The University Is Not A Business
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I do not, that is to say, I do not understand the attitudes of the voters. Most younger people I know do not vote. This includes people even up into their forties, except those who have a Ph.D., and M.D. or a J.D. (yes, that much education). They say it is because “the government is … More Do you understand the election?
♦ I must renew library books! ♦ I must create publicity. Press release, to University media people. Radio station 1. Radio station 2. Facebook event. Website. Electronic mailing lists. Flyer, but post it, do not e-mail it. Departmental mailing list. ♦ 9. I must also create a social calendar. It is because of the need … More Publicity
This explains a great deal but I would add from my experience that if you are a kind person, yet competent, you are actually LESS LIKEABLE than if you are incompetent and/or ditzy, yet authoritarian and/or a jerk. Part of the explanation is that one gets a pass on those negative characteristics or behaviors if … More The likeability factor
Had I realized the CSA was meeting in Haiti, I would have arranged to be part of that adventure. I am tempted to write the director and ask if I can join late. Even though I am not funded for it, and even though part of it overlaps with something else I am committed to, … More Mais dis donc
…pero blogueo sin embargo. I want to say that I resent being treated like a fractious employee over a project I am undertaking after hours, out of good will, for the sake of the department’s image. When I give my best estimate of the total time needed to finish by the deadline, and of how … More Inblogable
This is the song, and you should listen to it, tu le ton son ton. Tiempo tiempo. Everyone wants more time time time, all the ton son ton, and thinks that if they could only manage their time time time, everything would be done in Time. Every task I did today seemed burdensome and difficult … More Tous les temps en temps
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Someone said this, and it explains a great deal. Axé.