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...daycare and take him to University Health Services in Cambridge for his four-year physical. That’s two hours out of her day at least, which means less time for science. At 10:10, she sets the cells aside to incubate for five hours, which should give her enough time to take Miles to his 1:45 appointment and return by the end of the incubation...
...daycare, back on the 10th floor of the apartment building on Alphonsus St. has no such affiliation. But the person who administers her subsidy cautions that it too may soon arrive on the chopping block. A month later, Sebastián’s department will agree to give him two months of summer support, but of course, he still doesn’t know what he’ll do after he gets his degree. Uncertainty, it seems, is the perennial affliction of parent Ph.D.s...
...It’s just to welcome the class of 2014, to give it a more personal touch as opposed to just receiving a packet of information or an e-mail. I remember I spoke to the person that called me for like 45 minutes...
...most eloquent poems are those that give credence to three things: the fact of extinction, the fact of aspiration, and the fact of failure in the aspiration. Failure can generate a comic view. It can put you in the human context of others, not judging solely by aspiration, but by the degree to which you and others have failed...There is a big push when you’re young to become yourself, and then you realize that no matter what you’ve done, you’re mortal and unsuccessful. That unites you to the sorrows...
...Then one day Ethan's mother made him a bold offer. If he could go a full month without watching any TV, she would give him $200. None of us thought he could do it. But Ethan quit TV, just like that. His friends offered to let him cheat at their houses on Friday nights (Miami Vice nights!). Ethan said...