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- This article is about the episode. For the titular character, see Zuko.
|"He was one of the best friends I ever had, and he was from the Fire Nation, just like you. If we knew each other back then, do you think we could have been friends, too?"
|— Aang to Zuko.
"The Blue Spirit" is the 13th episode of Book One: Water of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the 13th of the overall series. It debuted on June 17, 2005.
Zhao is promoted to admiral and enlists the help of a group of professional archers called the Yuyan Archers. Meanwhile, Sokka and Katara become sick due to being exposed to a storm previously, so Aang goes to an herbalist to find a cure. After finding it, Aang is caught by the Yuyan Archers and imprisoned by Zhao. A warrior with a blue mask rescues him, and they escape together. Aang discovers the warrior is none other than Zuko and wonders if the two of them could be friends. Zuko attacks, but Aang escapes and cures his friends.
The episode opens with a messenger hawk approaching a Fire Nation fortress, Pohuai Stronghold. In the courtyard, several highly proficient archers practice their skill, while, above them on a parapet of the stronghold, Commander Zhao and Colonel Shinu are observing them and vehemently arguing. Colonel Shinu has denied Zhao's request to use the group of advanced bowmen, whom he identifies as the Yuyan Archers, in the commander's quest to capture the Avatar, deeming it to be a "vanity project" of Zhao's rather than a part of the Hundred Year War. As they debate the use of the archers, a hawk arrives with news from Fire Lord Ozai that Zhao has been promoted to admiral. With his newfound authority, he informs Colonel Shinu that his request is now an order; Shinu bows in submission and leaves. Unbeknownst to Zhao, a figure clad in dark clothes and a blue mask is perched on the roof above him and has heard the entire conversation. Silently, the figure retreats into the shadows and disappears.
Meanwhile, in the ruins of Taku, Katara is caring for an ill and delirious Sokka, who is talking nonsense, convinced that Appa can talk and that he himself can earthbend. According to Katara, this illness has resulted from his exposure to the storm that he was recently caught in. Aang comes back from an unsuccessful hunt for ginger root, but returns with a map to a herbalist institute on a nearby mountain. Katara states that Sokka is not in any condition to go there, declaring that all he needs is some rest, just as she begins to cough herself. Despite Katara's protests that she is fine, Aang realizes she has the same illness as Sokka and decides to travel to the herbalist alone. However, lightning flashes across the sky, so Aang decides to go by foot instead of using his glider and begins running quickly with the aid of his airbending.
Meanwhile, Lieutenant Jee is going over a map with Prince Zuko to make plans to continue the search for the Avatar. Suddenly, the ship is overshadowed by a large Fire Nation Naval ship, spurring Zuko to wonder what they want. Uncle Iroh, in the middle of a Pai Sho game, jokingly speculates that they want to play Pai Sho, but it is revealed that it is to inform Prince Zuko and his crew that all information regarding the Avatar is to be reported to Admiral Zhao, revealing to all present crew members that Zhao has been promoted and is now in charge of the search for the Avatar. Zuko informs the Fire Nation soldier that he has no information to provide and orders them to get off his ship and let them pass. Zuko and his crew are promptly informed that Zhao is not permitting the passage of ships in or out of the area and Zuko again demands that the soldiers get off his ship. Iroh, seemingly indifferent to the conversation, declares enthusiastically that he has won the pot in his Pai Sho game, but encourages his opponents in an effort to get them to play again.
In the forest, Fire Nation lookouts are hiding in a concealed blind-like structure. As one of the guards reads the wanted poster for the Avatar and comments that it is "pretty amazing" that the Avatar can create tornadoes and run faster than the wind, the other soldier, who was peering through a telescope, dismisses the claims as Fire Lord propaganda. When Aang soon after speeds by, unknowingly wreaking havoc on the outpost, the soldier blows a signal horn to alert others of Aang's presence.
Meanwhile, a sick Sokka implores his sister to get him some water. Katara, weakened by the rapid onset of the sickness herself, instructs Momo to take her water skin to the river and fill it with water. However, the winged lemur does not understand her, simply hearing a jumble of unintelligible noise. Nonetheless, he departs with the water skin.
On the other side of the valley, Aang reaches the herbalist institute and immediately commences to relay his problem to the elderly herbalist, who is busy gathering ingredients. As Aang's explanation starts to become panicked, she calmly tells him to settle down, noting that his friends would be just fine. She begins to tell him her life story: she has lived atop the mountain for forty years. The institute used to be a lively place, though now, she and her cat, Miyuki, were the only ones left. Despite Aang's nonplussed reaction, she continues to reveal that wounded Earth Kingdom soldiers still frequent the institute and it is due to her remedies that they are all able to recover quickly. Not really interested in what the herbalist has to say, Aang asks if she is almost finished with the concoction she was making and is told that it only needed one more ingredient. The elderly woman promptly starts to peruse her vast garden at a leisurely pace, causing him to grow impatient.
On the deck of his ship, Zuko is angrily practicing his firebending, when his uncle approaches him, asking if he is all right since he has not given the crew an order in over an hour. Zuko promptly declares his indifference about the matter. Iroh tries to instill hope in his nephew, saying he could still capture the Avatar before Zhao, though the prince questions how that could possibly happen given the man-power at Zhao's disposal and voices his despair over the imminent loss of his honor, throne, and country.
At the institute, the herbalist finds the final ingredient for her concoction, much to Aang's relief. The moment she drops the plum blossom in the bowl, Aang grabs it expectantly and thanks her for the potion, only to be swatted away from it by the wooden-spoon-wielding herbalist. As she angrily asks him why he did that, Aang reveals his intention to bring the cure to his friends, eliciting laughs from the elder, who calmly explains that what she has made is dinner for Miyuki, not a cure. She tells him that all his friends need to do is suck on some frozen wood frogs, which he can find in the swamp below; she explains that their skin has medicinal properties, but only when they are frozen. Aang deems the herbalist insane, which she cheerfully confirms. As he departs for the swamp below, two arrows pin the cuffs of his boots to the ground. Deflecting several other arrows with airbending and freeing himself, he finds himself staring at the Yuyan Archers, who have tracked him down. Aang promptly tries to make a break for it, though finds him path thwarted several times. He manages to evade their arrows, though is forced to jump down the side of the mountain. As he crashes through the forest, the Yuyan Archers use a roped arrow to ensure their own safe descent. Reaching the swamp, Aang starts his hunt for the frozen frogs, while evading the arrows to the best of his abilities. However, while he is distracted with gathering the frozen frogs, he is eventually pinned to a tree by the archers and taken as a prisoner.
