Scientiae

Hello hello hello. It's that time for another Scientiae. I'm sorry for showing up a bit late with the call for posts, but with another semester starting I had to get the summer tasks off my plate. Then I had to wait for the muse to strike for a quality theme for this month's Scientiae.

The theme this month: Inspiration or Desperation?

I have been thinking about office decorations as new people move into assorted spaces. Every office seems to be dominated by those people who put up cheesy positive slogans like "Teamwork: Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is a progress, working together is success - Henry Ford" which invariably seem to be balanced against the person posting a message designed to mock these things like "Teamwork: Share Victory, Share Defeat." Invariably, the semester start brings a time to reflect positively or sarcastically. Talk amongst yourselves and submit the posts in the usual fashion by Friday 4 Sept. The carnival will be my Labor Day gift to you.

w00t! The August 2009 Scientiae carnival is official live over at Terra Sigillata!

The theme of "Summer days, driftin' away" brought out a majority of posts from colleagues who, like me, are having difficulty in using the summer for regeneration and renewal. For those, we share common pain and bewilderment. However, about a quarter of the posts were written by women whose skills for balance I can only strive to achieve.

Many thanks to all of you for bearing with me while I failed to balance my own life and get this post up on-time. It was an honor to field your lovely, thoughtful writing and shepherd these works out to the intertubes. Thank you for inviting me to contribute to your community!