Monthly Archives: May 2011

I got a job. As a miner.

(Part 4 of the saga of my escape from academia, see the original post that started everything, then also this and this.) So in the end, an unexpected turn of luck. I am officially employed again. Out of academia. I work, in fact, in a mine. Well, ok, not this kind of mine. Real miners

The extinction of Bin Laden and cultures of “evil”

That Bin Laden has been killed instead of being brought to a jury is not surprising -it was well known that there wouldn’t have been any other option then annihilation in dealing with him. Still, inspired by the reflection in my sister’s blog post, I also kind of mourn Bin Laden’s death. It’s not a