Aang is brought back to Pohuai Stronghold, where he is kept secured in a large room, his arms and legs are shackled to two posts to keep him from bending, and the room is guarded by four men. Zhao enters the room and wastes no time pointing out that Aang's century-long game of hide and seek with the Fire Nation is over. An angered Aang challenges him to a duel, though he declines and asks instead how if feels to be the only airbender left and whether or not he misses his people, taunting him over their murder. He ensures that Aang would not be killed like they were, since that would only result in his reincarnation as the next Avatar and require the Fire Nation to hunt him down again. Instead, he will keep him alive, "but just barely." As Zhao turns his back and walks away, Aang airbends with his mouth, sending the momentarily inattentive firebender flying off his feet; Zhao slams into a wall and falls briefly to the floor. Getting to his feet, Zhao declares that Aang can blow all the wind that he wants, as his situation is futile, since there is no escaping Pohuai Stronghold and no one is coming to rescue him.
A feverish Sokka asks an equally ill Katara for water again, to which she assures him that Momo should return soon. When the winged lemur returns, however, he did not fill the water skin, though brought them a dead mouse, which he drops on Katara's chest, much to her disgust. Katara pleads with him again for water and Momo departs, leaving Katara to wonder what is keeping Aang.
Outside the Fire Nation fortress, the figure with the blue mask waits patiently, hidden in the shrubbery. When a supply cart passes him by, he nimbly rolls underneath the cart and grabs hold, letting himself be transported to the stronghold. As the cart is halted at a checkpoint, a Fire Nation guard inspects the interior of the vehicle. When he moves to look underneath the cart, the masked figure moves to the other side of the wagon and hides inside, thus gaining access to the heavily guarded fortress. After the cart stops to unload, the figure stealthily sneaks out and makes his way up a nearby staircase.
Meanwhile, Zhao addresses his troops, informing them he has captured the Avatar, whom he describes as the Fire Nation's final hurdle in their quest for victory in the war. He predicts the Fire Nation will take the Earth Kingdom city of Ba Sing Se that year, burning it to the ground with the strength of Sozin's Comet. While the majority of the troops are gathered in the courtyard to listen to the speech, the masked figure sneaks past them. Scaling a wall, he manages to reach the inner ring of the fortress and continues his way to the main tower via an underground sewer.
Aang tries to free himself from his chains, though the shackles securing his arms and legs hold strong. As he pants due to the effort, he discovers that the frozen frogs he had gathered begin to thaw out; to his distress, they wriggle out of his clothes and make their way, still partly frozen, toward the door as he yells out his anguished objections. They escape under the door and the guards on the other side watch them in confusion. As the guards behold the frogs, the helmet of a Fire Nation soldier rolls down the hallway toward them. When one guard investigates alone, the other three suddenly see a flame erupt from the hallway and hear the muffled sounds of combat and of chains being strung up. When two more guards follow after him, they find their companion strung up with his hands to the ceiling. The masked figure, clinging to the ceiling, wraps a chain around a hand of each guard and drops down, simultaneously pulling the guards up. The last guard standing in front of Aang's cell, having heard the scuffle, takes his horn to sound the alarm, though before he could blow the instrument, it is knocked out of his hands by a well-aimed knife. Noticing a figure running toward him, he firebends, though the masked man extinguishes the fire by throwing water and proceeds to sweep the legs from underneath the guard with the bucket.
Inside his cell, Aang hears the scuffle and eyes the door with apprehension as the lock is being turned. He gasps as a masked figure enters and unsheathes his dual broadswords. Swinging the weapons, the man advances on Aang, who screams. To Aang's surprise, however, the figure slices through his bonds, freeing him. As the figure retreats without saying a word, Aang asks him who he is, what is going on, and wonders if the man is there to rescue him. The figure does not respond, though opens the door and signals for the Avatar to follow him, leaving Aang decides that the person means him no harm. Exciting his cell, Aang passes by the tied up guard and notices his partially frozen frogs are making their escape through another hallway. Trying to gather them, Aang is pulled away by the masked stranger, though protests loudly that his friends needs to suck on the animals.
Back with Katara and Sokka, Momo has brought many items to Katara, ranging from fans to pottery to jewelry. His latest addition is a tiara, which he places on Katara's head. With a voice weak from her illness, she reiterates that they desire water. Giving up on Momo, she rolls around and pleads for Aang's swift return. Completely delusional, Sokka asks Katara who the "Aang kid" of whom she speaks is, while referring to her as "Your Highness", much to her annoyance.
The masked stranger and Aang sneak out of the tower via the sewer system of the fortress. Surveying the courtyard, the man gestures for Aang to follow him out while the guards have their backs turned.
Meanwhile, Zhao, walking through the hallways, is dictating to his assistant that he wants his speech and testimonies from all high-ranking officers present at its delivery to be sent to the Fire Lord. His train of thought is interrupted, however, by the muffled moans of the overpowered guards strung from the ceiling. He quickly makes his way to Aang's cell and finds that it is completely deserted save for a thawed wood frog that croaks at him. Furious, he runs off, his assistant trailing him, asking if he should postpone sending his message to the Fire Lord.
While Aang and the masked figure are scaling the wall via a rope that the stranger left their earlier, an alarm is set off, which draws attention to their attempt to climb the wall. A guard atop the wall promptly cuts the rope, sending them tumbling down. At the last second, Aang breaks their fall with airbending, securing a safe landing. The masked figure, unsheathing his swords, points to the open gates and they make a run for them, but Zhao appears on the balcony, bellowing that the Avatar has escaped and orders all the gates to be closed immediately. Aang, running past the stranger and telling him to remain close to him, uses his airbending to clear away several guards blocking their path. Aang smoothly runs through the closing doors, though the masked figure is forced to stop and defend himself as several guards surround and assault him. Aang realizes that the stranger is no longer following him and takes the spear from a guard attacking him, breaks off the sharp spearhead, and utilizes the stick as a staff. He promptly charges the soldiers attacking the masked figure and uses his airbending to incapacitate them. Wasting no time, he hurls the stranger atop the first of the fortress walls, where more soldiers immediately swarm him.
