Relating to interactions and practices on a broad scale
• Sometimes, the harder you try… • [1 MIN READ] There’s one person who’s virtually made a running career with the club by not being around for the picture but showing up eventually to run anyway. If we stall our departure from the store, we can occasionally catch him. Sometimes we’re right and sometimes we’re … More He Who Shall Not Be Pictured (#198: 2023’03’22’W)
• Waaaaitaminit. How many other ways are there to take it? • [1½ MIN READ] The lead up to hump day for me relates to an opportunity I was applying for and spent a good bit of time investing in. They declined to make me an offer. They gave me a reason that I wish … More Don’t Take This Personally (#195: 2023’03’01’W)
• There is research-based evidence • [2 MIN READ] As mentioned regularly in this column, we Growlers like a good beer after our runs. You should know that our name comes from the popular way of transporting beer that one particular brewery writes about (What is a Growler?) with varying degrees of authority. Our Philly-area … More Nonalcoholic Beer? Why? (#193: 2023’02’15’W)
• Of course there’s more than one way of doing it • [1 MIN READ] I would like to believe that I’m above gendered stereotypes (open-minded person that I am), but out-moded thinking can die hard, I guess. I’m not the only one vulnerable to it. When the suggestion came up of what pose to … More The Prom Pose II (#192: 2023’02’08’W)
• Living as an evangelical Christian • I told my physical therapist that I’d be out for a few weeks because I was going to Alaska. Hearing a bit of news like that always makes people think “cruise”; which would be fine if the team of us was actually going on a cruise. So I … More Yes, People Actually Do That
Being a university librarian affords me some amazing opportunities. Like the chance to attend a lecture by a Nobel Prize laureate. Every year Arcadia University awards an honorary degree to 2 individuals at both our graduate and undergraduate commencement ceremonies. This year we honored Montgomery County Commissioner Val Arkoosh, M.D., and 1985 Nobel Prize laureate … More Lectured by a Nobel Prize Laureate and Returning the Favor
[4 MIN READ] My father was a mechanical engineer and my mother continues to practice fine art. Their combination of genes contributed to my success as an undergrad at the University of Chicago (where the Common Core was refined), where I took physics along with Greek Thought and Literature. I’ve long been about connections—connecting across … More The Official Calvin Wang Fan Club
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