Achievements
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- Dirty n Evil
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Re: Achievements
Way to go, DA!
Tied 1st Place of "What Would You Do To Win A Ma3 Contest" Contest (Aug '09) / Winner of Cutest Forumite Contest (Male Division) (Sept '09)
Winner of FRANKIES Awards Contest (Feb '10) Winner in Noms & Exemplary Divisions / Winner of 'The Contest For the Next Contest' Contest (Jul '10)
Winner of Wet T-Shirt Guys Division (Jul '10) / Winner of Lonely Hearts Contest (Feb '11)
Winner of FRANKIES Awards Contest (Feb '10) Winner in Noms & Exemplary Divisions / Winner of 'The Contest For the Next Contest' Contest (Jul '10)
Winner of Wet T-Shirt Guys Division (Jul '10) / Winner of Lonely Hearts Contest (Feb '11)
- yiraheerai
- Peach Fuzzball of Doom
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Re: Achievements
*quotes cause new page*
Congrats
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- Yap Yap Sycophant
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Re: Achievements
Don Alexander, congratulations. ( I'm glad you've achieved a certain kind of stardom.) ;)
- Don Alexander
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Well, "done" in the sense of "submitted"...Don Alexander wrote: ↑Thu Jun 23, 2016 12:57 am4.5 years in the making. Now done.
http://arxiv.org/abs/1606.06791
And NOW, after another nearly THREE YEARS, it's finally accepted and in press...
Man, I've GOT to get better at handling these these things... Turned out to be a really good paper, though. Well, TRIPLE paper since the first report asked me to split it up as it was way too long... What's actually part II was already published last year:
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2 ... 92-17.html
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- Azrael
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Re: Achievements
Congratulations, Alex!
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politics: n. pl. from the Grk polis, meaning many, and the OE ticia, meaning blood sucking insects.
- Tenjen
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Re: Achievements
Now this is a major achievement.
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- Dirty n Evil
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Re: Achievements
I have a small achievement to announce of a personal nature:
After over a decade, I'm no longer single. Her name is Vee. We knew each other online for a couple of years as friends, but this time last year we made it official that we were a couple. At the moment I am in New Hampshire and visiting her, meeting face to face for the first time. We're deliriously in love with one another, and it's very nice.
After over a decade, I'm no longer single. Her name is Vee. We knew each other online for a couple of years as friends, but this time last year we made it official that we were a couple. At the moment I am in New Hampshire and visiting her, meeting face to face for the first time. We're deliriously in love with one another, and it's very nice.
Tied 1st Place of "What Would You Do To Win A Ma3 Contest" Contest (Aug '09) / Winner of Cutest Forumite Contest (Male Division) (Sept '09)
Winner of FRANKIES Awards Contest (Feb '10) Winner in Noms & Exemplary Divisions / Winner of 'The Contest For the Next Contest' Contest (Jul '10)
Winner of Wet T-Shirt Guys Division (Jul '10) / Winner of Lonely Hearts Contest (Feb '11)
Winner of FRANKIES Awards Contest (Feb '10) Winner in Noms & Exemplary Divisions / Winner of 'The Contest For the Next Contest' Contest (Jul '10)
Winner of Wet T-Shirt Guys Division (Jul '10) / Winner of Lonely Hearts Contest (Feb '11)
- Azrael
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Re: Achievements
That's great to hear, DnE. Congratulations.
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politics: n. pl. from the Grk polis, meaning many, and the OE ticia, meaning blood sucking insects.
politics: n. pl. from the Grk polis, meaning many, and the OE ticia, meaning blood sucking insects.
- midgetshrimp
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Re: Achievements
I so happy to hear you've met someone, DnE! And DA, congrats on the publication!
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Who needs sex when you have Menage a 3?
- yiraheerai
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Re: Achievements
Awesome!
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- Don Alexander
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Fantastic, DnE!!!!!
This is the best news I've heard in quite a while!!!! I hate you
So, is the girlfriend of the accidental Gary cosplayer, named VEE, a good ZEE, I mean Zii cosplayer??
This is the best news I've heard in quite a while!!!! I hate you
So, is the girlfriend of the accidental Gary cosplayer, named VEE, a good ZEE, I mean Zii cosplayer??
Sithlord of the Sithling and best customer of McLovecraft's , in the business of keeping the little Platypus in business
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- Tenjen
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*explodes into confetti and lynx bits in celebration*
Affro Shaman of the Forum and Deranged Elder Lynx of the Caves. Perpetuater of warm-hearted irrelevance and lynx kitteh of affectionate inflictions.
Artemisia wrote:Wait...are we reenacting Ma3 here with ballistic cats?
- Don Alexander
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It's getting a bit scary, but I have yet another achievement to report!
I had originally gotten a two-year fellowship in Spain. That fellowship has run out, but my bosses were able to hire me directly, but only until the end of 2019, then THEIR money runs out. During that time, I wrote two further applications which were both rejected. Then, in October 2018, December 2018 and finally January 2019, I wrote three further applications! The first two were similar, applications for a three-year project grant, which means you tell them "I'm not only good at what I do, but I have a plan for my work over the next few years!" The first was on the national level, the second on the state level. The third application, which I'm sure I'll lose, was identical to one of the two failed ones from before, a merit-based five-year fellowship.
Anyway, tl;dr, a week ago, I was told that the "National Project" three-year grant had gone through!!!
I was a bit reluctant since it was all rather provisional and some things were not clear (e.g., salary seemed very low), but by now, I've found out that my salary will be the same as what I get right now, which is not terribly much (not getting rich, folks), but als about 400 bucks better than what I got in the first two years. Also, there was the weird thought that the three years meant 2019/20/21, and thanks to creeping bureaucracy, I'd just lose about 1/6 of the money because, you know, 2019 has started... But that's also wrong, it'll be (as should be expected) three years from the start of the contract. Though that may be a while, as the final resolution is expected in July or so...
So I'm fully employed until like summer 2022!!!
Furthermore, last Friday, I saw Avengers: Endgame, AND the long-worked-on paper I mentioned further above was finally published in the journal in all finality!!!
Sithlord of the Sithling and best customer of McLovecraft's , in the business of keeping the little Platypus in business
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Winner of the... 2010 Kilopost FRANKIE; 2010 Mad March Nom Off; 2010 Joker Cleavage Contest; 2010 Fan-Thing Contest; 2010 Mimic Contest (tied); 2011 Joker Cleavage Contest; 2011 Contest-for-the-next-Contest (tied)
- Azrael
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Re: Achievements
HUZZAH! for secure employment. Gratz, Alex.
Grand Low Maker of Mischief, Claw of Chaos, Fang of Anarchy
politics: n. pl. from the Grk polis, meaning many, and the OE ticia, meaning blood sucking insects.
politics: n. pl. from the Grk polis, meaning many, and the OE ticia, meaning blood sucking insects.
- yiraheerai
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Re: Achievements
Yay for job security!
A mask, any mask, whether horned like a beast or feathered like an angel is the face of immortality. Meet me in Cognito, baby. In Cognito, we'll have nothing to hide. - Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins