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Academic Dad: June 2011
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What is this blog about? Thursday, June 30, 2011. This weekend will be a lot of fun. My wife's sister is coming out for a few days to spend with us, and this is the first family we've been able to see since we found out we will be having a child. Also, tomorrow we will be exactly two months away. Get exciiiiiiiited! Post #15 in my 90-in-90 blog challenge. Blog with us and join the fun. I'll be blogging both here and on my professional blog. Posted by Jeremy Littau. Assembling furniture is a life test.
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Academic Dad: September 2011
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What is this blog about? Saturday, September 17, 2011. Right now the hardest adjustment with the baby has been on the job end. For lack of a better way of saying it, I worry that I suck at my job right now. Being good at my job requires having my mind be sharp and focused, and I'm still learning how to do that. Posted by Jeremy Littau. Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Well, here goes #90. Ninety days ago I took the 90-in-90 challenge. Partially as a way to jumpstart this blog (I wasn't posting enough here) a...
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Academic Dad: August 2011
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What is this blog about? Wednesday, August 31, 2011. I think I need to stop reading about baby milestones. I swear I saw a smile this early morning but it could have been him just digesting. Usually I can tell if it's the latter because we get a little body wiggle, but this time it was just a grin-looking thing as I was looking at him and smiling. He didn't do it later, so probably was just a fluke. For the challenge. For more about the 90/90 challenge, read about my call for participants. So I have this...
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Academic Dad: Nothing I can do
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What is this blog about? Tuesday, July 5, 2011. Nothing I can do. I know absolutely nothing about the Casey Anthony case. Haven't followed it the whole time and basically only knew the name. It was interesting watching the frenzy unfold in my Twitter and Facebook feeds today; a lot of folks who generally don't comment much on what's in the news were pretty charged up by the verdict. Like I said, I haven't followed, but I tweeted that I'm proud to know nothing about the case. That's one example. I can...
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Academic Dad: New languages
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What is this blog about? Sunday, March 17, 2013. Nana" (bananas) and "Gack" (milk) are his favorite things. To have when it's lunch or snack time. Our little guy just passed 19 months. Can you believe it? I still remember when he was little enough that we just swaddled him up and laid him across my chest, and he'd sleep there for hours. Now he's just this bundle of energy, running around the house in nearly nonstop fashion. He has many words and phrases:. Austin (he pronounces it "Auten"). That's been th...
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Academic Dad: March 2013
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What is this blog about? Sunday, March 17, 2013. Nana" (bananas) and "Gack" (milk) are his favorite things. To have when it's lunch or snack time. Our little guy just passed 19 months. Can you believe it? I still remember when he was little enough that we just swaddled him up and laid him across my chest, and he'd sleep there for hours. Now he's just this bundle of energy, running around the house in nearly nonstop fashion. He has many words and phrases:. Austin (he pronounces it "Auten"). That's been th...
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Academic Dad: December 2011
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What is this blog about? Sunday, December 25, 2011. I have a lot to be thankful for this year. Another year with my wife and in good health (minus a currently balky back, but the steroids are TOTALLY taking care of that). I love Christmas more than any other holiday, though, and as we've gotten into the season it has been a treat to watch my newborn son experience it for the first time. It's good), but for reasons I've already gone into my son is a miracle baby to me. Life itself is such a miracle be...
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Academic Dad: Ninety
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What is this blog about? Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Well, here goes #90. Ninety days ago I took the 90-in-90 challenge. Partially as a way to jumpstart this blog (I wasn't posting enough here) and partially as a way to motivate my students to keep writing and stay vital. The idea isn't mine (it comes from Brad King. At Ball State University in Indiana) but we made it our own. Along the way we found a tribe. I've realized some things along the way. In part, my poor academic blog. There was always a plan...
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Academic Dad: Bethlehem mayor race
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What is this blog about? Friday, May 17, 2013. Disclaimer: This post doesn't represent the views of my household or my employer. It's just a Bethlehem resident talking. I've avoided political issues in this space for the most part, but I want to say something about the race for Mayor. We vote on May 21 ( find your polling place. And we'll have a new mayor for the first time in several years. I'm voting for Willie Reynolds. Then the negative ads. The whole thing drips of ugly. It's quite a contrast. O...
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Academic Dad: FAQ
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What is this blog about? To be updated whenever I feel like it . Why are you doing this? I like stories and I use social media a lot. This is part journal, part news source, part conversation, part community. Blogs are perfect for this. Don't you worry about privacy? Totally. It's on the forefront of my mind, and I talk about it a lot when I teach. Short version is that I'll be trying to strike a balance between sharing and putting too much information. I'll be thinking through this as I go. Because the ...
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