Grist: wheat after the junk has been removed

Also, what's put into a mill (in common usage). I want this blog to be about academia and where we're headed. The mill reference shouldn't be lost on anyone who's been around academia for a few years already.

We all have our days when we lose faith in ourselves, our bosses, our students, or our peers. It happens. Sometimes it helps to vent (sometimes that may mean "lookout Pompeii!"). So that's why this is here.