I do not know how many times I have given advice to new faculty, or been given advice, so I have numbered this with a series of functions and variables. I am rebelling by giving anti-advice, as there are so many faculty proffering the kind of advice one gets in graduate school. I dislike re-hearing … More Advice to New Faculty, Version (f)xne
I last saw my cat, an important personage, exactly six months ago. I had named him Krishna. Earlier he had been called Melody, then Mel when he turned out to be a boy. I do not know what his name is now. Axé.
“Police issued arrest warrants for the two for their roles in a bar fight Aug. 19 at Shady’s bar. BRPD contacted LSU Coach Les Miles and the players’ attorney, Nathan Fisher, to request the players turn themselves in, which they did at 10:15 a.m. at the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison.” Various people were quoted talking … More Rough Underbelly
I am so depressed already and it is only the end of the first week. Real teaching hasn’t started yet, even. It is the basic language classes that do it. I barely began to recover from these over the summer and it is all starting again. I the angel of death appeared I would say … More J’ai peur
Fernando Coronil, a wonderful person I would have liked to see more of in this lifetime, awaits us now over Jordan, as it is said. Axé, Fernando. Laurent Dubois writes: His favorite place to write was in a hammock, either the one suspended in his office or the one on his front porch, with his … More Fernando Coronil
I think Mayhew and Kelsky should weigh in on this. My vote is no, no, a thousand times no, but I am failing to convince. Perhaps I am wrong. Background: We have a few older, very accomplished, full professors who, long ago, were undergraduates here. They went away to graduate school and eventually made their … More Should I Do A Foreign Ph.D.?
FUCKE, as he would say. I just left a comment on another blog while signed in to my university e-mail account, and said comment inadvertently made it clear who the author of this blog is. FUCKE. It doesn’t matter since my ex chair, my ex dean, my ex man and various other people know my … More Comrade Physioproffe
This is what privilege looks like: activities and attitudes that would get you serious jail time and massive disapproval if undertaken and evinced by members of the lower classes. Axé.
This post is dedicated to Stupid Motivational Tricks, because that is a site about Getting It Done. The bottom line regarding life today is, I need a handyman but cannot get one because, they all say so far, the job I want them for is too small. I have guests coming this weekend and little … More Frustration
Watch and learn. Axé.
