{"id":970,"date":"2005-07-12T10:31:44","date_gmt":"2005-07-12T17:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/?p=970"},"modified":"2005-07-12T10:31:44","modified_gmt":"2005-07-12T17:31:44","slug":"the-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/2005\/07\/12\/the-good-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Good News Cure a Cold?"},"content":{"rendered":"

First the bad news. The bad news is that I am fighting a really nasty cold. I can hear a little more out of my right ear than yesterday, but I’m still pretty plugged up. Anyone who knows any home remedies that don’t involve a hot potato, feel free to advise \ud83d\ude09
\nThe good news is that today we recieved notification that a NSF grant which I had applied for with Mark Oskin has been officially awarded. This is the first grant I’ve applied for, and I’m just going to sit here and enjoy the feeling of batting one thousand, because I know I’m lucky and I know that the long hard slog for grants is destined to smash my ego multiple times in the future. As many of you may know<\/a>, I have been extremely lucky to find a position here at the University of Washington, during a time when my family has been undergoing quite a lot of, how shall I put it, difficult transitions. In many ways, the computer science and engineering department here was taking quite a gamble on me, and I can only begin to express how appreciative I am for what they have done for me. The awarding of this grant is, then, I hope, the beginning of their gamble paying off. It will certainly mean that I have a more certain future. Now if only this good news could cure my cold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First the bad news. The bad news is that I am fighting a really nasty cold. I can hear a little more out of my right ear than yesterday, but I’m still pretty plugged up. Anyone who knows any home remedies that don’t involve a hot potato, feel free to advise \ud83d\ude09 The good news … <\/p>\n

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