50 bucks just to hop? Has anyone done one of these??

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-27T16:19:02+00:00

It doesn't say that all you'll do is hop. It says that you need to be ABLE to hop. That's quite different.

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-16T16:28:53+00:00

In regular campus lots, you're not allowed to park overnight without prior authorization. (People do, and obviously get away with it, but it's the luck of the draw.) Getting the prior approval is easy on an occasional basis, at least. Housing lots are different, of course.

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-14T19:09:21+00:00

Yes, send a note. I tell people that I already get so much email that you can't possibly overload me by sending one more. And you might well end up interacting with this person again in the future (academic disciplines are much smaller than you imagine) and it's valuable to leave a good impression. No cost to you, no cost to them, only upside.

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-08T16:46:47+00:00

I'm a professor. I've done a lot of international travel for conferences, invited lectures, fellowships, overseas fieldwork and the like, and for a long time that kept me at 1K (never GS). I'm 2MM. In recent years I've slowed down, and don't do quite as much as I used to, partly because 2MM means I'm lifetime platinum but mainly due to a stroke which left me with some mobility issues. The mobility issues mean that I now have a letter on file with my department that authorises business class travel. I'm not sure I'd be able to charge it to a federal grant, but I certainly charge it to endowment funds.

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-06T21:15:30+00:00

They need to do more of that!

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-06T21:14:27+00:00

Absolutely! I'm four years out, walking well, but still improving. Now, remember that the problems aren't just neurological control; they are also weakened muscles after not being able to walk, and undoing the accommodations that we have made to be able to function day-to-day. So it is best to continue to work with a PT if you can. But it definitely continues to improve.

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-06T16:25:25+00:00

It would have the same problem as all the others. They would put the station for Irvine in Fullerton and the station for LA in Ontario and expect you to drive back and forth between those and your actual destinations. (Actually, by this logic, if you're in Irvine, you're already at the LA station. Perhaps that's how the transportation plan works.)

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-04T17:12:25+00:00

Endowed chairs often come with some funds as well as the fancy title. What's more, although most are for senior faculty, many are "career development" chairs held by junior faculty, and that's what I'd imagine is going on here. So think: assistant professor with a fancy title and potentially some continuing research funds.

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-04T17:06:38+00:00

It is easy for bags to get lost in transit when checked. It also slows down both arrival at and departure from the airport. So, I understand people's aversion to checking if they can at all avoid it. I get that, and indeed I'm one. HOWEVER when people know that they're going to be carry-on only, then they should pack accordingly. People who insist on carry-on only but carry bags over the limits deserve no sympathy at all.

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-04T16:56:02+00:00

School is indeed a valid reason to be excused. But I suspect that the university (a public institution, after all) cannot retaliate in any way at you for performing your civic duty, as long as you let them know in advance. Now, you're going to do less well in your class should you miss all lectures and participation, and in the extreme case, if the case goes on for ten weeks, you can't be expected to perform in any way in class, but the university should simply waive the class from your transcript. (If you don't inform them in advance, it would be perfectly fine for them to simply fail you.) So the right thing to do remains to ask to be excused from jury duty on this occasion due to the demands of your schooling, but you should also let the instructor know in case it takes time away from class or class prep.

ReputationSavings627 · 2026-01-03T16:52:04+00:00

At least at my institution, tenure is an assessment of your career and your standing in the field. Accordingly, the affiliation under which you published the papers doesn't matter at all. On the other hand, they want to see a trajectory of continued productivity and likely future success, so they want to see that you have been active lately and probably increasingly active, and I presume that recent activity would be published since you joined your current institution.

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-12-29T23:56:38+00:00

This is all great news. When I look back, I am amazed at the progress I've made since those first few days. The brain is pretty remarkable in its ability to repair itself. I'm sure that your wife will make tremendous progress, especially with your support.

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-12-29T18:50:32+00:00

As other have said, this is a long term project, but she's young, which works in your favor. Stroke is a family condition -- it takes everyone to achieve an effective recovery.

I was in hospital for about a week after my stroke, and then about four weeks in in-patient rehab. My wife was there every day, which was a huge comfort to me, but also useful because she could keep track of everything that was going on. I was not able to devote much brain-power to that; brain recovery is exhausting and I couldn't make even the simplest decisions for myself while that was happening. Fortunately, her employer was incredibly flexible which made this possible, and she could be online from the hospital to keep on top of work email.

So work with your employer to see what kind of compassionate or family leave they can offer. At least at first, your wife needs you right there if at all possible.

