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Red Sox get clean bill of health for 2013
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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston Red Sox general manager Ben Cherington hopes a reorganized medical staff leads to less controversy about injuries.
Former closer Jonathan Papelbon, who left after the 2011 season, told ESPNBoston.com last weekend that he and several of his former teammates were regularly injected with the legal painkiller Toradol, an anti-inflammatory drug that is not banned by Major League Baseball. Papelbon singled out Mike Reinold, Boston's former head physical therapist.
"It's been really a two-year process of reorganizing the medical staff," Cherington said Saturday."If things are going well in that area, we're not talking about it nearly as much as we have, and you're not hearing from them. You're not hearing from the medical staff nearly as much as we have. So that's our hope going forward, that we're hearing from the guys in uniform a lot more and the guys in the training room less."
Twenty-seven Boston players spent time on the disabled list in 34 stints last year, the most by any team since at least 1987, according to STATS LLC.
Reinold was let go by the Red Sox after last season. Dr. Thomas Gill, the Red Sox medical director for seven seasons, departed after 2011 in the reorganization and Dr. Peter Asnis was promoted head team orthopedist after being with the club a team physician since 2005.
Boston had considered retaining Reinold as a consultant.
"There's no current agreement," Cherington said. "It's something we had talked about, and we'll see if it makes sense."
After a 7-20 finish in September 2011 cost Boston a playoff berth, the Red Sox went 69-93 last year for their most losses since 1965 and finished last in the AL East for the first time since 1992.
Cherington didn't want to react to sometimes critical comments by Carl Crawford and Adrian Gonzalez, traded by the Red Sox to the Dodgers last summer as part of the deal that also sent Josh Beckett and Nick Punto to Los Angeles.
"Certainly some of those guys have done a lot for the Red Sox over long period of time," Cherington said. "And at the time, we said we wish them well. We still wish them well. Again, we're focused on the guys we have here now and we wish them well other than when we play them this year."
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This simile gives quite different idea, than the simile used in the suttas:Dmytro wrote:Ven. Analayo, following his teacher, Ven. Nyanaponika, writes on page 58:
"Uninvolved and detached receptivity as one of the crucial characteristics of 'sati' forms an important aspect in the teachings of several modern meditation teachers and scholars. They emphasize that the purpose of 'sati' is solely to make things conscious, not to eliminate them. Sati silently observes, like a spectator at play, without in any way interfering. Some refer to this non-reactive feature of 'sati' as "choiceless" awareness. "Choiceless" in the sense that with such awareness one remains impartially aware, without reacting with likes or dislikes."
- Just as the royal frontier fortress has a gate-keeper — wise, experienced, intelligent — to keep out those he doesn't know and to let in those he does, for the protection of those within and to ward off those without; in the same way a disciple of the noble ones is mindful, highly meticulous, remembering & able to call to mind even things that were done & said long ago. With mindfulness as his gate-keeper, the disciple of the ones abandons what is unskillful, develops what is skillful, abandons what is blameworthy, develops what is blameless, and looks after himself with purity. With this sixth true quality is he endowed.
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Why is it important to read the classics? Michael Dirda, who won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for criticism as a staff critic for the Washington Post, responds in his Bound to Please: An Extraordinary One-Volume Literary Education: Essays on Great Writers and Their Books (Norton, 2005):
"People sometimes ask teachers or critics, 'Which books should I read to become educated?' The short answer is either 'As many as you can' or 'A small handful that you study to pieces.' But a better question might be this one: 'Which books should I read first?'
"The answer to that is 'The great patterning works of world literature and culture, the poems and stories that have shaped civilization.'
"Without a knowledge of the Greek myths, the Bible, ancient history, the world's folktales and fairy tales, one can never fully understand the visual arts, most opera, and half the literature of later ages. Homer tells us about Ulysses in The Odyssey; then Dante, Tennyson, James Joyce, Wallace Stevens, and Eudora Welty add to, enrich, and subvert that story in great works of their own. The classics are important not because they are old but because they are always being renewed."
Michael Dirda's most recent book is Classics for Pleasure (Harcourt, 2007).
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Ariel Castro pleads not guilty in Ohio kidnap case
CLEVELAND - A man accused of holding three women captive in his home for about a decade pleaded not guilty Wednesday to hundreds of rape and kidnapping charges, and the defense hinted at avoiding a trial with a plea deal if the death penalty were ruled out.
The death penalty is in play because among the accusations facing Ariel Castro, 52, is that he forced a miscarriage by one of the women, which is considered a killing under Ohio law. That charge doesn't include a possible death penalty, but a prosecutor has said that's under review.
The women disappeared separately between 2002 and 2004, when they were 14, 16 and 20 years old. Each said they had accepted a ride from Castro, who remained friends with the family of one girl and even attended vigils over the years marking her disappearance.
Castro, dressed Wednesday in an orange jail outfit with his hands and ankles shackled and a full dark beard grown in jail, kept his chin tucked on his chest through a brief court appearance. He didn't speak or glance at his two attorneys standing by his side.
Attorney Craig Weintraub acknowledged afterward that "certain charges in the indictment cannot be disputed" and said the defense was working to avoid an "unnecessary trial" with a possible death penalty sentence.
"Mr. Castro currently faces hundreds of years in prison with the current charges," Weintraub said. "It is our hope that we can continue to work toward a resolution to avoid having an unnecessary trial about aggravated murder and the death penalty."
The prosecutor's office will look at the defense remarks but had no immediate comment, said Joe Frolik, spokesman for Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty.
The 329-count indictment returned Friday covered only the period from August 2002, when the first of the women disappeared, to February 2007. More charges could be filed.
Castro was indicted on 139 counts of rape, 177 counts of kidnapping, seven counts of gross sexual imposition, three counts of felonious assault and one count of possession of criminal tools. He was also charged with two counts of aggravated murder related to one act, saying he purposely caused the unlawful termination of one of the pregnancies of one of the women.