Before a new battle can ensue, Aang propels himself in the air by twirling the stick in a helicopter fashion and grabs hold of the masked figure with his legs. The figure defends them against all the spears thrown at them, but Aang is unable to sustain the twirling motion and they crash atop the next fortress wall, Aang losing his staff in the process. More guards come up to attack the duo, though they manage to dispose of them; the masked figure throws one of the soldiers over the wall, while Aang blows the others away with airbending. More troops use bamboo ladders to scale the wall, but again Aang blows them off. He takes the ladders and calls to the masked figure to get on his back. They use the three ladders like stilts to go from the second wall to the third and final wall. However, a soldier manages to light the last ladder on fire, forcing Aang and the masked figure to jump off in hopes that they will make it over the wall. However, their grip does not hold and they both fall to the ground just in front of the main gate.
As firebenders come to attack the duo, Aang pulls the masked figure behind him and blocks the benders' attacks with airbending. Zhao tells the men to stop, for the Avatar needs to be captured alive. Suddenly, the masked figure puts his broadswords to Aang's neck, threatening to kill him. Zhao orders the gate to be opened and they let the pair out; the masked figure takes Aang with him, his swords still around his neck. With the two slowly edging out, Zhao goes onto higher ground and has an archer knock out the masked figure with a single shot.
After the masked figure falls to the ground, Aang sees a small part of the face below, creating a dust cloud as cover while he removes the mask to reveal Zuko. At first, Aang is shocked and afraid, beginning to run, but stops to look back at Zuko. As the dust clears and the guards approach the area, both Aang and Zuko have escaped, which frustrates and infuriates Zhao.
Later, as Zuko regains consciousness, Aang tells him a story about Kuzon, someone he befriended in the Fire Nation one hundred years earlier, and wonders if he and Zuko could have been friends, had they had met each other before the war. Zuko responds by attacking Aang with firebending, which Aang easily avoids by hopping from tree to tree, leaving Zuko alone in the forest.
Aang goes back to the swamp to collect frozen frogs, as Zuko heads back to his ship. His uncle asks him where he has been, to which the Fire Nation prince simply replies that he is going to bed and asked for no disturbances. The Avatar subsequently returns to his friends, puts the frogs into their mouths, and sits down on Appa's tail to rest. Sokka asks Aang if he made any new friends, to which Aang responds that he does not think he did and turns on his side. At the same time, Zuko looks at the Fire Nation flag and also turns away to his side. Sokka and Katara begin to feel better, but are shocked as they realize they are sucking on frogs and quickly spit them out, disgusted and confused.
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- Mako - Uncle
- Jason Isaacs - Commander Zhao
- Jodi Carlisle - Herbalist
- Nick Jameson - Colonel Shinu
- Jim Meskimen - Lt. Jee
- Additional voices:
- Jamie Alcroft
- Dee Bradley Baker - Miyuki
- Jodi Carlisle
- Nick Jameson
- Jim Meskimen
Production notes
- Main article: Transcript: The Blue Spirit
- Main article: Writing in the World of Avatar
Avatar Extras
- Main article: Avatar Extras for Book One: Water
Series continuity
- Zuko disguises himself as the Blue Spirit for the first time, although the name is not actually mentioned in in-episode dialogue or text until "The Waterbending Master". He adopts the same identity in "The Swamp", "Avatar Day", and "Lake Laogai".
- A wanted poster for the Blue Spirit is prominently placed next to the festival poster at the start of "The Deserter".
- In the episode "The Western Air Temple", Zuko refers to the events of this episode, saying that Aang had once suggested that they could have been friends. Aang also makes reference to these events when Team Avatar is deliberating whether or not to accept Zuko.
- In Zhao's victory speech, he states that the Fire Nation will finally breach the "impenetrable" walls of Ba Sing Se and use Sozin's Comet to burn the Earth Kingdom capital city to the ground. This has a couple foreshadowing elements for later events in the series:
- The Fire Nation successfully penetrates the walls of Ba Sing Se in the episode "The Drill", but ultimately fails to invade and take over the city. Instead, it is because of Princess Azula infiltrating the city and instigating a coup that the city is finally conquered by the Fire Nation.
- The speech hints at the events of the third season finale, where in "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King" it is revealed that Phoenix King Ozai's plan is to indeed use the comet's firebending-enhancing power to destroy Ba Sing Se and literally burn the Earth Kingdom to the ground to win the war once and for all.
- When Iroh plays the tsungi horn as Zuko returns, the bejeweled monkey statue that he was eyeing in the pirate's store in "The Waterbending Scroll" can be seen. It can also be seen in "The Runaway" while Sokka and Aang are contemplating how to get Toph and Katara to be friends again.
- In "The Western Air Temple", Aang and Sokka refer to the events of this episode, with Sokka claiming that the frog gave him a wart on his uvula, which he called his "throatal flap". Katara insists, however, that it was psychosomatic, meaning it was all in his head.
- In "The Ember Island Players", when the play shows the Blue Spirit rescuing Aang, the enemy he faces is Zuko instead of Zhao.
- A copy of the Blue Spirit mask appears on a merchant's cart in the beginning of "The Swamp". Zuko keeps this particular copy and later disposes of it in the episode "Lake Laogai", where it sinks to the bottom of the lake.
- Zuko cooperating with Aang foreshadows him joining Team Avatar in the third book.
- The crown which Momo brings to Katara when she tells him to search for water makes a reappearance in "The Swamp", where Momo throws it at the hunters pursuing them.
- The idea of sucking on frogs for medicinal purposes can trace its origin to real-world toads such as the Colorado River toad, which secrete a psychoactive hallucinogenic venom through their skin. In the 1970s, rumors were widely propagated of hippies and other teenagers sucking on or licking these toads to get high, but these rumors were never found to be true. Also, the practice would not actually work for humans, because the human digestive system cancels out the venom – it would have to be injected, inhaled, or smoked in order to have an effect.
- The scene in which Aang asks Zuko if they could have been friends if they knew each other in a previous time is almost exactly the same as Session 8 "Waltz for Venus" from Cowboy Bebop. In it, Roco asks Spike, "If I had met you earlier in my lifetime, do you think that we would've been friends?" As it happens, the creators are fans of the show; they would later name Wulong Forest after the show's currency.
- When Katara gives Momo her pouch for water, Momo later comes back without it. Instead, he returns with a meadow vole, which means he had left it somewhere. However, Katara has it in later episodes.
- When Momo is sent to get water, he brings back various objects. These objects are seen scattered around Appa when Aang returns, but when he and his friends wake up, all of the castoffs have disappeared.
- While the four soldiers are guarding the entrance to Aang's prison cell, a Fire Nation uniform helmet haphazardly rolls across the corridor floor, landing before their feet. However, when the scene cuts to a wide-view of the corridor several moments later, the helmet is nowhere to be seen.
