For the academics on my flist:

New at Goannatree: Ten Things We Wish Someone Had Told Us When We Started Grad School (actually closer to thirty, but "ten" was the prompt)
This post is a compilation of comments I and some of my friends and colleagues made when Anna asked us this question. It does skew to the Religion and Lit side, but I'm sure there are some points that are applicable to any program. See if you can figure out which comments were mine!
And speaking of Goannatree, I've sent Anna a couple more guest posts (the conclusion to "On Listening Critically" and some musings on Supernatural), and I'll link them when they're up.