Ark., here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!Yee Haw

[Mikimouse]

The department called and made an offer. I accepted quickly, before they had a chance to change their minds. Hmmmmm, lecturer has a very nice ring to it........Professor Mikimouse sounds even better!
<don't know which to do first, laugh out loud, or weep for joy>

[faithnotgreed]

1. good on you!! must feel fantastic

[Mikimouse]

11. I feel giddy...which is a real experience for me...

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!

[Book Lover]

2. Many congrats!

Good for you, new faculty member!

[Mikimouse]

13. Wow...That'll take some getting used to...

Until now, I felt like the departmental slave, where I was teaching mongo hours and getting paid peanut husks. I'm just ecstatic!

Thank you!!!!

[Julien Sorel]

3. Congratulations. What do you teach?

And I noticed in your profile you have grandchildren. Have you always been a teacher?

[Mikimouse]

9. I will be teaching criminology this semester...

next semester is still to be determined. I am a sociologist and have been for almost ten years. I was a health care professional in one form or other for 25 years, and left because the health care system had just finally become too disgusting for me. The grandchildren I listed in my profile are actually step grandchildren (I love them as if they were my own), and now that their grandmother has decided to divorce me, I don't know if they will keep in touch. I was affiliated with a community college many years ago, teaching Nuclear Medicine, in general, and Nuclear Cardiology, specifically (when I had the opportunity). I also taught all over the east coast in that capacity in the late 80s. Thanks for the congrats, I'm still reeling!

[ClintonTyree]

4. Good for you....................

we all share your happiness. Good luck at the new position.

[Mikimouse]

14. Thank you...I will be posting from the new place as well...

and will send my warmest greetings to everyone periodically.

[bobbieinok]

congratulations!!!!!!! what's your field???????

[Mikimouse]

16. I am a sociologist, and will be teaching criminology for the Fall...

semester. I don't know what they will ask me to teach in the Spring, but I am very flexible. Thanks for the congrats!!!!!!!! This will be a great new start for me, one that I have needed.

[Book Lover]

29. Ooh! CJ!

I just published a community justice CJ book; it's been one of my favorite subjects to work on. Be nice to the Thomson reps if they stop by!

[Mikimouse]

39. Will do! Thanks!

n/t

[flamingyouth]

5. Good for you!

See, I told you I had my fingers crossed for you! Excellent job! I'm very proud of you!!!

What do you teach?

[Mikimouse]

17. Thank you Lisa...at this point, I am not really sure how this came...

to be, and I certainly don't feel that I deserve it, but I will take it and run with it. I teach sociology, with primary specialties in Disaster research and the Sociology of Gender. Secondary specialties are medical and psychiatric sociology.

[flamingyouth]

19. Wow, that sounds fascinating!

I have a real interest in disasters, oddly enough, as well as forensic psychology. I'm kind of all over the map, as you've probably guessed!

Again, big congrats!

[Mikimouse]

24. Hmmm, forensic psychology?

much of the current disaster literature has been written by psychologists. Lindell and Perry for example. Most recently, I was involved in studying the 1998 Cuero flood (Guadalupe and Blanco rivers), and the community response to the flood.

[eaprez]

6. Is that UALR??

[Mikimouse]

18. It is ...

in Arkansas. Nice change of pace for me, and fishing territory too! What more could a grumpy old man ask for?

[eaprez]

23. I know its in Arkansas....

..is it the Univ of Arkansas at Little Rock? I got my nursing degree there....that's why I was curious.

[Mikimouse]

25. Sorry about that, I didn't recognize the initials...

I am going to be in Fayetteville. Prime fly fishing territory (not that I will have a lot of time to do that in the Fall, but perhaps in the Spring)!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

7. Might want to edit that post

So your job isn't freeped

[Mikimouse]

10. Just saw that...I'll edit it forthwith

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

15. just lookin out for ya

[Mikimouse]

20. Hugs and hugs...Thanks!

I am not quite sane at the moment, and am dreading starting to pack up the apartment. I think I will probably sell a lot of the furniture, as I don't really need it. Tonight, I will celebrate, tomorrow I will start packing! Thanks for all of your support, I am in your debt.

[GOPisEvil]

8. Congratulations!!!

[Mikimouse]

21. Thanks my friend...Another liberal aggie makes good!

Now, we'll have to think of a whole new line of university related jokes!

[bearfan454]

12. Way to go.

Congratulations.

[Mikimouse]

22. Thanks bf454...

did you get my response yesterday? The hunting offer still stands, whether I am there or not (but I plan to be).

[bearfan454]

43. I sure did.

Sounds great.

[Misunderestimator]

26. YEA!!! Congratulations... and good luck on the move!

[Mikimouse]

27. Thank you Misunderstimator!!!!

I have always hated moving, but am going to solicit help from some of my former students here. They keep in touch with me, some even years after (I am tremendously flattered by that), so I have a support base that I may be able to draw on.

[Misunderestimator]

28. I just noticed you live in College Station...

I have an uncle there... (unfortunately he's a Bush supporter)

Now that I know where you live.... GET OUT... and QUICKLY!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

30. Well he really should stop for one more steak at the Cadillac Ranch

as he BOALTS out of town...oh yeah...and one more trip to Taco Cabana

[Misunderestimator]

31. You've BEEN there?

Why? (I have never been myself.)

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

32. One of my best friends had a ranch in Grimes county (Anderson)

CS was the closest town......I've never met so many people who majored in Livestock and Cattle management. I do love Taco Cabana (fast food Tex Mex) and you can only find them in East TX as far east as San Antonio...*sniff*

[Misunderestimator]

33. It just figgers that you'd know more than me about Texas...

And I grew up in NorthEast Texas. As for the livestock and cattle management stuff... yeah... FFA was a big deal in high school for the boys (and you wouldn't catch me dead in FHA that all the girls attended). Blech... remind me of Texas why dontcha!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

35. But there's something sexy about a woman in a pickup truck

I might have to buy you one

[Misunderestimator]

36. Can you make that a hybrid?

[GOPisEvil]

34. Woohoo!!! More College Station love!!!!

[texas1928]

44. Gig'em...

Aggies.

Comeon let's all go to midnight yell, and saw some horns off.

[Mikimouse]

38. Revving motor...screeching tires...you don't have to tell me twice...

[texas1928]

37. Congrats

[Mikimouse]

40. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dbt]

41. WELCOME to Arkansas, Mikimouse!

You are going to LOVE Fayetteville. And if/when you get down to Little Rock, it will be my extreme pleasure to buy you as much as you want of whatever you're drinkin'!

I also offer my services as a guide/interpreter if (bet on it) you are confused by the behavior of the natives!


dbt

[Mara Steele]

42. Congratulations!!

How wonderful for you.