- As Aang and Zuko are utilizing the final bamboo ladder as a stilt to traverse the courtyard, a soldier sets the ladder ablaze, forcing them to abandon it. The ladder should have subsequently collapsed to the ground; however, it simply disappears.
- When Aang gives Sokka and Katara the frozen frogs, Katara still has the crown that Momo brought on her head, but the next scene of her spitting out the frog shows her without the crown.
- This is Michael DiMartino's second favorite episode out of three because of the mysteriousness of the Blue Spirit involved. He also likes the episode for its use of action and the surprising twist at the end.
- The tsungi horn is played whenever Prince Zuko switches to his Blue Spirit alter ego. The instrument used for the sound effect is the Duduk, which the Tsungi horn is based on.
- This is the first episode in which a character gets sick.
- In the Avatar Extras bonus commentary, one of the commentary bubbles states that this episode was originally called "The Red Spirit", with the mask being red, appropriately. During some airings of this episode, the title is mistakenly given as "The Red Spirit" and still appears as so on program guides of several broadcasting networks, such as DIRECTV.
- In the film prequel manga "Zuko's Story", Zuko was robbed by a thief named Hong Shen who posed as the Red Spirit, taking on a Robin Hood-esque persona. The Red Spirit's mask design and clothing were identical to those that Zuko wore in the show, although Zuko's Blue Spirit persona corresponds to what it was in The Last Airbender. Incidentally, Mike and Bryan got the idea of Zuko basing his Blue Spirit persona on a preexisting figure during a post-season two interview.
- In production, the creators dropped the Red Spirit idea because the initial design made Zuko look like "an ancient Korean version of Spiderman", and, as addressed by Anthony Lioi, made it appear as though he was associated with the Fire Nation, giving away his identity too easily.[1]
- In the Avatar Extras bonus commentary, when Aang is running up the stairs to the herbalist, one of the commentary bubbles states that the movie "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is used as reference for that scene.
- An Avatar Extras commentary bubble states that the mask Zuko wears as the "Blue Spirit" is actually an Earth Kingdom theater mask similar to the two frowning and smiling masks displayed in real life acting theaters.
- An Avatar Extras bonus commentary bubble claims that the movie Rambo was used as reference for the scene of Aang jumping off the cliff to escape the Yuyan Archers.
- This is the first time a character goes by another alias to achieve a plot-twisting goal. The second is in the episode "The Painted Lady" from the third season, when Katara dresses as a local spirit to help and save the Fire Nation village of Jang Hui.
- In The Last Airbender, the Blue Spirit mask comes with hair, unlike in the television series.
- In "The Siege of the North, Part 2", one of the faces Koh wears bears a resemblance to the Blue Spirit mask.
- It was revealed in The Search Part One that Ursa kept a collection of theater masks hidden behind a painting, one of the masks being identical to the mask of the Blue Spirit.
- The Search Library Edition elaborated on this passing illustration, revealing that the mask in Ursa's room was truly the one Zuko wore in "The Blue Spirit". He found it there when he went looking for clues as to where his mother had gone.
- As Nickelodeon only ordered thirteen episodes of the original series, the creators designed this episode knowing that they needed something exciting, along the lines of a series finale. As a result, knowing that they had created a rivalry between Zuko and Zhao, they thought that "if Zhao captured Aang, no one would be more motivated to rescue him than Zuko".[1]
- The production team intended to have Aang suspended in the air, shackled on all four limbs, but Standards and Practices did not allow it. They managed to do it to Korra in "Enter the Void", however.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Avatar: The Last Airbender—The Art of the Animated Series, page 62.
- ↑ Bryan Konietzko on the DVD commentary for "Enter the Void".


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Situated next to the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge are the Red Car Pylons, support structures built in 1929 that allowed the Red Cars of the Pacific Electric Railway to shuttle busy passengers between Silver Lake and Atwater Village along its route, which extended into Glendale and culminated in downtown Los Angeles.
According to "Images of America: Atwater Village," the line boasted a fleet of Presidential Coach Cars (PCCs) which promised, "to meet every travel need between the hearts of Glendale-Burbank and Los Angeles."
Today, these five concrete relics of Los Angeles' transportation heritage emerge staunchly from the soft-bottom section of the L.A. River downstream from the Glendale-Hyperion bridge, reminding residents of a time their still-blossoming metropolis had an extensive passenger rail network.
Current Mayor and former District 13 Councilman, Eric Garcetti set out to bring Angelenos back to the river and their Red Car River Pylons eight years ago. In 2005, with the help of Friends of Atwater Village, Garcetti designated the Red Car River Park a pocket park that serves as the only river access point from Atwater Village.
According to the Electric Railway Historical Association of Southern California, the Red Car crossing at the park's edge transported Eastside commuters until 1955 when the line was shut down, and the tracks dismantled in favor of the burgeoning freeway system. Today, all that remains of that crossing are those Red Car Pylons.
As Los Angeles once again turns to the rail lines with planned expansions of the Blue, Gold, Green, and Purple lines, Atwater Village residents find new relevance in their beloved Red Car Pylons.
So what will become of these historic pylons as the Hyperion Bridge retrofit and restoration project continues on its course? Will they become a part of the effort for a more pedestrian and bicycle-friendly retrofit of the corridor? Can these relics of the railways once again rekindle their usefulness, transporting residents from Atwater Village to Silver Lake and back?
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Our report on the nutrient content of free-range eggs prompted a great letter from Tammi Trotter (below). She says their Rhode Island red chicks raised free-range began laying eggs 12 weeks sooner than the same breed of chicks raised in a pen. This could be yet another factor to encourage all egg producers to utilize pastured poultry systems, which in turn would mean more nutritious eggs for the public and more humane conditions for the chickens.
Last issue's cover story, Live on Less and Love It, prompted a lively exchange online. Several folks were offended by the suggestion that low-income people would promote a national health care system. Others very much appreciated the article; one reader wrote about his neighbors who "embody so much of the thrifty-in-dollars-but-rich-in-creativity lifestyle that MEN has always tried to encourage. I applaud MEN for making this the cover story." Join the conversation in the comments section below. —Mother
Our Free-range Hens Begin Laying 12 Weeks Before Penned Chickens!
