::crickets::

I've never dissertated, but I don't know that I'd trust his judgment on much of anything. I'm not sure his mental version of your work conforms to reality in a meaningful way.

he's got to be a better judge than I am

He's really not. A major part of the PhD/diss process is that you're in the process of becoming the expert on your particular research, not him.

Which doesn't mean he won't be a condescending tool or try to throw up bureaucratic roadblocks, because some advisors are just like that, and he sounds like one. But don't believe it when he says you're not getting any real work done.

yay for both first kick and wibblies with date!girl.

I got nothing else. Another evening of workout. My groin pull didn't hurt all that much, so I guess I did the proverbial "walk it off" over the past 2 days. But I only did front abs set instead of front and both side sets, just in case. But I somehow managed to ride farther and burn more calories on the bike in the same 30 minute allotment. Yay.

OK. I'm trying to calm down some.

My shoulder got taped up this morning again, but I think I was sitting too hunched forward while the physical therapist was putting the tape on, and it ended up pulling the shoulder out of the joint more than keeping it in, so I took the tape off.

I've been looking at job listings. There isn't much up yet -- most of them will probably be posted once the semester starts. I need to write a teaching statement and a research statement, and get letters of recommendation. There have been a few jobs posted so far that look interesting. A few that look perfect. A few that are probably out of my league. A few at universities where I can't work because I'm the wrong religion.

RIP Les Paul. Thank you for your audio inventions, and your music genius.

A few at universities where I can't work because I'm the wrong religion.

Really? Ones that are über-religious and wouldn't hire you? Or just you wouldn't feel comfy? I'm just curious.

Really? Ones that are über-religious and wouldn't hire you? Or just you wouldn't feel comfy? I'm just curious.

Baylor posted a bunch of job openings. Faculty there have to agree to uphold the Christian mission of the college, and they ask job applicants their religion and how involved they are in their church and take that into consideration when making hiring decisions.

Faculty there have to agree to uphold the Christian mission of the college, and they ask job applicants their religion and how involved they are in their church and take that into consideration when making hiring decisions.

Really? How interesting. I wonder how out-there you can be in naming which "church" you're involved in, and how much they take that into consideration. I mean, if there's one person who has better academic creds, but is a Presbyterian, vs. another person who has slightly lesser creds, but is a ...something they like better? I mean...??? Are Catholics on the "straight to hell" express, there?

• SO* not something I get. I mean, yeah, technically I went to a Catholic college, but (a) it was Jesuits, and (b) they do still have some crazy funky rules, but technically their hiring policy involves nondiscrimination not only in religion but even in sexual orientation!

They're Baptist. Part of their mission statement is

Baylor encourages all of its students to cultivate their capacity to think critically, to assess information from a Christian perspective, to arrive at informed and reasoned conclusions, and to become lifelong learners.

I don't think I could teach students to "assess information from a Christian perspective."

Their non-discrimination policy states about twenty times that, as a religious institution, they are exempt from the non-discrimination rules covering religion.