tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1714718395210355562..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: If It's Tuesday, Hiram Must Be Baffled, No, Really, I MUST Be, Or There Will Be No "If It's Tuesday" Column, Which Absolutely Nobody Wants Anyway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4195492163316753922013-05-08T09:33:12.078-04:002013-05-08T09:33:12.078-04:00That Beloit College list that comes out every year...That Beloit College list that comes out every year gets more and more depressing.<br /><br />That said, when I referenced the Cure's "Killing an Arab" while teaching _The Stranger_, there were still a few kids in the room who got it. For the rest, I posted the video to our LMS, and left it at that.<br /><br />I used to stay up on pop culture, to be better able to "relate" BurntChromehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055976331443607569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62603564512245493042013-05-07T21:20:50.959-04:002013-05-07T21:20:50.959-04:00Indeed PG, we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves. B...Indeed PG, we are thoroughly enjoying ourselves. But not married: I've tried that twice already, and it didn't work out...Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21429559008604380082013-05-07T20:57:58.393-04:002013-05-07T20:57:58.393-04:00I'm so old that I don't even remember the ...I'm so old that I don't even remember the last time I watched SNL. It was over 20 years ago, long after the original cast of Belushi, Ackroyd, et. al. had left. I don't recall that the last show I saw was all that funny.<br /><br />Thank goodness for channels such as TCM.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-25612623464819492942013-05-07T20:05:46.466-04:002013-05-07T20:05:46.466-04:00You know you're old when you don't recogni...You know you're old when you don't recognize the host or the band on Saturday Night Live.CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27155005763575173572013-05-07T18:21:42.925-04:002013-05-07T18:21:42.925-04:00"Spend more time with sweetie
Go kayak fishin..."Spend more time with sweetie<br />Go kayak fishing with sweetie<br />Finish woodworking project with sweetie<br />Do very very bad things with sweetie"<br /><br />Sounds like a recipe for a perfect marriage.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72093665574119070512013-05-07T15:48:44.820-04:002013-05-07T15:48:44.820-04:00When I was in my early 20s, I was a rookie with a ...When I was in my early 20s, I was a rookie with a brand-new B. Sc. in engineering. I certainly didn't behave like a know-it-all on the job, unlike how many people of a similar age are nowadays. I knew better than that. I had to be very careful with what I did because there could have been devastating consequences beyond just losing my job. People could have been hurt or killed if I'd Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73311411797384818132013-05-07T14:47:14.177-04:002013-05-07T14:47:14.177-04:00Good stuff, Hiram. The only reason I recognize the...Good stuff, Hiram. The only reason I recognize the people on TV is that I'm hopelessly addicted to celebrity gossip sites. Oh, and my research involves pop culture. But really the first reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4827393693281231052013-05-07T14:45:18.272-04:002013-05-07T14:45:18.272-04:00Oh, I do. Twenty-somethings are idiots. I was. I m...Oh, I do. Twenty-somethings are idiots. I was. I mean, I thought I was hot shit, but I wasn't. Fucking kids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-74451689771806699012013-05-07T14:45:00.204-04:002013-05-07T14:45:00.204-04:00Swim more, run more, work out more
Lose weight.
Ye...Swim more, run more, work out more<br />Lose weight.<br />Yes, the effing lawn. <br />Grad students need papers to read<br />Travel, too much of it.<br />Foreign, domestic, foreign<br />Visit parents, visit sister<br />Spend more time with sweetie<br />Go kayak fishing with sweetie<br />Finish woodworking project with sweetie<br />Do very very bad things with sweetie<br /><br />Write trivial Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4120311507606047802013-05-07T13:15:28.199-04:002013-05-07T13:15:28.199-04:00Amen on aging. And teaching during the summer, tho...Amen on aging. And teaching during the summer, though I'm going to do it anyway, since "less money" isn't an option if I want to keep a roof over my head. Unfortunately, a lawn (or, rather, a garden; I'm that annoying neighbor who ruins the "look" of the neighborhood by making the whole front yard a garden, or a prairie, or a woodland, or whatever is appropriate toContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18465608668164807062013-05-07T12:06:35.504-04:002013-05-07T12:06:35.504-04:00I listen mainly to classical and opera, which was ...I listen mainly to classical and opera, which was almost totally over the heads of my students. I guess that made me an elitist, which certain people at my institution openly detested.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65027258572692515012013-05-07T11:58:20.305-04:002013-05-07T11:58:20.305-04:00I've got the same problem, except most of them...I've got the same problem, except most of them are as bad as the students I used to teach: brainless, self-important smart-alecks.<br /><br />Oddly, I don't ever remember being that dumb when I was their age.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-4147336081907817272013-05-07T10:56:09.459-04:002013-05-07T10:56:09.459-04:00I remember that Dookie blew my mind, and I wore ou...I remember that Dookie blew my mind, and I wore out the CD. Yes, I actually wore *out* a CD. <br /><br />Happy times. Professor Chiltepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087270705989845484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51737572955419981112013-05-07T08:02:29.831-04:002013-05-07T08:02:29.831-04:00Not in session my campus looks like a small corner...Not in session my campus looks like a small corner of heaven. In session, not so much.<br /><br />As for aging, my latest adminiflake is 10 years younger than me - and I'm not even old!!!<br /><br />And finally, I love the Tuesday posts, Hiram. Enjoy your summer, and kudos to the wife for voting the way she does.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85447192555911856192013-05-07T07:51:08.973-04:002013-05-07T07:51:08.973-04:00I used to have a good response to students when th...I used to have a good response to students when they would ask what music I listened to. There were always a few "modern" bands I knew and it was always stupefying that I knew them.<br /><br />Not so much the last ten years or so. If I know the music my students listen to, I only know it to mock it.<br /><br />Old, Hiram. It's all old. Do the lawn. Cut the hair. Hang on to the wife.Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20560269807043984432013-05-07T07:33:59.189-04:002013-05-07T07:33:59.189-04:00I like your comments on aging. I know I FEEL the s...I like your comments on aging. I know I FEEL the same age I've been for years, but I start to look around and it seems like KIDS are everywhere, not just students anymore, but working in the world, on TV as the news anchors. One KID is my Dean. <br /><br />They aren't all Doogie Howser wunderkinds, either. Time is passing and I've not been keeping up. Are these lines in my face? Ugh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-92121824151575031762013-05-07T07:03:06.556-04:002013-05-07T07:03:06.556-04:00Thanks for the grins, Hiram.
I, too, sometimes fe...Thanks for the grins, Hiram.<br /><br />I, too, sometimes feel better about my profession when I'm not actually in session. I never feel worse about it than when I'm at the national meat market/conference. Then I just wish I was a CPA or something.<br /><br />And, summer teaching and the money thing. I agree. When I was younger I worked every summer and felt shitty ALL year.<br /><br />A Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17458100652366189972013-05-07T06:53:51.147-04:002013-05-07T06:53:51.147-04:00I still listen to Green Day, Hiram. So does my par...I still listen to Green Day, Hiram. So does my partner. <br /><br />Enjoy the first blush of summer. The lawn can wait. Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.com