Michelle Knight, now 32, has told investigators Castro punched her in the abdomen and starved her to force five miscarriages, according to police reports.
Ohio enacted a fetal homicide law in 1996, making it illegal to kill or injure a viable fetus. That law and similar ones in 37 other states have been used mainly to win convictions in car crashes in which pregnant women died or in cases involving attacks on expectant mothers.
In 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court banned the death penalty for child rapes in which no death occurred, spelling out that a killing is the only crime eligible for the death penalty outside of a crime against the state.
A death penalty case against Castro "would raise serious legal questions about whether a murder has occurred and whether such a death sentence complies" with the Supreme Court ruling, according to Richard Dieter, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center, which opposes capital punishment.
Weintraub, the defense attorney, said he expects a decision from prosecutors on the death penalty might hinge on medical and forensic evidence, such as any fetal tissue that may have been found at the home. Investigations haven't detailed what evidence was found.
The indictment alleges Castro repeatedly restrained the women, sometimes chaining them to a pole in a basement, to a bedroom heater or inside a van. It says one of the women tried to escape and he assaulted her with a vacuum cord around her neck.
A statement issued on behalf of the women said days like the arraignment "are not easy" and added: "We are hopeful for a just and prompt resolution. We have great faith in the prosecutor's office and the court."
Castro has been held on $8 million bail.
He was arrested May 6, shortly after one of the women broke through a door and yelled to neighbors for help.
She told a police dispatcher in a dramatic 911 call: "Help me. I'm Amanda Berry. I've been kidnapped, and I've been missing for 10 years, and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now."
The Associated Press does not usually identify people who may be victims of sexual assault, but the names of the three women were widely circulated by their families, friends and law enforcement authorities for years during their disappearances and after they were found.


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Thermography - The process involves heat that joins ink and a resin-like powder together. The fusion of the materials results in the appearance of "raised" letters. This printing process is one of the most popular choice for invitations, because of its value and quality of appearance. This is the most affordable print process if you are looking for classic, elegant "raised" printing.
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Letterpress - Letterpress continues to be one of the hottest trends in stationery. It's been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. Letterpress is an ancient printing technique that involves printing words or designs with ink while simultaneously debossing the image into thick, soft paper. The letterpress look is elegant, stylish, high-end and nothing short of stunning.
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Eastland takes Forreston Sectional title in OT
FORRESTON - Senior Hannah Hake stepped to the free-throw line with no time on the clock in overtime and knocked down the most important free throw of the Eastland's terrific season.
Hake's made free throw sent the Cougars to the 1A girls basketball supersectionals with a 55-54 win over Amboy in the Forreston Sectional final.
It's Eastland's first sectional title since the 2003-04 season.
"Honestly I had some doubts up until the fourth quarter," Hake said. "I don't know how we pulled it through except that we wanted it more than (Amboy)."
Hake was 5 for 5 from the charity stripe in the overtime period, accounting for all of the Cougars' points in the extra four minutes.
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Blue and Yellow Chain Corner Talavera TileThis Talavera clay tile is hand-painted with a Mexican white background, with cobalt blue, golden yellow and some terracotta accents. This tile can be combined with the Chain Talavera Tile, as shown in the third picture. Mexican Talavera ceramic is the result of a mixture of cultures over the time. Shop Estancia tiles for traditional Talavera tile. This ceramic tile is just an example of the exquisite beauty the Mexican craftsmen put on each item they create. It is hand-painted, this means that no two tiles are exactly alike! There might be small differences in size, weight and even the paintings. If you want to delight somebody special with an unique handcrafted gift, this is what you are looking for! This tile is special for small patches or entire wall decoration.
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Specificity is the number-one training principle for climbing, and laps on routes will always produce more specific endurance gains for climbing than hitting the pavement. However, many climbers lack the underlying aerobic fitness base that is essential for longer routes, especially multi-pitch. Cross training provides a great base for climbing endurance, and enables you to arrive at the base of the crag in a fit state after a long walk-in. Those with a decent level of cardiovascular (CV) fitness can also recover more quickly between bursts of effort within a workout or between workouts, so even boulderers should take note.
That said, it is impossible to reach your potential in climbing if you are training to excel as a triathlete. Moderation is the key, and you must consider the type, duration, intensity and timing of CV training. Running is the best choice, as cycling is more prone to building up leg muscles. Swimming can be excellent for rehabilitating climbing injuries, but it will drain your upper-body muscles unless you have extremely good technique and take it easy.
Regarding the intensity and timing of CV training, remember that our energy reserves are finite. If you run flat-out for an hour on the same morning as you are intending to climb, you are poaching energy that might have fuelled your climbing session. Similarly, if you run full pelt after climbing, then you are stealing from your recovery. It is unlikely that climbers ever need to do maximum intensity or duration CV work, but if you insist, then do it during rest phases or perhaps during pre-training "build-up" phases.
CV training sessions should consist of 70 to 80 percent effort for durations of, say, 25 to 35 minutes. Consider the exact nature of the climbing sessions that are clustered around the CV training. For example, bouldering or strength-training sessions are particularly prone to being sabotaged by CV work, since it is impossible to train power and endurance simultaneously. So if your goal is to get strong, then keep your run light and brief, or don't run at all. The best approach is to jog with 30 to 40 percent effort for no more than 20 minutes to promote recovery by encouraging blood flow and flushing toxins out of the muscles. By contrast, if you are climbing endurance-based routes, then a medium-intensity run may provide the perfect complement.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Graduate School Barbie (TM)
A new gift idea for your loved ones: Graduate School Barbie (TM).
Graduate School Barbie comes in two forms: Delusional Master's Barbie (TM) and Ph.D. Masochist Barbie (TM).
Every Graduate School Barbie comes with these fun filled features guaranteed to delight and entertain for hours: Grad School Barbie comes out of the box with a big grin on her face that turns into a frown after 2 weeks or her first advisor meeting (whichever comes first). She also has adorable black circles under her delightfully bloodshot eyes.