Not only do free-range chickens produce healthier eggs (Meet Real Free-range Eggs, October/November 2007), but they also lay more healthier eggs! On Valentine's Day 2003, we purchased 25 Rhode Island red chicks through the mail. We confined the chickens in a 10-by-20-foot pen with nesting and roosting facilities. They were fed Tindles starter/grower, and laid their first eggs after about 28 weeks (from chick to egg), confined. Mid-March of this year we ordered a dozen Rhode Island reds from the same hatchery. They were confined and fed the exact same feed until the chicks were feathered. Then we released them to free-range open pasture daily. In the second week of July we found three freshly laid eggs in the nests, and they continued to increase production daily. The only difference between the two flocks was that the second flock was able to free range on open pasture daily. The free-range chickens produced eggs 12 weeks earlier than the confined ones. At 70 percent production, our free-range chickens produced 756 eggs before the confined flock produced its first egg. (That's 12 hens x 70 percent = 9 eggs per day x 7 days per week x 12 weeks earlier.) If a Mother reader is debating confined versus free-range flocks, this should help them to see the benefits of free-range chickens.
Tammi Trotter
Calico Rock, Arkansas
We urge those of you who raise chickens to run similar comparisons and report back to us when your birds begin laying. — Mother
Egg-ceptional Eggs!
Regarding your article on real free-range eggs: I get them from a local producer and I advise others to do the same. They would definitely see and taste the difference compared to those that are mass-produced. The conventional eggs in the grocery store have no flavor and barely any color in the yolk. The free-range egg has a wonderful, dark yellow yolk and solid white. No runny eggs here. They are packed with flavor. Anyone who says that an egg is an egg is an egg doesn't know much about eggs.
Tamatha Dayberry
Clyde, Texas
Sunny Side Down
I was reading your latest article on free-range eggs, and I would like your readers to be aware of possible homeowners' insurance problems if they want to sell eggs. We have about 80 pastured hens, and we were informed in late May by our insurance company, Atlantic Mutual, that we had to immediately stop selling eggs or face losing our homeowners insurance.
Why? They claimed salmonella. If a customer were to get salmonella, we could not prove that it did not come from our eggs. We've spent all summer looking into farm policies from the local Farm Bureau office, but they did not really have a policy for us — a small farm who sells only four to five dozen eggs a day. We also sought to get a separate, additional small farm policy just to cover the egg business (not our house and buildings), but then Atlantic Mutual told us they would not let us keep our umbrella homeowners policy. We then went to other insurance companies, and were given prices upwards of $2,000 in addition to the homeowners' policy price in order to sell our eggs. Sadly, I made the decision this week to keep only a few of the hens, and give the rest away.
I had been doing this for about six years now, so it was a real shock. My husband is an attorney and, believe me, tried to find a way around this, but couldn't — at least not honestly.
Ellen Smith
Pittsford, New York
We will research this issue and report on what we learn. If you've had similar problems, or have found solutions, write to us at email@example.com. — Mother
Not So Fast
As a Toyota Prius owner with a daily round-trip commute of nearly 150 miles, I have been impressed and happily satisfied with a consistent 54 mpg average. However, from watching other Prius drivers on the road I can understand why many of them may not be experiencing similar results (Fuel Economy: Why These Numbers Really Matter, August/September 2007).
It is imperative that you pay attention to the manner in which you drive a hybrid, particularly accelerating and decelerating. While the Prius can respond like a "normal" car, old driving habits will result in poor economy. Rapid acceleration from traffic lights and consistently driving beyond 65 mph will absolutely have adverse affects on your overall mpg.
The onboard computer with both its schematic "consumption" display and running "energy" bar graph are critical tools that can help you fully understand how your driving habits, be it those "jack-rabbit" starts or the "need to speed," influence your overall economy.
David Knoernschild
Peconic, New York
Smart Driving Saves Gas
I just read the article concerning fuel economy — wonderful read. I just wanted to let you know about a Web site that I recently found: www.gassavers.org. I have altered my driving habits using some of their tips. The last time I filled up, I calculated my mileage at 38.13 mpg.
Todd Moser
Exeter, Pennsylvania
You Can Lead Your Husband to the Boot Scraper, but …
My husband, David, and I have a 20-acre homestead in northern Pennsylvania, and we find Mother Earth News to be indispensable. We've gotten so many good ideas from you. The latest was the boot scraper, which was featured in your June/July 2007 edition. I had my husband make two. Now if I can only get him to use them!
Sue Nelson
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Loves the Free Newsletter
Your Mother Earth e-newsletter is fabulous! Now that I have enjoyed looking after my three ducks so much this year, I think I will end up doing some sort of smallholding. Because of your newsletter, today I have made homemade butter for the first time (and will continue to do so). Keep up the good work.
Alex Strong
West Byfleet, Surrey, United Kingdom
Better Food, Better Living
I had to write and thank you for all the vegetarian-friendly recipes in your current issue (October/November 2007). I can't wait to try them all. And Craig Idlebrook's article about living on less was wonderful! Everyone can appreciate his tips, and I can always use reminders for decreasing my consumption. Keep up the fabulous work, Mother!
Jessica Rymarchyk
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Save the Globe … and Have a Ball
Lately I've been reading lists of things that we can do to help reduce global warming, and each time I feel like I am being lectured. I understand the need to stop gobbling energy, as it's not unlimited and it's not free, but I think it's time, as the much-needed save-the-planet momentum builds, to be more creative about the message.
So here's my message: Stop global warming … drink beer. Does that taste better? Willing to participate? Or at least listen? Let's look at a few issues.
Transporting our food and beverages is one of the largest invisible costs on the environmental balance sheet. Shopping locally can shave those costs, so that's the first requirement … a local beer … and as I take a slow, sustained slurp of New Belgium's Fat Tire Amber Ale, brewed nearby in Fort Collins, Colo., I acknowledge those savings and my contribution to reducing the energy crisis.
Water conservation is also a major issue, especially in this part of the United States. In the beer industry, it takes an average of eight to 12 barrels of water to produce one barrel of beer. My local brewery, through reuse and recapture, reports using just four barrels, significantly less than the industry standard.
Almost 10 years ago, my favorite beer-brewing establishment took an employee vote and decided to commit to being the nation's first wind-powered brewery. Pass me another cold one … that's worth celebrating!
What I really want to say, though, is that it is important to put an insulation jacket around your hot water heater, caulk your windows, and purchase energy-efficient appliances and cars, but you can also have fun with this newly recognized stewardship. And every step helps. Every one.
So find a local brewery, winery or farmer that is making smart choices and help them, help all of us, by supporting what they are doing (see Good Libations, December 2007/January 2008). And if it happens to be a tasty local beer that makes you feel good about what you are doing, then drink up and know that you are making a difference, even when you're having fun.
