My name is Jamie. I am married to the handsome and hilarious math geek known in these pages as Elwood P. Gladly. We have five children, whose noms du blog are Alex (15), Marty (12), Joe (9), Pete (6), and Stella (3). Yes, we're Catholic.
I started this blog in October 2006, a couple of months into a doctoral program. (I used to write as CJ, which is why you may run across it in older posts or comments.) I graduated in May 2010 and now work part-time as a lecturer. Recently I added some posts from an older blog, which is why the archives include some bits and pieces from '04 and '05.
Why "most gladly"? That's why.
Why "light and momentary"? Same book, different chapter.
Why a doctoral program with four five kids? Burning curiosity about my research question, plus a teeny masochistic streak.
Baking, Dickens, running for novices, folk music, and the impact of early fatty acid intake on neurodevelopment. also a painless strategy for keeping four five kids in matching (or at least matching-ish) socks through a Midwestern winter.
