tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post6435564525544867474..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I am on vacation. Leave me the tea party alone.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-34527399808236159502015-08-12T21:45:08.662-04:002015-08-12T21:45:08.662-04:00Bugger off, get lost
Bugger bugger bugger off
Get ...Bugger off, get lost<br />Bugger bugger bugger off<br />Get lost, bugger off<br /><br />Haiku-ish in form, and directed most sincerely to those hassling both you and me for paperwork.Grumpy Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02896982515031823267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35974407868783088292015-08-11T22:41:44.389-04:002015-08-11T22:41:44.389-04:00P.S. I'm glad you're getting a bit of a br...P.S. I'm glad you're getting a bit of a break, however interrupted. I'm also impressed by how determinedly boundary-busting your colleagues are. Getting one's act together to send something by postal mail takes effort these days (well, it takes effort for me; I have to find the stamps, and the envelopes, and the postal rate chart. . .). I don't suppose you can accuse them Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-23417790214203745142015-08-11T22:37:06.283-04:002015-08-11T22:37:06.283-04:00Commiserations. I sometimes think that we ought t...Commiserations. I sometimes think that we ought to concede that most of us actually *do* work during the summer, negotiate the requisite 25% raise in pay and a real vacation (all commensurate with that claimed by the deans who insist that the main explanation for their much-higher salaries is the 12-month nature of their jobs), block out the time genuinely needed for teaching prep, professional Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-64879352727785247172015-08-11T14:54:48.661-04:002015-08-11T14:54:48.661-04:00Cheer up, Greta! I'd be glad to lend you my st...Cheer up, Greta! I'd be glad to lend you my staple gun! Make sure to staple them down out of reach of a keyboard or other electronic device, so they'll be unable to send any more e-mail for the rest of the summer. Indeed, for the young, modern a-go-go generation, this would be worse than staking them out on an anthill. How I enjoy being an evil mad scientist!Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com