George Wheeler
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Almost Loves It
I read with interest your October/November 2007 cover story, Live on Less and Love It. The article's title got my attention, as I believe we could all do a better job of living on less and ultimately, living within our means. Although Mr. Idlebrook presented many good, common-sense ideas for enjoying life while spending and consuming less, I took exception with suggestion No. 46, recommending a national health care system. Mr. Idlebrook proudly proclaims that his family's 2005 income was a little over $4,300, with their 2004 income being half of that. I find it outrageous that he expects U.S. taxpayers to fund his family's healthcare, while he does his best to minimize his income and, therefore, pay minimal to zero income taxes.
Joseph J. Walat
Maple Shade, New Jersey
NAIS: Down but not Out
I would like to thank Mother for the continued coverage of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) mandates. I have no doubt that although the USDA has gotten a bloody nose in those states that are fighting against mandatory registration of all livestock, they will redraft and "enforce" a new NAIS under a new name. I beg of you, please publish an article on this in every issue and don't let it fall by the wayside.
Joseph Fowler
Lawrence, Kansas
Readers are invited to post NAIS updates on our online article, The Truth About the Animal ID Plan (June/July 2007). — Mother
Go Green, Save Green
My wife and I really enjoy reading your magazine. We recently downsized from a 2,700 square foot home to a 1,200 square foot home. Our electric bill went from about $125 per month to $15 to $40 per month. Our new home is built to leverage a simple passive solar design, with stained concrete floors, low-e glass, 10-foot ceilings, porches and lots of windows. So far this year, we have not even uncovered our air conditioner. The average temperature in the house is 72 degrees. By building a smaller, low-maintenance house, we were able to invest in nicer cabinets and other furnishings. We achieved many of our personal retirement goals with this house: low maintenance, small house, reduced recurring expenses, etc.
Gregory Kiefer
El Dorado Hills, California
The Little "Cruck" That Could
Thank you for all the years of great information on country living. I have been using Mother since issue No. 1. In the article about small pickup trucks (Choose the Right Pickup Truck, April/May 2007) you missed a great truck-like car, the Subaru Baja. I've been using my 2003 Baja for everything any other small pickup could be used for. My wife and I call it a "cruck." Also, it's all-wheel drive!
Frank Gaccione
Pittsfield, New York
A Lifetime of Mother
I would just like to say thank you for producing the Mother Earth News Archive CDs. I had a complete collection of Mother Earth News magazines from the very beginning through about 1986. They were lost when our storage room flooded in 1994, and I despaired of ever getting all that useful information back again. Now I'm looking forward to many happy hours of re-reading.
Marte Brengle
Glendale, California
The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Why is Mother Earth News shilling for wind power? I am all for individual windmills, but square miles of windmills across formerly beautiful green earth is so hideous, it makes my heart ache. They're far worse to see than power lines along the road. What can the land be used for once windmills cover it? Gorgeous vistas are spoiled by this. Birds are instantly butchered. I'll have one windmill, please, two if needed, on my own property, grouped neatly near the house.
Virginia Robin
Taylors, South Carolina
Not-so-Foreign Potato
I read You Can Grow Oca! (August/September 2007) with great interest. My sister-in-law told me that it grew at her house and her father ate it raw, green. I was surprised because she comes from the Sierra Madre Oriental, which faces out over the Gulf of Mexico.
There it is known as papa extranjera, foreign potato. It could be that the foreign potato arrived while oca was becoming popular around the world in the 1830s. That might also explain its name. But the ranch is high in the Sierra, and in days past was a two-hour walk from the nearest village — going back to the 1830s, it was a 12-hour walk from any so-called civilization.
Roger Kenyon
Mexico City, Mexico
The native people of the pre-Columbian Americas were far more accomplished farmers and traders than most of us realize. Read the book 1491 by Charles C. Mann for an astonishing look at what researchers have learned. — Mother
Handfeeding Spiders
I was scared of spiders 'til I came across a yellow garden spider nine years ago. I named her Georgina. I have been caring for her offspring ever since. Every year, one female remains close to the house. They even take food out of my hand. Each year all my Georginas die. I wondered if it was weather or predestined life span. So I brought Georgina IX inside and set up her own habitat. She took to it like a fish to water and takes food from me. Never once in the nine years have I been bitten by my Georginas.
Chantal Syc
Springtown, Texas
Even Better Baby Basics for Less
I was extremely disappointed in the Green Gazette article in the October/November 2007, issue Better Basics for Bringing Up Baby. Apparently, you did not read the following article, Live on Less and Love It, otherwise you might not be suggesting a $105 baby carrier when a simple Maya wrap can be had for less than $15 (in fabric — you make it yourself) and can take a child from newborn to 5 years old. I don't know where you could find the funds for 12 (a two-day supply if you are lucky) Fuzzi Bunz Diapers (Total: $239.88 + shipping).
Our son Taliesan is 6 months old, and has been in cloth diapers since the moment he was born (and we spent only $136 for a 43-day supply, if we never did laundry). This was through a combination of eBay, friends and family. Don't get me started on the $260 mattress (our queen-sized one didn't cost that much) or the $18 baby bottles. (Hello! The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends breast-feeding anyway.) There are many simpler and less expensive ways for you and your child to be comfortable and environmentally friendly from the beginning.
Christopher Cox
Cook, Minnesota
Think Outside the Big-Boxes
Wal-Mart Woes
In "Material for Thought" (Dear Mother, August/September 2007), one of your readers wrote to express concern that some Wal-Mart stores may soon stop carrying fabric by the yard.
Wal-Mart is the very reason many small towns across rural America don't have access to other fabric stores. Where I grew up in northwest Kansas, the local fabric store, and most of the locally owned businesses downtown, were forced to close after Wal-Mart moved in. Over and over, I have seen how big business like Wal-Mart destroys local economies and lowers the quality of small-town life.
Kelly Worthy
Garberville, California
Support Local Businesses
After reading "Material for Thought," I was fairly disappointed in the question and especially in your response. I read Mother Earth News because I believe in supporting a more local and healthy environment and economy. Wal-Mart does next to nothing to support either, and I am witness to Wal-Mart causing the demise of at least three locally owned fabric stores. I would have hoped to see some community-based suggestions that could help her locally. Some examples would be starting a sewing guild co-op for buying fabric, or a small business that would replace the inadequacies of Wal-Mart. If you have to shop outside the community, there is always mail order or the Internet. Support your locally owned businesses before you support Wal-Mart!
