Phil in the Blank

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The joys of math
January 10, 2025
Years ago (whoa!) I was a grad student suffering through some difficult math courses. I didn’t understand what we were being taught, which made me feel extremely dumb and insecure. Granted the goal wasn’t to understand the math at a deep …
hearthead (1980)
December 31, 2024
I recently started reading Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically by Paisley Rekdal. I like this book over other “about poetry” books because she approaches it like a forensic scientist, with a focus on …

Recent poems

Instructions for birding Jul 07, 2024
Refugee Jul 05, 2024

Recent project

Preview for Predicting mental health and substance use in adulthood from resilience in adolescence
Predicting mental health and substance use in adulthood from resilience in adolescence Dec 19, 2022
Project Summary: Bayes. Mediation. Lots of data. In this study I use data from the IMAGEN Study (initial n=2315) to determine if mental health and …

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Lastest micropost

Took a salsa and bachata lesson today - it was so fun! I really had a great time and definitely want to come back. Had a nice day with Karen. Watched a documentary about a woman who rehabiltates hummingbirds in Los Angeles. Aside from this, life still feels a little empty during down moments. Been really trying to fill my life up, making slow and steady changes.
2025-01-11 | 21:05