I am in the final year of my PhD. I suffered from many months of depression and an inability to get my writing done in a timely fashion. I am now playing catch-up. I have a telephone appointment with my supervisor next week, and wonder if and how I should disclose the difficulty I faced, and am still facing. I don't want to burden her with my personal issues. How do I, or should I, discuss this? How do I regain her faith in me?
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 28, 2013 -
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I am looking for examinations of the Internet and World Wide Web that use the structure and/or history of the city as a metaphor.
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posted by 0bvious
on Apr 12, 2013 -
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I'm looking for examples that illustrate a particular concept: that a technological / social advance is often accompanied by a kind of regression to earlier practices, until people work out how to exploit the benefits of that advance. Help me nail down this rather nebulous idea!
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posted by Paragon
on Jun 20, 2012 -
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I'm the new supervisor for a director who needs to develop more director-level skills: project management, leadership, taking initiative. Can you recommend concrete things he might do so I can help him show measurable progress?
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posted by anonymous
on May 3, 2012 -
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I'm looking for 'Folk' Web Cultures. I am thinking of the recent take-down of Geocities, which seemed to refresh people's love of the naff, kitsch aesthetic it was famous for, as a prime example. What are some other folk cultures still lingering in the dark corners of the web?
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posted by 0bvious
on Apr 4, 2012 -
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I feel like I am turning into a crotchety old woman about newcomers in my town and I am only 25 years old. Help me get this chip off my shoulder.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 26, 2011 -
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I am going through a period of significant change at the moment where I am trying to address some long-standing problems in my life, and I think I am on the right track and making some real progress. My one big dilemma is related to my relationship. I actually credit a lot of my progress to my boyfriend and his unshakable support and the undercurrent of what I think is calmness in our house. BUT, I am finding myself kind of shrinking from him, and if I am being honest, feeling a sort of (shameful) disgust towards him.
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posted by anonymous
on May 16, 2011 -
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Help me plan a talk with my boss about furthering my career, as well as moving on in my life. I've already arranged a chat with my boss this coming week, but I'm not sure how to attack this without potentially ruining my future with the company.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 19, 2011 -
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Is there anyway to make up for a major mistake made almost a year ago to people I'll never see again? How to get over it and move forward positively?
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posted by droplet
on Sep 27, 2009 -
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When was the past better than the present? I'd like to know the word or phrase that describes the romanticism people have of the past, e.g. "In those days, children respected their elders!". I was watching the documentary Born Rich and Cody Franchetti mentions that the encyclopedia was better in the early 20th century. Why? This feeling that "old ways are better" is not exactly nostalgia, because often people expressing this sentiment didn't actually grow up in this utopian past. But their feelings toward this time are exactly like nostalgia.
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posted by Monochrome
on May 6, 2008 -
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GayFilter: What interesting details and rites can be changed about a gay wedding and reception to make it more distinct?
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posted by greekphilosophy
on Oct 30, 2007 -
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Recently, quite out of the blue, I've become uncharacteristically obsessed with success. What's going on and how can I make it stop?
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posted by anonymous
on May 29, 2007 -
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I am helping a volunteer group collect donations. I need something other than a thermometer or a mountain climber to graphically illustrate our progress. HELP!
posted by punkfloyd
on Dec 15, 2006 -
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We're outgrowing our 10 year old Progress database. We need some recommendations.
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posted by Brainy
on Mar 27, 2006 -
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Anyone remember the site of a guy who maintained(?is maintaining?) a yearly progress log (with daily profile photos & all) of his workout regimen?
posted by Gyan
on Jul 19, 2004 -
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Is there a limit to scientific advancement? If there is only a certain number of elements to the universe, will there reach a technology plateau?
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posted by the fire you left me
on Jul 17, 2004 -
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