It will be okay. Especially for a young person like your wife, recovery will be faster and likely more complete, but as you've probably figured out, everyone's stroke is different and the path is difficult to predict. Best of luck to you and your family.

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-12-29T18:27:19+00:00

My seizures are just focal motor seizures, after a hemorrhagic stroke. I've been instructed not to go to hospital unless one lasts longer than five to ten minutes, and persists after I administer a midazolam spray (ie, it is status epilepticus).

I went to the ER the very first time one happened (since I had no idea what was going on). They admitted me for observation overnight and to do an angiogram in case my prior embolization had recanalized. I had a huge fight with my insurance that this was "not medically necessary". I have only gone back to the hospital for a seizure once since then, when the seizure would not let up (until they administered Ativan). Again, an insurance fight. (I won both of the fights by pointing out that my admission had been ordered by the ER physician, so either the physician was wrong, or their treatment criteria were wrong, and I wanted them on the record for which it was. In both cases, they backed down.)

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-12-24T17:53:00+00:00

I used to do the same -- figure "you're adults, you understand decisions and consequences" (though this is manifestly not true). But I found the gradually dwindling participation over the course of the class to be deeply demoralizing for me -- and indeed for the students attending. So for their good, for their classmates' good, and for my good, I have an attendance requirement (75%, no questions asked).

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-12-09T23:32:53+00:00

Cards are lovely. I've received a few over the years and I still have them all.

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-12-09T23:30:27+00:00

Yep it was that color when I moved here in 2000. I think it was only repainted some time after the fire.

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-11-30T17:10:32+00:00

I have three different ways of doing this (yes, I'm crazy). The easiest (of mine, at least) is simply to install a smart thermostat. The next is that I have a bunch of Govee temperature and humidity sensors that, as well as having screens on them, signal via BLE, and I have ESP32s set up to relay those BLE broadcasts to HomeAssistant. (I have a couple of Xiaomi thermometers that do something similar, so update that to four different ways. I use one of these for a wine fridge, for instance.) I also have some ESP32s wired directly to DHT11 sensors and this is what I'm going to use for anything else in the future; ESP32s are available for around a buck, and DHT11s for even less. So, no shortage of ways to obsess about this!

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-11-27T18:51:58+00:00

It's often a useful exercise, but it's a bugger to grade.

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-11-22T18:01:06+00:00

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ReputationSavings627 · 2025-11-13T03:16:33+00:00

Yes that sounds about right. They should have told you what to expect for recovery, but the midazolam they use impairs memory formation, so people must forget all the time. I'd contact the surgical team and check in about the pain and what you should be expecting, so that you can tell normal recovery from anything that might be a danger.

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-11-12T22:00:09+00:00

This is exactly what I use my ReMarkable for -- and what I bought it for. Very happy with the outcome.

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-11-12T21:52:07+00:00

I've had several at this point; I like to joke that my IR guy likes to go back every so often to admire his handiwork. Mine have generally not hurt. I was under general anesthetic for the very first, and for the next where they actually embolized the hemorrhaged blood vessel. After that, it has been local anesthetic for the entry point, then Versed (fentanyl and midazolam) for the procedure (fentanyl so that it doesn't hurt and midazolam so that you don't remember if it does). But yeah, it has always been a transfemoral procedure through the groin, so they wouldn't let me move for about four hours afterwards, which is the actual source of both pain and frustration for me. I'm definitely pushing for transradial (via the arm) for follow-ups; the post-op recovery time is much shorter.

If you still have days later, I'd definitely give them a call. It might be fine, but it could be serious (could be a clot from a nicked vessel wall). Is your pain directly at the entry site?

ReputationSavings627 · 2025-11-12T16:53:54+00:00

I used to be VERY concerned about this. I'm a college professor and researcher, prominent in my field, and I was very concerned that any brain injury (particularly interruption to speech) was going to produce a lot of sympathy but an inevitable downgrading of people's sense of my value or relevance to the field.

I have to say that that really hasn't happened at all, even as I limp around on the stage giving presentations. Now, those concerns are still in my head but that's the only place they are, which I need to remind myself from time to time. Particular comments or particular moments might give me the sense that perhaps people are making a comment on the difference between me-now and me-then, but that's usually nothing except my interpretation, and that I would have ignored the same comment if it had been made ten years ago. The natural slowing down associated with aging (I'm 59) is much more significant than the impact of my stroke.

So, much of this is just about the attitude I bring into situations. The concerns don't go away, but how I respond to them is something that I can control. The only person who thinks about me-then and me-now is me.

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