September 19, 2007
Drat.
I’ve been offered a chance to go to something really interesting far, far away at someone else’s expense.
And it looks like I won’t be able to do it: it’s happening the same long weekend as the AALS hiring conference, and I’m married to the chair of our committee. She has to be there, so I have to be here — although our kids are amazingly large to look at, they’re not big enough to be left alone for a night, much less for four days in a row.
Posted by Michael : September 19, 2007 02:04 PM | Personal , Talks & Conferences | TechnoLinks
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That's a real pity. There are few things more interesting than those done far, far away at another's expense.
Posted by: david at September 19, 2007 06:01 PMYou mean that you wanted to miss the AALS hiring conference (also known as the "breaking your arm while patting yourself on the back" extravaganza)?
Posted by: Joe at September 20, 2007 10:48 AMNo, I was never going to that in the first place. Although it's less unpleasant (but no less tiring) when you are a buyer then when you are a seller.
Posted by: michael at September 20, 2007 11:26 AMDo you take your kids to class (so that they can see what mommy and daddy do for a living)? I went to the hospital with my father on numerous occasions. On the last occasion, I met one of my father's colleagues in the doctor's lounge who admitted that he, too, had raised a lawyer, but he could not get his kids interested in medicine. OTOH, I met an emergency room physician in Wichita whose father is a prosecutor in western Nebraska.
Posted by: Joe at September 20, 2007 12:55 PM