0000

Well I’m in the middle of the course work for my masters and will start the dissertation later this year. the purpose of my blog is to keep me focused on language and also to write something everyday hopefully improving my writing.

By: Kikuchiyo

Kikuchiyo — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:03:17 +0000

If I ever finish my dissertation, will it mean that I stop subsiting on a diet primarily composed of coffee?

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:41:17 +0000

I’m in the home stretch, and have been blogging through the entire writing process (started when I was wrapping up my field research). These days, the blog has suffered a bit as my writing has ramped up, but I’ve also been told that I’m “increbibly brave” for posting a daily running word count on my blog’s sidebar (makes me accountable to both advisors and family, though it’s debatable which exerts more pressure on me)…

By: DJW

DJW — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:24:19 +0000

I don’t blog, in part since reading blogs seems to be slowing down my dissertation enough. My dissertation is currently in a ‘bad dog’ phase, though, so I’m probably looking for excuses.

By: Cleis

Cleis — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:56:34 +0000

Hey, hey, I’m working on it! Stop harrassing me! ;)

By: trish

trish — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:35:19 +0000

give me until Sept. and I’ll have blogged throughout almost my entire PhD, minus the first six months.

By: Elle

Elle — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:53:41 +0000

I’m a tenured full professor, and I still sometimes have cereal for dinner. However, I do eat it with a spoon.

By: J. Ellenberg

J. Ellenberg — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:53:18 +0000

The wife and I were hungry at 11:30 last night so we each had a bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats. What do non-academics do?

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:33:09 +0000

You mean it’s possible to blog and finish writing? Congratulations, Clare! Blogging is so much more fulfilling in the short term that it’s an easy distraction. Maybe I’ll return to this post by May of next year to tell you all that I did it, too…like Eszter, I don’t think the time I need would be shortened any if I were to stop blogging.

By: eszter

eszter — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:07:00 +0000

I started my blog a year and a month before I finished the dissertation.. and no, I would not have finished it before, although of course I cannot prove that. Then again, I also chaired the Grad Student Gov’t at Princeton while preparing for and taking my Generals so maybe these things help my productivity.

By: Duckling

Duckling — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:22:33 +0000

Me too hopefully in a year’s time. argh. It’d probably be 6 months time if I didn’t spend so much time on my blog.

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 06:53:42 +0000

Well, I managed it (see here); I wrote virtually all of my dissertation while I kept up the blog. So, it can be done. Congrats to Claire on making it through!