boondoggles

Nearly a decade after walking across the stage for graduation with my class and nine-and-a-half years after leaving college with $26,000 in loan debt, I still have $26,000 in loan debt. I have worked full-time as a teacher for nine years, my wife has taken on a side job several times, and I have taken on summer work. Granted, we have had higher priorities in this time than the eradication of loans that don't even expire under bankruptcy, but it's a bit ludicrous that someone who works in a field that requires a college degree cannot reasonably hope to pay off the debt from that degree within a decade.

adrift

What do you do when you've been firmly anchored to a rock for years and then the rock decides to be a butterfly?

High hopes...

Let's hope I don't manage to also screw up this radio show. Aiming to not be batting 1000...

ah, Vernal Equinoctes...

How did I miss that the equinox occurred sometime between Monday and Tuesday? It's the best day of the year!

I miss feeling like I do things that matter. I miss having friends.

thank you, PZ

Yes, I am a radical feminist. That doesn't mean that I always see things the right way the first time. PZ Myers nails it: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2014/03/06/absolutes-vs-plastic/

The big takeaway:

[W]hen the world rises up and breaks the model of it in your head, some of us are tickled by the experience and are happy to revise our models. Others are annoyed and offended at the defiance of their sacred preconceptions and want to insist that the world cohere to them.