There are some things one should not research. The illness that changed one's life and the statistics surrounding it? Maybe not the best research topic...

Does this sound like a decent topic for a 20 page research paper?

My intention is to explore the role of women in the professoriate in an international context, comparing women in higher education in industrialized/developed countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan, as well as countries in various stages of development, like India, and countries in Latin America, the Arab world, and Africa. The specific countries of those three regions are to be determined by my research. In this comparative context, I will examine enrollment of women in postgraduate study; subsequent trends of hiring women in universities/HE institutions, in their home countries and abroad; and gender equity issues in hiring, tenure, and resource allocation. I would also like to research if increased access and massification has benefited women proportionately in education as well as in the academic profession, and if not, where does the breakdown lie, and why? Is it due to cultural norms, resources, or lack of attention or failure to define the gap, if or how it exists, as an issue?

JZ!! THank you for the wonderful calendars. I'm choosing matting and framing right now!

No worries, David. I was surprised, but I wanted to watch the rest.

I called juliana a bit ago and she was still snoozing. She said she was feeling a bit better, but wasn't planning on moving until she had to.

Nora - that sounds really interesting.

Nora, that sounds really good.

Grumble, grumble, moan, moan. Just talked to my PCP. She won't prescribe me steroids over the phone. She wants me to trudge into the ER in all this snow and be checked out. Grumble, grumble, grumble some more.

Happy Birthday Kristin, Maria, and (belatedly) -t!!!

Yay for silly grin making dates, Erin!!

SA, I know two people who went to The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago (http://www.chic.edu/) and they really liked it.

At work. Again. For the 15th straight day. Weekend days off? What does that mean?

Hi Bitches.

I have not been around for a while for several reasons:

1) My laptop died. I tore it apart and saved the hard drive, but for the moment I am computerless. Luckily, Gershwin Girl still has one and the on-campus computer labs are nice, but time online has been much diminished.

2) I'm student teaching. Which is hard. Teaching is hard. Fun, though!

This grayness will probably continue into the future, so if you want to say something at me, profile addy is best.

Disclaimer over now, and I can get on to...

Happy Birthdays to Kristin and -t!

And immediately segue into: Good Lawd there's a lot of snow outside. Also, math is good so stop being mean about it. *gives stern teacher glare* *cracks up* I haven't really mastered the stern teacher glare yet.

And... I'm outy. Byeeee again!

My goodness, it's interesting to see how many cooking schools there are in the US. For some reason, I always thought that France had the monopoly on them. NSM, I guess.

The Institute of Culinary Education (formerly Peter Kump's) in Manhattan has an excellent reputation. We've also got the French Culinary Institute -- their restaurant (L'Ecole) is a favorite of mine.

Happy birthdays, Kristin and Maria!!

A friend of mine went to Culinary Institute of America. He seemed to -- well, "enjoy" it isn't the right word, but he definitely says that he got a lot out of it.