Comes with two outfits: a grubby pair of blue jeans and 5 year old gap T-shirt, and a floppy pair of gray sweatpants with a matching "I hate my life" T-shirt. Grad School Barbie talks! Just press the button on her left hand and hear her say such upbeat grad school phrases like, "Yes, Professor, It'll be done by tomorrow", "I'd love to rewrite" and "Why didn't I just get a job, I could have been making $40,000 a year by now if I had just started working with a Bachelor's. But noooooo, I chose to further my education, I wish somebody would drop a bomb on the school so that I'd have an excuse to stop working on my degree that's sucking every last drop of life force out of my withered and degraded excuse for a soul..." (9V lithium batteries sold separately)
Grad School Barbie is anatomically correct to teach kids about the exciting changes that come with pursuing a higher education. Removable panels on Barbie's head and torso allow you to watch as her cerebellum fries to a crispy brown, her heart race 150 beats per minute, and her stomach lining gradually dissolve into nothing. Deluxe Barbie comes with specially designed eye ducts. Just add a little water, and watch Grad School Barbie burst into tears at random intervals. Fun for the whole family!
Other accessories include:
Grad School Barbie's Fun Fridge (TM) Well stocked with microwave popcorn, Coca-Cola, Healthy Choice Bologna (99% fat free!),and a small bottle of Mattel Brand Rum (tm).
Grad School Barbie's Medicine Cabinet comes in Fabulous (pepto-bismal) pink and contains Barbie sized bottles of Advil, St. Johns Wort, Zantac, and your choice of three fun anti-anxiety drugs! (Barbie Medicine Cabinet not available without a prescription).
Grad School Barbie's Computer Workstation. Comes with miniature obsolete PC (in pink of course), rickety desk, and over a dozen miniature Mountain Dew cans to decorate your workstation with (Mountain Dew deposit not included in price. Tech support sold separately).
And Grad School Barbie is not alone! Order now and you'll get two of Barbie's great friends! GRADUATE ADVISOR KEN, Barbie's mentor and advisor in her quest for knowledge, higher education and decreased self esteem.
Grad Advisor Ken (tm) comes with a supply of red pens and a permanent frown. Press the button to hear Grad Advisor Ken deliver such wisdom to Barbie as "I need an update on your progress," "I don't think you're ready to defend yet", and "This is no where near ready for publication."
Buy 3 or more dolls, and you can have Barbie's Thesis Committee! (Palm Pilot and tenure sold separately.)
REAL JOB SKIPPER, When Barbie needs to talk, she knows that she can always count on her good friend Real Job Skipper (tm), who got a job after getting her bachelor degree. Press the button to hear Real Job Skipper say, "Sometimes I wish I went for my masters degree" and "Work is so hard! I had to work a half an hour of overtime!" Real Job Skipper's Work Wardrobe and Savings account sold separately.
WARNING: Do not place Grad Student Barbie and Real Job Skipper too close to each other, as there have been several cases of children leaving the room and coming back to find Barbie's hands mysteriously fused to Skipper's throat.
Okay, okay... this is both slightly dramatic and severely pessimistic, I know. We can't always be a ray of sunshine! Let me vent, people!
Note from 12/7/11: As I wrote in my comments from last February, I didn't make this up myself. I was procrastinating one day and Googled "grad school jokes" to humor myself. Life's simple pleasures. I loved that one so much that I had to share :). Thanks for the compliment of thinking I was capable of that, though. The Barbie is actually a 50th Anniversary edition of her, because all 50 year olds are very wrinkly and have gray hair (haha).I just searched "ugly Barbie," and that's what came up! I never meant to claim that I wrote this. I have attempted to find the original source but cannot as it is wide spread across the internet by hundreds of people who have not sourced it. I am sorry to the original author! I am only including this disclaimer because of some Negative Nancy's out there. I posted this for my friends and fellow graduate slaves, not you, Nancy. If you don't have anything nice to say, just don't say it. That's learned in Kindergarten and not grad school, though. Thank you to everyone else with the fun comments! I have just finished grad school officially and am about to enter the working world!! There is an end in sight, I promise!! Until then, good luck to you!
147 comments:
OMG.. that is the FUNNIEST thing I read in a long time, you just made my day Em you are so funny! I like how to posted in 2 or 3rd person!
- February 5, 2010 at 11:40 AM
- Chelsea said...
Did you come up with all of that??? Holy moly girl you are a riot. And creative. And where did you find that picture???
- February 9, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- Ceej and Em said...
Oh, Chel... you of great faith. No, I didn't make it up myself... I was procrastinating one day and Googled "grad school jokes" to humor myself. Life's simple pleasures. I loved that one so much that I had to share :). Thanks for the compliment of thinking I was capable of that, though. The Barbie is actually a 50th Anniversary edition of her, because all 50 year olds are very wrinkly and have gray hair (haha).I just searched "ugly Barbie," and that's what came up! My secrets are revealed.
- February 10, 2010 at 1:14 PM
- Donnell Ann Bell said...
Love it! Next we'll have assembled toy juries to get grad school Barbie off a murder rap ;)
- December 5, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- Eva said...
This is hilarious! I had friends share it on their facebook pages so I had to check it out. :)
- December 5, 2011 at 3:16 PM
Trust me - if you ever decide to go for your doctorate, you will look back on your master's level education years and marvel at how easy they felt, compared to the increased demand and intensity required at the doctoral level. In that case, gray-haired Barbie will be thinning-haired Barbie and will devise ways to use student loan checks for wrinkle fillers and other dermatological advances to undo the damage that grad school has wreaked by marching across her face.
- December 5, 2011 at 5:02 PM
- Thatgirl said...
So funny! I was wallowing in misery about my upcoming week of insane exams but suddenly I'm cheered up by the lack of thesis in my program.
- December 5, 2011 at 5:28 PM
- Christiana said...
I love it! So true and funny.
- December 5, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- Fernweh said...
