It Doesn’t Just Run Downhill
It runs sideways too We all know the expression that waste runs down hill but I can attest that it runs sideways too… The other day I woke up to a real mess in my family room. There were streaks of…
Category: Editor’s Corner
Reefer and Research Administration
The word should have been “Reaper” not “Reefer”. I realized this faux pas the other day when I was in a GoToMeeting session and we were having a very lively discussion and it abruptly became uncomfortably quiet. I was sharing…
What Do Your Voice And Your Appendix Have In Common?
Evolution tells us that things change to adapt; things come and go based upon need. Life evolves over time to help it survive. Things that are not needed to survive might disappear altogether or in some cases just exist for…
Prove You Deserve Your Indirects
Episode 7 of a 9 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Campbell Thomson, Director Research Services at The University of Western Australia, to discuss Research Administration “down under.”
Choose A Nightmare
Choices. Decisions. At the highest level they can be classified as either easy or hard ones. On a wholly separate plane are the difficult decisions that need to be made where the option to choose the “right” thing to do…
Melting Pot Outback And Concrete Jungles
Episode 8 of a 9 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Campbell Thomson, Director Research Services at The University of Western Australia, to discuss Research Administration “down under.”
A133 Plague Infects Australia
Final episode of a 9 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Campbell Thomson, Director Research Services at The University of Western Australia, to discuss Research Administration “down under.”
Death By Numbers
525,600 minutes.. how do you measure a year? This is the opening line from the opening song of the Broadway musical Rent. It is an interesting way to think about the passage of time. For me however, it speaks to…
Tick Tick Tick Your Way To Silence
The holidays come and go with the blink of an eye, each year seemingly faster than the last. Likewise, my work days fly by in a dizzying blur. Blissfully unaware of the ticking clock in my head, it’s not unusual…
State And Commonwealth Fire Play
Episode 4 of a 9 part series where Edward Johnson Jr. (a.k.a. Eddie) sits down with Campbell Thomson, Director Research Services at The University of Western Australia, to discuss Research Administration “down under.”