tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4758083899162088028..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: You Had Us At "I Am Drunk." A Reader Turns Us Onto Mozman. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7283039658734001702015-03-14T00:16:12.664-04:002015-03-14T00:16:12.664-04:00You forgot the important part: TWITCH! TWITCH!!!You forgot the important part: TWITCH! TWITCH!!!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57289561740449664672015-03-13T23:17:02.047-04:002015-03-13T23:17:02.047-04:00Staple his distinguished senior member to the floo...Staple his distinguished senior member to the floor.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91904955986482776022015-03-13T21:38:37.904-04:002015-03-13T21:38:37.904-04:00When the mozbot said "You should just stop ri...When the mozbot said "You should just stop right there," he should have just stopped right there.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77786878114189782012015-03-13T13:39:17.831-04:002015-03-13T13:39:17.831-04:00May have been? James Watson is a well-known "...May have been? James Watson is a well-known "distinguished senior member."<br /><br />I've met some Mozmans (Mozmen?) in my time. My sibling did an MS in the lab of a guy like that. After the MS thesis defense, one of the other committee members pulled my sibling aside and said that the Mozman-like advisor had extracted more than enough work out of my sibling to warrant a PhD and Angry Archiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07348431132289025339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2736205587695433752015-03-13T12:10:39.136-04:002015-03-13T12:10:39.136-04:00To Three Sigma (and others interested): according ...To Three Sigma (and others interested): according to Mr. Writer, who works in state government, in order to do away with grad student and postdoc indentured servitude, we'd have to "change the definition of 'professional work' in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. Or pursue an amendment exempting academic professionals. Not impossible, but close. For reference, SHRM and SIOP Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62637884754670291442015-03-13T11:36:13.376-04:002015-03-13T11:36:13.376-04:00No. We'll punch him in his "Distinguishe...No. We'll punch him in his "Distinguished Senior Member".<br /><br />And I fear me that there may have been some significant A-holery involved in the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59610338709075290202015-03-13T10:20:51.997-04:002015-03-13T10:20:51.997-04:00Hear, hear! I'll hold Mozeman down while you p...Hear, hear! I'll hold Mozeman down while you punch him in the dick!!!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52605257192687075612015-03-13T10:13:40.214-04:002015-03-13T10:13:40.214-04:00I completely agree. I wish we could somehow do aw...I completely agree. I wish we could somehow do away with the pathetic slave labor system of post-docs and graduate students. <br /><br />It would maybe be acceptable if the number of full-time positions in the field were in any way similar to the number of postdocs we hire, but it's not: we put them on a hamster wheel, eat years of their lives, then let them go try to find a job somewhere Three Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3451892824958355092015-03-13T10:07:14.568-04:002015-03-13T10:07:14.568-04:00Now you know why contemporary science has become s...Now you know why contemporary science has become so conservative, unadventurous, risk-adverse, stilted, boring, and intellectually stagnant. Compare any issue of the Astrophysical Journal from the 1960s with one from today. Astonishing new ideas have been replaced with plodding, incremental drudgery designed primarily to yield the maximum number of line items on the ol' publications list. Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-21717913165628493132015-03-13T09:42:59.754-04:002015-03-13T09:42:59.754-04:00Yup, sounds to me like Mozman would be a perfect c...Yup, sounds to me like Mozman would be a perfect candidate for Associate Dean of Research, especially in a unit heavy with biomedical types (relax; I'm in one right now...). From his posts I think he's actually productive in research, which would invalidate him for the post of Vice-President or Associate Vice-President of Research for the uni.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81365654531864003182015-03-13T09:10:58.935-04:002015-03-13T09:10:58.935-04:00Why is Mozman involved with science? He clearly ha...Why is Mozman involved with science? He clearly has the skills and perspective of an administrator. Get him an associate deanship - stat!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19778593038537923762015-03-13T04:33:00.994-04:002015-03-13T04:33:00.994-04:00(1) You need a moniker, esteemed correspondent. &q...(1) You need a moniker, esteemed correspondent. "Cry/Shout of a Soul" seems as good as any and better than quite a few.<br /><br />(2) I suspect that at Mozman's funeral there won't be a damp eye.<br /> Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.com