Dear, God!!! I laughed so hard I started crying!!! This is the funniest thing I have ever read...EVER...and SO TRUE!!! From one Grad School Barbie to another...THANK YOU, for the laughs, as I venture into another sleepless paper-writing night!!! ;D
- December 6, 2011 at 12:15 AM
This truly is brilliant.... BTW - even bachelor degree'd people can't find a job now... so you will have more unemployed bachelor degree friends to talk to. :-)
- December 6, 2011 at 11:10 AM
I stumbled upon this and LOVED reading it. Thanks!
- December 6, 2011 at 12:38 PM
This is going around on Facebook now (congrats!), so if you didn't write this stuff, you might want to acknowledge the original author. But I'm sure grad school Barbie knows all about citing sources!
- December 6, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- shelloftheday said...
this is fantastic and it's turning kind of viral on facebook - all my friends in gradschool are fwding this to each other. well done! and good to know we're not alone in feeling like this.
- December 6, 2011 at 1:24 PM
- Jantastic said...
- December 6, 2011 at 1:27 PM
I love this. I had to share it with my friends who are going to grad school in less than a year.
- December 6, 2011 at 1:39 PM
- Ceej and Em said...
Wow - this is becoming quite popular! I did not write it, see above post for how I found it. I've tried searching for an original author to cite, but the joke is pretty common on the web, so I'm not sure who is the mastermind behind this!
- December 6, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- C.Thorn said...
Congrats on going viral!
- December 6, 2011 at 4:04 PM
But what about the version that is working AND doing grad school?
- December 6, 2011 at 4:25 PM
I'm ABD and this is actually my life.
- December 6, 2011 at 4:26 PM
- Joyce said...
I just read this to my OT second year problem based learning small group class. HILARIOUS! People not in OT school just do not know how much work this is...the volume is incredible, week after week. College was a cinch!! Hope you're well on your way to graduation!
- December 6, 2011 at 5:08 PM
I haven't laughed out loud at a post in ages! Love it. Thanks for sharing! :)
- December 6, 2011 at 5:11 PM
- britt said...
My best friend just sent me this link (maybe it's the bags under my eyes?) It totally cheered me up.
ps. I'm working on finals while she sits at a desk for her real job. :)
- December 6, 2011 at 5:42 PM
- Unknown said...
It gets better, i promise!!! I finished my doctorate of physical therapy about two and half years ago, and people who haven't gone through it just don't understand. BUT there is an end in sight- i work with a bunch of OTs who all made it through- see the light at the end of the tunnel! this is hilarious, thanks for posting :)
- December 6, 2011 at 5:46 PM
- burntoutgradstudent said...
GOD I LOVE THIS. I need this to be real. I WANT ONE!! Except mine w/have thinning hair. And crooked glasses b/c I am too po to buy new ones.
ABD & hating it but LOVING this post!
- December 6, 2011 at 6:17 PM
Wow- This is both hilarious and sad! I'm still recovering from my masters in Literature, and definitely had the fully stocked medicine cabinet. I loved reading your creative vent. Thanks for sharing!
- December 6, 2011 at 6:22 PM
- jasembera said...
i don't know who you are but this is hilarious. highly recommended that you copyright this!
- December 6, 2011 at 6:23 PM
I've been on both sides... Grad student followed by working desk-job woman... And they both suck! The only perk to working is the paycheck and the baked goods people bring to work. That's it! Oh life, isn't it funny?? This Barbie made me laugh hysterically. Thanks for sharing!
- December 6, 2011 at 7:09 PM
- DJ said...
I just happened to run across this blog and omg! you couldn't have done this any better. LMAO! It's the funniest thing I've ever read and anyone in graduate school, and hell even at an undergraduate level, can truly appreciate "Graduate School Barbie". Thanks for making my day with this LOL!!
- December 6, 2011 at 8:00 PM
- thebluemuse, phd said...
Heavens, I just stumbled upon this as a third year PhD Masochist Barbie. Hysterical post. Thank you!
- December 6, 2011 at 8:04 PM
Thank you for this! Perhaps this just motivated me to finish my thesis!:)
- December 6, 2011 at 8:35 PM
- Windsor Grace said...
This is exactly what graduate school feels like. I've never been this suicidal in my life and I always think, "I'm choosing to do this to myself"
- December 6, 2011 at 9:17 PM
hey.......guys......you forget, the objective of extending your educational experience is to avoid the real world as long as possible....to revel in the joys of collegelife........real life is tougher than college......God, i wish i had the stress of three courses instead of the next day, tomorrow, normal stuff of a job i have done for 30 years.................
- December 6, 2011 at 9:28 PM
So true, so true...I've been done with my Ph.D. for nearly 10 years, but I still remember when a professor in my department--at the end of my first year told me not to take prelims early or I'd fail and I ran into the hallway and cried hysterically for 20 minutes...just couldn't take it after a horrible and stressful year... and to the previous post...grad school IS real life...except with more pressure! We all had the same problems and "reality" as everybody else...we have bills, jobs(usually multiple part-time, low paid ones) and responsibilities. The myth that attending grad school is somehow escaping or avoiding the "real world" is completely ridiculous.
- December 6, 2011 at 10:44 PM
- Samantha Burton said...
LOVE THIS. I am in grad school at BYU at definitely found humor in this. Thanks for sharing!
- December 6, 2011 at 11:30 PM
- Leslie said...
Hilarious and a bit too close to the truth! I am a grad student in Hamilton, ON (Canada). I found this on my friends FB page and laughed my head off, and promptly shared it. Thanks - gave me great comfort in knowing that I'm not alone :) haha...
- December 6, 2011 at 11:37 PM
"the objective of extending your educational experience is to avoid the real world as long as possible"
Um....no. No it is not. Graduate school is not something you do for fun. Usually you do it because you HAVE to in order to pursue your chosen career.
