Academia ex machina

Academia is a harsh mistress. If you're not careful, it has a habit of spitting you out into the real world to fend for yourself when you'd really rather have other plans. So currently, being all out of funding, I'm doing some temping work to get some income. If I'm honest, I'd much rather just focus on thesis writing. But then, I do rather like eating food from time to time too. Sadly until someone invents Star Trek replicators, that means making sure I can afford it.(Read more ...)