A Tale of Two Course Evaluations
I finally brought myself to look at last term’s course evaluations. We’re on the quarter system here at Underfunded U., so I’ve had these thing... read more
2 years ago
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Another Reason to Be Grateful
Another reason to thank our lucky stars: unless you have the misfortune to be Herbert Schutz, your book did not get this review (from the latest issue... read more
2 years ago
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Bending The Universe To My Will
Here’s the good news. After vowing to adhere to the strictures of the Ruthless Serenity Council, I spent the rest of the week fending off new proje... read more
2 years ago
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Blogging Against The Forces Of Darkness
Let’s face it, academia is a poor choice of profession if you wish to, for instance, have a life. The model you get from your fabulously productive s... read more
2 years ago
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Bring Your Own Mandarin Interpreter
What is it with people who assume others have all the free time in the world? Is there a coterie of carefree people like this somewhere giving the wr... read more
2 years ago
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Committees, Or, The Spawn Of The Devil
After my last dyspeptic gripe, I know people must be saying, “See if I invite HER to my next fun all-day mission-statement-writing meeting!” Bah, hum... read more
2 years ago
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Fartyng and Other Forbidden Words
The words I'm using aren't real words, according to my new 21st-century version of Word. Clearly Microsoft needs to invent a version of Word for tran... read more
1 years ago
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Gaslighting for Academics
I'm going to make the wild assumption that you've been too busy to finish the most recent issue of the Cambridge University alumni magazine, so I can ... read more
2 years ago
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Greatest Hits
Since life is so full of a number of things, here are the greatest hits from recent student papers, to amuse you while I beat the To-Do List into subm... read more
1 years ago
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