"real life is tougher than college......God, i wish i had the stress of three courses instead of the next day, tomorrow, normal stuff of a job i have done for 30 years"
I'm just guessing . . . but I don't think you have been to graduate school. I am taking 15 credits, which comes with at LEAST 30 hours of research, reading, and writing per week, plus I have 3 (8-10 hour) days of in the field practicum, 10 hours plus of commuting in my car each week- and somehow have to find time to run a household and keep my marriage from falling apart due to the fact that graduate school is sucking me dry. Oh did I mention that I occasionally like to sleep.
My days in the corporate world were SO much simpler.
- December 7, 2011 at 12:28 AM
Hahaha! Story of my life!!! Tooo funny! Thanks for the laugh!
- December 7, 2011 at 3:16 AM
- DeeDeeStewart said...
I have a one-woman show that I've been touring called DIRTY BARBIE AND OTHER GIRLHOOD TALES. People have been discovering your blog post and sending it to me. As a former grad school girl with a similar stomach lining and propensity to tears and parodying Barbie, I thank you.
- December 7, 2011 at 8:10 AM
hahhahahahaha. This made me feel like I'm not the only one getting my life sucked away! Woooo! haha. I have lost my sanity at this point. Hang in there!!!
- December 7, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- Elena Wayne said...
As a 44 year old "graduate" student I wanted you to know you nailed it!!! Thank you so much!
- December 7, 2011 at 8:53 AM
- LisaP said...
This is the funniest thing I've read in a long time (so funny, because it is so true!)....I am an almost 50 year old grad student, pursuing a Master's in Public Health, and a Master's in Nursing (as a nurse midwife)...The wardrobe, the gray hair, the bags...all accurate! Thanks for the laugh! I needed it (end of term at both schools!).
- December 7, 2011 at 9:36 AM
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- December 7, 2011 at 9:57 AM
- Deb C said...
I just love this! If only some of it didn't ring so true....
- December 7, 2011 at 10:00 AM
Yes I am that Barbie right now
- December 7, 2011 at 10:11 AM
I am 55. I am a grad student. I have no wrinkles and blonde hair. This essay is hilarious.
- December 7, 2011 at 10:12 AM
- Diane Duff said...
Yes, yes, yes! This is me - once young (feeling) and idealistic. Now old (looking) and disillusioned. As a 54 year-old grad student, it's nice to know I am not alone."Why don't we just quit?" is my question.
- December 7, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- Lorraine Thomas said...
This is funny but it is so true. www.phdcomics.com has always been my source of laughing at myself and the things we all sacrafice for the credibility of being a scholar. If my spelling is off, my apologies for having limited sleep within the past 3 days of finals
- December 7, 2011 at 10:14 AM
- The Medievalist said...
Hilarious--for lots of reasons. Thanks for sharing and good luck on that Phd. I finished in '93 and have been recovering ever since.
- December 7, 2011 at 10:36 AM
I think you should add: "Buy 50 or more dolls, and you can have Barbie's undergrad students!" You may also want to start thinking about the Tenure-track Prof Barbie Edition.
- December 7, 2011 at 10:48 AM
Thanks for the humor, really needed that on the graduate school road!!!
- December 7, 2011 at 10:57 AM
- Unknown said...
ohmygoodness amazing
just finished my first semester, cheers to thesis defending soon!
- December 7, 2011 at 10:59 AM
- Unknown said...
Wow this is hilarious. and most of it's all true.
- December 7, 2011 at 11:01 AM
This is funny... but Grad School Barbie might want to consider that she chose to go to grad school. It was a voluntary act, wasn't it? GSB is also free to leave her program and compete for one of those "real" jobs she romanticises about. It is, I repeat, funny and true to experience, so don't think I'm a crank.
- December 7, 2011 at 11:15 AM
- Culinary Chemist said...
This is amazing and it is exactly how I feel right now. Thank you so much for posting this! The 10 minutes of out loud laughing made my day so much better!
- December 7, 2011 at 11:24 AM
I am 29, in grad school, a mother of twins....I COULD NOT AGREE MORE!! THAT IS HIL-FRICKEN-LARIOUS!!! THANKS FOR A GREAT LAUGH----IT'S SO TRUE!!
- December 7, 2011 at 11:33 AM
- David B said...
Saw this on Facebook, shared it—you're viral now, i suppose.
But yeah, this is all so precisely real that it hurt (while i laughed) even ten years after i finished the PhD. Grad school really is one of those things that you have to experience to understand, which, as is usually the case, means that all y'all out there who don't get the joke probably shouldn't want to understand it.
WV: amberi: Either (a) the name of Grad School Barbie's bubbly, vacuous friend who married an investment banker and complains all day about how hard it is to find good help these days, while telling GSB she's jealous of how carefree GSB's life must be, or (b) the name of the generic form of Ambien that GSB is considering adding to her medicine chest, if she can only afford the co-pay.
- December 7, 2011 at 11:43 AM
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- December 7, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- JakeyJake said...
Omg I am uncontrollably laughing! This made my day thanks so much for posting..Au.D
- December 7, 2011 at 12:26 PM
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- December 7, 2011 at 12:39 PM
This is hilarious and all too true! Finally got my oral exam scheduled for my PhD comps next week and am pulling my hair out studying. This is just what I needed for a laugh! Thanks!
- December 7, 2011 at 12:44 PM
Thank you for sharing! It made my day!Negative Nancy obviously doesn't understand the need for much needed humor as a graduate student! Shame on you Negative Nancy.
- December 7, 2011 at 12:46 PM
- Miss N said...
Oh, man, is that hilarious! And slightly depressing because it's so true. Thank you for this! It is too perfect in every single way. Except that my own customized Grad School Barbie would be making her life change in her 30s, leaving her $45,000/yr job only to go into massive debt (She has negative money now!). Why didn't I just keep working?? Alas. It'll all be worth it in the end, right? ;)
- December 7, 2011 at 12:48 PM
- Michael Hughes said...
$40,000 a year with a Bachelor's degree? You weren't a Humanities person, clearly.
- December 7, 2011 at 2:44 PM
- Vanessa at Rescued Goods said...
hilarious! a friend just shared & I love it!
