Category Archives: dissertation

Back to the Office, Back to Rest

Posted on 2009/08/04 by ngilmour

August is the cruelest… no, I won’t start that way. I always dread a little bit coming back to the office after a long summer. ?Coming around the next corner, always, will be the colleague who is ready to tell … Continue reading →

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Two Good Keys

Posted on 2009/04/19 by ngilmour

With a Single Keystroke People writing dissertations will get this.

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This Just Made my Day

Posted on 2009/02/06 by ngilmour

So I was messing about on Open Office, putting off looking at another freshman paper draft, and I found a most excellent feature on OpenOffice.org’s writer program.? The open source word processor package has an onboard bibliography manager that can … Continue reading →

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Dissertation Anxiety

Posted on 2009/01/16 by ngilmour

I don’t know why, but it’s taken me a month to actually set eyes on the copy of my Milton chapters since I printed off the latest draft.? I’ve been working on other chapters, but I’ve been terrified of finding … Continue reading →

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Another Day Playing Dad

Posted on 2008/12/11 by ngilmour

Here I am, another day of grading and dissertating and everything else lost.? My boy’s got the barking cough, the croup, whatever you call it, along with a fever, and I’ve been home with a contagious but very active boy … Continue reading →

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The Joys of Out-of-Date Scholarship

Posted on 2008/09/20 by ngilmour

I’ve been cranking away at my chapter on Milton’s Satan the last couple days, and I’ve found that the older books on the topic are much more helpful for my project.? Peter A. Fiore’s 1981 book Milton and Augustine in … Continue reading →

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Prospectus Passed

Posted on 2008/08/24 by ngilmour

Huge exhale of relief this evening–upon returning from Chuck E Cheese, our favorite rainy day stop (with a coupon from the Sunday paper, one can get 100 tokens for twelve bucks), I received an email indicating that my committee has … Continue reading →

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No Sermon Next Sunday

Posted on 2008/08/24 by ngilmour

Marv emailed yesterday to let me know that he couldn’t make the wedding that he was going to be out of town for, so I suppose I’ll have to wait to preach Exodus 3.? He did say that he’d be … Continue reading →

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More Work Ahead

Posted on 2008/08/22 by ngilmour

I didn’t get as many pages composed today as I would have liked, but I did have a pretty fruitful insight that might give me some more production next week.? For now, I’ve got Mary and Micah home, and I’m … Continue reading →

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Next Time I Step onto Campus

Posted on 2008/08/15 by ngilmour

I’ll be teaching again.? I helped out with new TA orientation yesterday, leading a paper-grading workshop, and I’m still waiting for the votes on my prospectus.? Today I’m at the library all day, as will I be Monday, but Tuesday … Continue reading →

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Where’d he Go?

Posted on 2008/06/26 by ngilmour

Alright, so I haven’t posted here or at CRM all week.? I’ll grant that.? But I have been writing, I assure you.? I’ve got a good jump on the prospectus, and I’ve been writing on that instead of the blog … Continue reading →

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Feeling Good about Things

Posted on 2008/05/31 by ngilmour

I’ve got the first batch of books together for dissertation research, and I’m a chapter into the first one.? I meet with Dr. Teague about the prospectus next week. I’ve got course descriptions for my fall classes online, and I’m … Continue reading →

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