The dog days of summer are fast approaching. Even from my air-conditioned office cubicle, I can feel the temperature outside rising – and my productivity levels decreasing with each additional degree. But I’m looking forward to the heat for more reasons than just excuses to borrow my friend’s pool. As the dog days of summer approach, I literally see more dogs out and about when I go outside. As a dog-deprived graduate student, this is the time of year that I live for. In addition to creeping on the dogs of D.C., I am constantly obsessing over my friend’s dogs. Whenever I see my friends’ puppies, I’m always amazed at the dramatic amount of change that has occurred since I saw them last. It’s a truly incredible phenomenon how quickly puppies seem to grow when you only see them in discrete time intervals! Living with a pup that you interact with on the daily, however, you barely notice the change. Continue reading “Ready To Risk It All Part II, Continuous Processes” →