- December 7, 2011 at 2:48 PM
- dori jenkins said...
don't know if this is correct or not but i found what i think is the original:
Copyright © 2000 - 2011 Michael J. Miller, Ph.D.
- December 7, 2011 at 3:00 PM
Love this and sent it to EVERYONE! Thank you for the much-needed laugh!
- December 7, 2011 at 3:17 PM
Oh thank you! I have a paper due in a few hours and needed the laugh...otherwise I'd be tempted to play in traffic. You (or the original author) forgot that Grad School Barbie also comes with a magically shrinking and expanding waistline thanks to hours sitting in a chair reading/writing and the tendency for forgetting to eat.
- December 7, 2011 at 3:31 PM
This is awesome :) Apparently Barbie was a smoker...check out those wrinkles around her lips!
- December 7, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- DixiePam said...
As a PhD masochist... this is AWESOME!!!! I just had a blast reading it to the other grad students I share an office with. We all died laughing!!!!!
- December 7, 2011 at 4:00 PM
- Unknown said...
As a 38 yr. old single Mama and graduate student, I can sssooooooo relate! This had me laughing so hard my stomach hurt. :)
- December 7, 2011 at 4:12 PM
- chele said...
This is great! I can certainly relate to this!
Could this really be from 1999? Funny, but Lenore Martin is still at University of Rhode Island!!
Here is the link:
- December 7, 2011 at 4:36 PM
- My Dearest.... said...
Oh my...this actually suits me at the moment...yet I'm an undergrad and my god damn adviser says those exact phrases just after he changes all my work! >_> oh well..
- December 7, 2011 at 4:38 PM
- BrightEyes said...
I am an 11th year PhD student who is finally finishing this month, I am no longer graduate school Barbie. But I just had to email my 12th year PhD peer as she continues on her quest
- December 7, 2011 at 4:40 PM
- Gentian said...
When I am working full-time (plus) I long for the "freedom" of being back in school instead of punching the time clock and putting up with the stupid corporate politics; when I am in grad school (two masters so far & now working on the Phud), I long for the "freedom" of a steady paycheck and not having to spend my evenings and weekends reading or researching and writing, not to mention putting up with the stupid academic politics. TANSTAAFL!
- December 7, 2011 at 4:49 PM
- aswift said...
This was wonderful! I had to send to my other grad school colleagues who I'm in the trenches with! I LOVE it.
- December 7, 2011 at 5:25 PM
While thoroughly entertaining, a 'tenure-track' Barbie is needed. Frankly, I'd give anything to go BACK to graduate school after being on the tenure track for awhile. What little of my stomach lining was still in place when I took the job is definitely gone.
- December 7, 2011 at 5:30 PM
To all my fellow Grad School Barbies: I know you are working full time, although it is HIGHLY not recommended, and you have an internship that requires 20 hours per week, and in order to attend class you work horribly long days and write papers all night, and you are raising children and attempting to keep some sort of overt attachment with family and friends, I understand and so does this post. I'm on a seven month count down. And can no longer afford the gas to get to class! By the way, I highly recommend fish oil and vitamin B and D. And wine. And to all the negative Nancy's, you will need us someday and we will be able to help you.
- December 7, 2011 at 6:11 PM
Sooooooo funny! and yet so accurate :D well said!
- December 7, 2011 at 6:38 PM
Don't forget "supportive husband ken", who comes with a permanent frown as he looks at sallie Mae bills.
- December 7, 2011 at 6:59 PM
^^ITA with the above. You also need Post-Doc Barbie!
- December 7, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- MadelineL.Moore said...
And I love it. I just finished dinner with a friend where we discussed how much we hated our lives. Thanks for the laugh!
- December 7, 2011 at 8:28 PM
- Heather said...
OMG! I can totally relate. This is the story of my life right now!!! I'm reposting this on my blog!
- December 7, 2011 at 8:36 PM
Funny. I looked at my food stash...and yup! There's the popcorn, cola, coldcuts, & rum.
Ohh grad school. :)
- December 7, 2011 at 8:51 PM
Your last comment, "the end is in site" should read "the end is in sight", I.e. in view . All those years of schooling and there are still errors!
- December 7, 2011 at 9:18 PM
1st World Problem if you ask me
People who are fortunate enough to go to/get into grad school should stop whining, work hard, and be happy they are going to be making (typically) six figures.
- December 7, 2011 at 9:22 PM
I NEEDED this laugh! I'm working three part time RN jobs which equal more than one FT, attending full time school for family nurse practitioner + clinicals, raising a family, caring for parents, etc... I can't believe Barbie is going through the same thing! From one grad school Barbie to all of the rest of you - We can do this!
- December 7, 2011 at 9:26 PM
- Marykatherine said...
Just shared this with my Master's program Co-hort. 30 people were able to take a deep breath and have a great laugh during finals! Thanks so much! Great find!
- December 7, 2011 at 10:39 PM
- David B said...
@Anonymous, 12/7 9:22p:
Grad school naturally leading to a 6-figure salary? Thanks for the giggle.
- December 8, 2011 at 1:05 AM
This newly minted PhD is laughing her head off and is sad that she resembles the picture too much (to my credit, I just turned 49)
To anonymous who said: "People who are fortunate enough to go to/get into grad school should stop whining, work hard, and be happy they are going to be making (typically) six figures."
Tenure track positions for PhDs in my discipline (if you can get one) start at around $34,000 a year. Not everyone is an engineer, Mr. Sour Grapes.
To anonymous who said "I think you should add: "Buy 50 or more dolls, and you can have Barbie's undergrad students!"
That would have to be 50 BRATZ dolls ;-D
- December 8, 2011 at 1:39 AM
- Unknown said...
I can tell you that the Postdoc Barbie comes with no make-up.
- December 8, 2011 at 1:43 AM
This made my day, maybe even year.. heck, maybe even last 4 years! Closest thing I've seen to explaining the unexplainable experience that is grad school... And to all the grad school beauties out there temporarily being sucked dry - You go girls! I still have hope we can puff up after! Thanks so much "Ceej and Em" (mostly of th Em factor I assume...) for sharing. ESPECIALLY that you have survived and escaped! All the best in your new endeavors!! You've spread a lot of joy. Many thanks.