Allen Burkett
Albuquerque, New Mexico
DIY Cider Press
I read Fall's Sweetest Harvest (October/November 2007) with interest, as we made apple cider at home when I was a youngster. The article piqued my interest, but only in making small batches and not spending a lot of money on a press that would sit, unusable, most of the time. I, like most people interested in getting started with making apple cider, would probably only make a few gallons.
I opened a search engine and typed in "DIY Apple Cider Press" and came across a homemade grinder. I thought your readers might want to visit the site for a low-cost alternative to the two commercial presses that you show in the article. The journey, and really doing it yourself, is the reward.
Jesse Glessner
Hartford City, Indiana
You can also find plans for DIY cider presses at www.MotherEarthNews.com. — Mother
Water Independence
Here in the outback of Australia we have always collected our rainwater in corrugated iron tanks. The government is now subsidizing city dwellers to install collectors to augment the town water.
My mother-in-law lived alone in the bush and only had one thousand-gallon tank for all her life. Frogs consumed all the larvae and the odd insect. She had a small tree limb reaching from the top to the bottom of the tank so the frogs could come and go. My own collector is a 15,000 gallon concrete storage tank from which I pump up to a 1,000 gallon corrugated galvanized iron header for all my domestic needs. One inch of rain provides nearly a thousand gallons, when it rains, that is. I've never run out of water and do have a flush toilet septic system.
Tom Edgar
Glen Aplin, S.E. Queensland, Australia
Loved 'Live on Less'
I found the list of 75 ways to live on less (October/November 2007) to be true to the Mother Earth philosophy of being self-reliant, frugal and sparing of the use of the world's resources. Not everyone has had the breaks that I've had. Many people have to live frugally. I live in a rural area with many elderly people who live on fixed Social Security incomes (most were farmers, so never made much money while they were in the workforce). Yet they embody so much of the thrifty-in-dollars-but-rich-in-creativity lifestyle that MEN has always tried to encourage. I applaud MEN for making this the cover story.
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Collaboration will Facilitate Development of Innovative Products to Meet Growing Global Food Needs
WILMINGTON, Del., and COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., Nov. 7, 2012 - DuPont and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today announced the renewal for another five years of a research collaboration that began in 2007. This multi-million dollar collaboration supports cutting-edge plant biology research focused on meeting growing food demands worldwide.
With the world's population expected to grow by more than 2 billion by 2050, this collaboration will help make possible crucial improvements in plant breeding that will help increase yields from available acreage.
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CSHL and Pioneer are investing in discovery research that tackles some of the most fundamental aspects of plant biology. The renewal of the collaboration agreement will continue the expansion of knowledge about the genetic basis of fundamental plant processes controlling growth, development and yield. This collaboration will help facilitate the development of innovative products to meet future global food needs.
"As scientists, we get excited about seeing our discoveries translated into real-world applications," said Rob Martienssen, a CSHL professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. "It is clear that basic research in these areas has the potential to radically change the face of the agricultural industry."
Founded in 1890, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) has shaped contemporary biomedical research and education with programs in cancer, neuroscience, plant biology and quantitative biology. CSHL is ranked number one in the world by Thomson Reuters for impact of its research in molecular biology and genetics. The Laboratory has been home to eight Nobel Prize winners. Today, CSHL's multidisciplinary scientific community is more than 360 scientists strong and its Meetings & Courses program hosts more than 12,500 scientists from around the world each year to its Long Island campus and its China center. Tens of thousands more benefit from the research, reviews and ideas published in journals and books distributed internationally by CSHL Press. The Laboratory's education arm also includes a graduate school and programs for undergraduates as well as middle and high school students and teachers. CSHL is a private, not-for-profit institution on the north shore of Long Island. For more information, visit www.cshl.edu.
DuPont Pioneer is the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more than 90 countries. Pioneer provides agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability and strives to develop sustainable agricultural systems for people everywhere. Science with Service Delivering Success™.
DuPont (NYSE: DD) has been bringing world-class science and engineering to the global marketplace in the form of innovative products, materials, and services since 1802. The company believes that by collaborating with customers, governments, NGOs, and thought leaders, we can help find solutions to such global challenges as providing enough healthy food for people everywhere, decreasing dependence on fossil fuels, and protecting life and the environment. For additional information about DuPont and its commitment to inclusive innovation, please visit www.dupont.com.
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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Hell Freezes Over II
39 comments:
- Andrew said...
That's wonderful news. Congratulations!
- March 16, 2011 at 3:36 PM
- DR said...
- March 16, 2011 at 3:46 PM
Congratulations, zombie!
- March 16, 2011 at 3:59 PM
Hooray! Congrats, zombie! Great news.
- March 16, 2011 at 4:02 PM
Congrats, Zombie!
I don't know why I feel so pleased. I have no idea who you are. Why am I happy that you instead of someone else I don't know about just got this job? And yet, I am happy. Go figure.
- March 16, 2011 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations! Funny, but I just discovered your blog this morning and have been reading, somewhat despairing. I'm so glad to read that you've been hired. It gives me hope.
- March 16, 2011 at 4:33 PM
Yay for you! hurrah!
- March 16, 2011 at 4:34 PM
Looks like I'll be first to congratulate you! Well done!
- March 16, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Congratulations, Zombie! That is so great.
It's very gratifying to see people who've been on the market a number of years finally get tenure-track jobs.
It makes the whole system seem a bit less unjust.
- March 16, 2011 at 4:51 PM
Wow, way to go, zombie!
- March 16, 2011 at 5:25 PM
- Clayton said...
Congratulations, I'm so very happy for you. Let's hope your future anxieties will keep you in blogging.
- March 16, 2011 at 5:33 PM
That is fantastic news, zombie! Congratulations!!!!
- March 16, 2011 at 5:34 PM
Congratulations, Zombie!
And will you continue blogging, though with a slight change of focus, i.e. on the transition from job market candidate to tt-faculty? That could be informative.
Again, congratulations.
- March 16, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
Congratulations, Zombie! Wonderful news.
- March 16, 2011 at 7:50 PM
Awesome! Congratulations!!!
I hardly ever comment on anything in this blog, but I've benefited a lot from reading it: it has provided a sort of comfort and a lot of great advice. So thank you for running it!
I second Anon 6:16pm's suggestion.
- March 16, 2011 at 8:20 PM
Huzzah! Huzzah!
- March 16, 2011 at 8:46 PM
- March 16, 2011 at 8:52 PM
Zombie, I have no connection to academic philosophy whatsoever, but I've been following this blog for, I don't know, 3 years or something, just to see if one of you guys finally made it. And you did! Congratulations!
