tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post5468883445774512018..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Two Years Ago on CM. The Golfer on the Job Market.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44897673649848699732013-12-31T13:24:41.510-05:002013-12-31T13:24:41.510-05:00They say "The Devil finds work for idle hands...They say "The Devil finds work for idle hands."AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54147644049031593172013-12-30T17:21:08.101-05:002013-12-30T17:21:08.101-05:00Law firms are like this too, I hear. That's on...Law firms are like this too, I hear. That's one reason I keep trying to steer my youngest away from a career in law.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7965509794906424182013-12-30T17:20:07.444-05:002013-12-30T17:20:07.444-05:00@ R and/or G: How did you know?@ R and/or G: How did you know?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81093760796112686512013-12-29T19:04:53.440-05:002013-12-29T19:04:53.440-05:00The answer, "I spend time with my family"...The answer, "I spend time with my family" is the best bet, I think, unless there are a bunch of bitter single people on the committee (bitter maybe because all the parents in the department dump their extra work on the single faculty). <br /><br />After the Beakeress and I had a kid, it made interviews a lot easier. I could tell the interviewer that I'm a family man, rather than aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44654327535892823742013-12-29T18:56:39.684-05:002013-12-29T18:56:39.684-05:00"What do you do in your free time?" is a..."What do you do in your free time?" is a good question to ask candidates because they might answer that they do stuff with their spouse or family. Since you're not allowed to ask about those specific questions, this is a good way to find out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-72603954640969552882013-12-29T11:57:06.928-05:002013-12-29T11:57:06.928-05:00After getting my B. Sc. in the late 1970s, I worke...After getting my B. Sc. in the late 1970s, I worked in the oil industry for a while. I started with a large corporation at one location and was transferred to another after six months.<br /><br />My boss there was a corporate go-getter. I asked him about the overtime policy, because many companies in those days gave their employees time off for any extra hours worked in lieu of pay. His answerQuarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17779756098025209602013-12-29T08:04:57.693-05:002013-12-29T08:04:57.693-05:00This story is so gross. Unless everyone on the sea...This story is so gross. Unless everyone on the search committee is a robot, they all have some free time and they all do something with it. I was once on a committee where several people had reservations about a candidate due to his charity work. Meanwhile, they all had hobbies and children, etc. because, you know, they were people.Untenured Ursulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107788326951579690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59509085551895627272013-12-29T06:30:07.214-05:002013-12-29T06:30:07.214-05:00or "Captain Underpants"or "Captain Underpants"Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-32854343253731581252013-12-29T01:28:01.159-05:002013-12-29T01:28:01.159-05:00I think it stinks that yoga now has the New Age Yu...I think it stinks that yoga now has the New Age Yuppiness cachet. I've been doing yoga for 40 years....before there were any special outfits involved. CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23925797976927175162013-12-29T01:23:24.028-05:002013-12-29T01:23:24.028-05:00What about drawing? And WTF is fapping?What about drawing? And WTF is fapping?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70715291654582289702013-12-29T01:22:35.069-05:002013-12-29T01:22:35.069-05:00"Playing with your kids? A lightweight."..."Playing with your kids? A lightweight." Yeah, I got that one in graduate school. But later on, I also was judged for WHAT I was reading. Don't let on if you like any best-selling novels or accessible poets.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42303828788296566882013-12-29T01:19:55.986-05:002013-12-29T01:19:55.986-05:00I want one of those. I'll display it next to ...I want one of those. I'll display it next to the one I have that says, "That's the way we've always done it" with the red Ghostbusters circle and line through it.Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-39765269789510494712013-12-29T01:16:47.811-05:002013-12-29T01:16:47.811-05:00I see you've met my friend Cognitive Dissonanc...I see you've met my friend Cognitive Dissonance. I, too, have enjoyed the many macreme' presents it has brought me over the years.Sawyer in Student Serviceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16463333151790071057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12898134570829773582013-12-28T23:32:47.810-05:002013-12-28T23:32:47.810-05:00Beware, candidates, beware the trick question (how...Beware, candidates, beware the trick question (however unintentional) about what you do with your free time. There is no better way to be arbitrarily judged. Ballet? You're probably anorexic, and a snob. Playing with your kids? A lightweight. Yoga? A New Age nutball. Knitting? You're insufferably dull. Extreme sports? Likely to be out injured. Cooking might be an OK answer, butFrog and Toadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377542172335502858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58441529940476278782013-12-28T17:13:02.127-05:002013-12-28T17:13:02.127-05:00I have a button somewhere that says "Yes I am...I have a button somewhere that says "Yes I am done, I did it right the first time" Middle-Aged and Morosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04046076243513948921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43020253475408024232013-12-28T14:30:01.549-05:002013-12-28T14:30:01.549-05:00I think busy has been a badge of honour/show-off m...I think busy has been a badge of honour/show-off meme for quite a while now. After all, if you ask someone how they are, they don't say 'fine' anymore nearly as often as they say 'busy!". <br /><br />Can't see the appeal of golf myself, but most people can't see the appeal in some of my pastimes (no, not that!)Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83748748828119101962013-12-28T12:49:07.938-05:002013-12-28T12:49:07.938-05:00"Busy" is the new show-off meme."Busy" is the new show-off meme.CrayonEaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10126396989880932207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24634719586205942582013-12-28T12:38:44.393-05:002013-12-28T12:38:44.393-05:00Golf is a silly hobby. Like drinking bourbon, pho...Golf <i>is</i> a silly hobby. Like drinking bourbon, photographing ducks, crocheting, fapping, sleeping, reading, dancing, watching the sun set, and spinning plates on your finger tips. Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75646287914734371462013-12-28T12:06:07.592-05:002013-12-28T12:06:07.592-05:00I hate the golf nazis!
And I love Snarky's po...I hate the golf nazis!<br /><br />And I love Snarky's point of view on this overall issue. I have had so many "busy" colleagues who are just making noise and not accomplishing things. I love putting my feet up and letting others think I'm lazy. Fuck them.Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54715863895271041872013-12-28T11:49:33.882-05:002013-12-28T11:49:33.882-05:00One of my undergrad professors taught me that &quo...One of my undergrad professors taught me that "someone has too much time on their hands" is a deeply offensive and dismissive statement, and I haven't used it (except in extreme circumstances) since. Judging other people's hobbies and what they choose to do with their spare time is not cool. I think it might go back to this Puritan work ethic thing we've got, though--spare Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52870821499545251662013-12-28T09:21:00.273-05:002013-12-28T09:21:00.273-05:00Yeah, me too. Unfortunately, mine is a department...Yeah, me too. Unfortunately, mine is a department head so that decision is always final. The faculty do enjoy bringing up counter examples and suggesting other hypotheticals that force him to twist himself in a knot, just to avoid backing down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58316065814136274292013-12-28T05:57:15.527-05:002013-12-28T05:57:15.527-05:00Judy pisses me off. I have at least one colleague ...Judy pisses me off. I have at least one colleague just like her who just decides something and then that's it!College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.com