- December 8, 2011 at 2:02 AM
- Marilyn said...
Just sent it to my daughter who sent her thesis for review and is defending on Monday and to a friend who just received her doctorate with a side case of PTSD. LOVE this. Thank you. The best thing for me was realizing my daughter is totally normal - Just like Barbie!
- December 8, 2011 at 8:09 AM
- Angela said...
Love, love, love--except, of course, for Real Job Skipper...
- December 8, 2011 at 9:43 AM
Thanks for the laughs . . . and the memories. This cuts very close to home on multiple levels. I returned to graduate school in my late 30s and just retired after an academic career that includes critiques of the race and gender "problematics" (grad school term) of Barbie dolls. Grad school's tough, but when the bags under your eyes aren't just from all-nighters and the silver hairs on your head aren't just highlights, you may look back on grad school as the time of your life. So hang on and kick Barbie to the curb.
- December 8, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- SnoWhite said...
As a PhD grad myself... I thoroughly enjoyed this :)
- December 8, 2011 at 12:15 PM
- Unknown said...
This hilarious post was entirely too timely for me. Went to sleep at 7am this morning to finish up an assignment! Thanks for the laugh.
- December 8, 2011 at 1:49 PM
- starfishncoffee said...
@Anonymous December 7, 2011 9:22 PM
Making six figures with a PhD in the humanities or social sciences? REALLY?!
In what alternative universe do you live?!
Do you even know anyone in Academia?
Also venting is not whining. Many of us do what we do out of love of knowledge, students and community.
Intellectual work IS work and can take its toll.
- December 8, 2011 at 2:50 PM
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- December 8, 2011 at 4:53 PM
- Elizabeth Perry said...
I love the comment above about undergrads being BRATZ dolls. I wouldn't mind being a graduate student if it weren't for the bratty, point-grubbing undergraduates who slither into office hours to argue back every last point on a paper or exam.
- December 8, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- Villy K said...
Had some real fun reading it ! And really true I would say... I love the image too :)
- December 8, 2011 at 6:12 PM
- Sarah S. said...
Tear ducts comment is HYSTERICAL (and so true)!! Thanks so much for sharing. Rock on with your degree. All the best to you and yours,
From an ABD Phd (in Education) female grad student. =)
- December 8, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- Allison said...
It makes me want to laugh and weep at the same time!
- December 8, 2011 at 7:46 PM
My day was spent crying over my thesis and finals and a million other things due next week. Good to know grad school barbie is also miserable today!
- December 8, 2011 at 10:58 PM
- email@example.com said...
This is awesome! It was forwarded to and - even thought it's the night before finals are due - I read it. Thanks for the needed comic relief! One day (3.5 years from now) Grad School will indeed be over (unless of course I go for a second doctorate...)
- December 8, 2011 at 11:50 PM
This is becoming viral in my dept's doctoral program. I laughed so hard I cried. And then I just cried for no particular reason. Haha, thanks for a little stress relief during finals season!
- December 9, 2011 at 6:50 AM
sounds like a lot of work for nothing..
- December 9, 2011 at 3:16 PM
- Erin :) said...
I know its been a while since you posted this...but it just got sent to me today from a fellow graduate student. I think we both enjoyed it immensely! Just in time for finals.
- December 9, 2011 at 4:27 PM
Thank you so much for posting this! It's been a long day of rewrites and I definately needed the laugh!
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- December 9, 2011 at 11:04 PM
ohh, I haven't laughed so loud in a long time, thanks, this is soooo real. :)
- December 10, 2011 at 11:05 AM
- Kim said...
I'm in an OT grad program now and this is so true! Even my professors say that grad school was the hardest/busiest time of their lives, so it makes me feel a little better that it gets easier. Also, congrats on your recent graduation! You are free!!
- December 10, 2011 at 1:47 PM
Some of us masochist Barbie's are actually working to make life easier for the rest of the world. And you sure as hell don't make a six-figure salary doing that. Apparently those of us who experienced the tortures of grad school (while working with dying people in the Global South trying to make a difference) aren't entitled to rant once in a while, but you can bitch about us? But me.
- December 10, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Oh yeah, and as for the whole grad school being "fun" thing, I taught full-time during my master's and PhD, held down two other jobs, worked for the non-profit organization of dying people my work was benefiting, AND did my research and published. SUPERFUN!! I totally just did that grad school thing for 'kicks', I'm one lucky bastard with all that great debt I've heaped on too!
- December 10, 2011 at 6:54 PM
And dang, my first comment should read "bite me," not "but me." I'm frickin' tired.
- December 10, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Amy and Lincoln in Japan said...
Thank you SO much for posting this! Before I read this, I was writing in a cafe (on yet ANOTHER Saturday night), and was considering throwing my coffee at the next smiling person who passed my table. Getting 3-4 hours of sleep a night makes one think about disturbing things . . . and as PhD student in Clinical Psychology, this is all the more concerning :)
- December 10, 2011 at 11:17 PM
Somewhat entertaining..for about the first paragraph, then the joke just goes on and on without anything new.
- December 11, 2011 at 11:51 AM
Thanks so much for sharing this. I just started grad school and was feeling like I was the only one who felt like punching my husband if he asked me if I was ok one more time. ;) After reading some of the comments...I feel as if I am not alone.
- December 12, 2011 at 7:38 AM
- Claire said...
This is beyond accurate, and too true of graduate education. Fantastic for men and women in grad school!
- December 12, 2011 at 1:09 PM
- SuzanneNicole said...
I love it! I'd love to add another body part to the removable panel: the dried up ovaries that she forgot about when she was completing her masters and now will have to hope to God that they still may still have an ounce of usable life-producing ability in them before the cease to function anymore.