Now go out there and make some kids think.
- March 16, 2011 at 9:00 PM
Do you feel this way at all?:
- March 16, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- CTS said...
This is fabulous news. Like 4:03, I don't know who you are, but I have been following the blog for several years now and am overjoyed to learn of your success.
And, please, DO keep blogging!
Let's all toast Zombie - literally, if at a distance.
- March 16, 2011 at 9:34 PM
- CTS said...
Oh, a request:
Could you give us - not hints - but some generic info about your position? Big U, SLAC, etc?
(When you've sobered up, of course.)
- March 16, 2011 at 9:35 PM
Way to go zombie! That's wonderful news. So happy to hear this.
- March 17, 2011 at 1:13 AM
- Bobcat said...
To start out with a TT-job at a research university that is more highly ranked than the place you graduated from is extremely impressive. (Not that there's anything wrong with getting a TT-job at a teaching university that's not ranked at all--that's what I have!) Assuming the system works--and broadly speaking, i think it does--I think I can justifiably conclude that you have a great deal of discipline and philosophical ability. Congratulations, this year's Rusty Jones!
- March 17, 2011 at 5:31 AM
Excellent! Very happy for you.
I was as ignorant as a newborn babe when I first went on the job market three years ago (with a supremely lousy and unhelpful placement advisor), and this blog was an invaluable source of information.
Mind sharing what things in particular you were ignorant of 3 years ago, that you now know, that you wish you had known? I can guess, but I'm still curious of the specifics. And what sort of help didn't your placement advisor give that you wish they had? Again, I can guess, but I'm still curious.
- March 17, 2011 at 5:40 AM
- March 17, 2011 at 5:49 AM
Congrats! Now, can you tell us who you are?
- March 17, 2011 at 6:12 AM
Hey, congratulations. Couldn't happen to a better zombie.
Maybe you'll even develop qualia now.
I hope we'll still hear from you now that you've hit the big time.
- March 17, 2011 at 6:29 AM
That's really great news--congratulations, and I hope you find time to post here alongside getting used to the new life.
- March 17, 2011 at 6:37 AM
Long time reader, first time commenter -- CONGRATULATIONS!!!
- March 17, 2011 at 7:35 AM
What we talk about when we talk about "Never give, up never surrender:"
Are we quoting a Blitz song?
- March 17, 2011 at 11:45 AM
Congratulation Zombie!
- March 17, 2011 at 12:54 PM
Congratulations, zombie! You're my hero.
- March 17, 2011 at 1:17 PM
- zombie said...
Thank you all for the solidarity and good wishes. I'm glad I could give some of you a little hope.
I'll try to respond to all the questions. Forgive me if I miss any:
Anon 4:03: Thanks! I feel the same way about everyone on the Leiter thread who got a job. Even the ones who got the jobs I really wanted. It's just too damn hard out there to not be glad when one of us gets a break.
Clayton, CTS, Xenophon, Anons 6:16, 6:29, 6:37, 9:34: I'll happily keep blogging along until told to walk the plank.
Anon 9:07: I feel very much like that. I have friends on the job market who didn't get a job this year, and I feel really bad about that. They're good, smart philosophers who deserve jobs. I myself was facing unemployment and doom, and I know I got lucky this year. If anyone hasn't seen this, it's worth reading:
Anon 11:45: Actually, I was quoting Galaxy Quest. Oh, how I love Galaxy Quest.
CTS: My position is at a mid-sized state research university in a state bordering the Great Lakes. Average class sizes are under 30, the student-faculty ratio is 15:1, and the school employs very few contingent faculty. My teaching load will be 1/1 for the first year, 2/2 thereafter (which I'm pretty happy about).
Anon 6:12: I am, and will remain, zombie.
Bobcat: I'm no Rusty Jones, but thanks! Rusty gave me hope last year.
Anon 5:40: that's an excellent suggestion, and one that warrants a thread of its own. I'll try to get to that very soon.
Xenophon: I've gotten this far without no stinkin' qualia, and I see no reason to change.
Have a green beer on me, y'all!
- March 17, 2011 at 3:55 PM
Glad for your success. I'm only at the end of my first year on the market and I already feel totally crushed. So far no calls from 1yr positions, no postdocs, and no chance of getting to stay in my current school (they enforce a draconian rule of having only 3 years of residence after becoming ABD). I am feeling desperate. I hope to be in your position someday soon.
- March 21, 2011 at 9:22 AM
- Mr. Zero said...
Hi Anon 9:22,
I know what you're going through. I've been there. But it's far too early to close the book on 1-year positions. Although many of them have already been advertised, many more are on the way. Most of the advertising departments won't start interviewing until late April or May. I interviewed for my current job in early June.
I'm not saying don't worry exactly, but it's definitely too early to think that the 1-year market is over for the year.
- March 21, 2011 at 10:09 AM
- Anna Alexandrova said...
oh zombie, what a wonderful news!
...and I hope you realize what a service to the profession your blogging has been. Thank you and good luck with your new life!
- March 21, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Zombie, somehow I've been slacking on reading this blog, so I'm just catching up now. Major congrats on the placement. Really long overdue. As a longtime lurker, I've appreciated your comments. I hope you continue to post here, even long into your new gig as a tt professor.
I'll tell you one thing. Somebody above mentioned the 'guilt effect', but there's another effect that really doesn't go away: the 'elation effect'.
You know that feeling you have sometimes when you've been drinking at the bar and you feel all fuzzy-cheeked and walk into the restroom and then look in the mirror? That feeling where you just wanna slap your cheeks and pinch yourself and push your tongue against your gums to see if you're still alive? The same one that has you fighting the urge to pee all over the floor? Yeah, that feeling.
For what must've been my full first six months after I got my tt job offer, and then several years after that, I think I had that same feeling. I would stand in front of the mirror and pee on the floor and wonder if it was really me who had gotten the job. It was surreal.
Enjoy the ride. It'll last for a long time.
Word Verification, 'Temphomp': something the likes of which this news most definitely is not.
- March 21, 2011 at 9:27 PM
- zombie said...
Anon 9:22, Mr Z is right. It's not too early to give up hope for a fixed term placement. Likewise postdocs.
Asstro and Anna: thanks!
- March 22, 2011 at 3:32 PM
- BunnyHugger said...
Congratulations, Zombie. I have, myself, given up, not just for this year but perhaps for good. After six years, it's time. I'm seeking my peace with that.
Someone just showed me this so I'll throw it in to offset my rather depressing remark.
- March 22, 2011 at 8:54 PM