- December 12, 2011 at 10:34 PM
Wow. How about a Grad School Ken? Comes with 3 days of facial hair growth, receding hairline, pot belly, holes in tennis shoes, backpack hunch, fridge stocked with beer, pretzels, cheese w/ mold, and empty Chinese food containers. But maybe he needs to be Ken's buddy, Grad School Joe. Ken would never have the pot belly. And the things that come out of his mouth are not appropriate for publication. Needed this laugh!
- December 13, 2011 at 7:38 PM
This is soo true. It's been 8 years in grad school (2 years masters+6 years phd) and I went through all of these stages!
- December 15, 2011 at 6:50 AM
- Marie C. said...
That is hilarious! My sister found your post and shared it with me because she knew I could relate -- I just finished my doctorate this spring and have a few friends (surprising, I know, with the craziness of grad school) who are finishing theirs, so this was quite timely. Thanks for the laugh! And congratulations on finishing your grad degree!
- December 16, 2011 at 10:16 AM
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It's fun to see the evolution!
- December 18, 2011 at 4:21 PM
grad school barbie is missing a stack of 8-10 page poorly written essays to grade for tomorrow! (can you tell I've been grading all day??)
- December 20, 2011 at 12:22 AM
- Painfully Positive said...
The scary thing is that was me ten years ago when I had th brilliant idea of getting my MBA at the ripe age of 32! Thanks for this - it's so great....
- December 20, 2011 at 12:13 PM
I need a super masochistic Barbie - one that gets her JD, leaves her $65K+ per year job, and then goes back for a PhD!
- December 21, 2011 at 11:40 PM
- Maulleigh said...
How did you capture my first semester of grad school so perfectly? Never have I been more stressed out. Never.
- January 4, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- kateish said...
No adderall in the medicine cabinet? ;)
- March 19, 2012 at 1:04 AM
I defend my thesis a week from now... I hope I can make it! Unfortunately every waking moment I feel either panic, nauseous, or suicidal.
- April 24, 2012 at 7:19 AM
I got an MBA while working full time with a kid in high school. (and an MBA has 57-60 credits while a "regular" masters is usually only 30). Anyone who feels stress about ONLY having to go to grad school is a whiner and a slacker.
- May 5, 2012 at 10:47 AM
- cathy jones said...
Laughed my head off. This is now making the rounds on Pinterest. Humor you can relate is always the best kind. :D
- May 13, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Thank you, Thank you and Thank you! Loved it! I am writing my thesis and this was great to read.
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- June 21, 2012 at 3:38 PM
i am post-doc and still can relate to this unfortunately! and i know my little sister working towards her masters definitely can... hilarious :)
- July 12, 2012 at 6:51 PM
I agree with an earlier comment that your masters degree will feel like a breeze if you continue your education....I wonder what law school Barbie or bar exam Barbie looks like. Lol
- July 19, 2012 at 5:51 AM
How about the extra 50 lbs. Barbie gained eating late-night snacks to stay awake, hmmm?
- July 20, 2012 at 2:16 PM
- Kayla Kunz said...
I love everything about this and can totally relate to grad school barbie! :) Too funny! Thank you so much for the hilarious and creative post!
- July 27, 2012 at 12:22 PM
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- November 26, 2012 at 7:11 PM
Grad school is indentured servitude. I will never understand why i paid $45,000 to take 15 "internship credits" where I didn't get paid, and spent 20 hrs/week for 2 semesters working for other people. Who ever heard of paying to work? That's worse than welfare. And if I had an opinion about what I was doing, it was seen poorly by the professors. Even more shocking, those poor people who pay to get Social Work masters (among others), make very little once they graduate. Unless it is a preprofessional program or you plan on being a professor, grad school scams students and is highly over rated.
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- December 20, 2012 at 8:39 PM
Loved this, graduated with Master Degree at 50 and somehow resembled Graduate School Barbie (TM)". Went on to get additional license which made Negative Nancy furious since I shared a cubicle with her, ouch! and her second degree came with a "me too demand!" without doing any course work. What school would do that? So jealousy prevailed and bullying continued. May I suggest it had been a life long pattern? Loved Barbie!
- February 28, 2013 at 9:23 AM
Go ahead and just put the Doctoral Barbie in the ER having some sort of attack-mine was gallbladder. The stress killed every part of my body and I have not recovered yet bad it has been 2 years!!
- October 23, 2013 at 8:32 PM
I am in my 3rd year of a 3 year graduate program. My committee chair showed me this link. HILARIOUS! I've reread it several times this week just to remind myself WE ARE NOT ALONE! haha excellent! encouraging one graduate student at a time...
- November 2, 2013 at 12:01 PM
I am in my 3rd year of a 3 year graduate program. My committee chair showed me this link. HILARIOUS! I've reread it several times this week just to remind myself WE ARE NOT ALONE! haha excellent! encouraging one graduate student at a time...
- November 2, 2013 at 12:01 PM
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- September 11, 2014 at 12:25 AM
Single mother of four here, in my 40's, in my first semester of a 60 credit masters. Very stressful, as I am never adequate in caring for my children's many and diverse needs, as a finance', as a daughter of aging parents, as a friend or as a student.
However, I have to say it's nothing compared to my days as "just a mom" of 4 kids, dealing with an extremely complex and stressful set of special needs in one, homeschooling, and doing a little paid work here and there. Non-stop, 18+-hour days, my life subsumed for everyone else. And, in that role, I was devalued and talked down to as an idiot. So, it's nice to at least be recognized as having a brain, and working hard, at least as a student! That little "4 kids" thing still doesn't seem to register with people as anything much somehow! "Four kids" seems to register in people's understanding as something like, "sweet little hobby I can participate in when I feel like it," or, "I have pets." Sigh. Clueless. May need to just start saying I also work full-time (for no pay) on top of school?
- October 24, 2014 at 3:58 PM
I loved it, so funny. I particularly identified myself with the bit of I could be earning money instead of wasting my time here. Grad school was a nightmare for me, thanks to my advisor. However, life does get better and, in the end, I am paid more than my partners because of my degrees :)
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