tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7183820743219955076..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: A Holiday Bovid GatheringUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41976247818831585982014-01-10T09:43:16.164-05:002014-01-10T09:43:16.164-05:00At this time of year, I'm always careful to po...At this time of year, I'm always careful to point out that I'm back at work, preparing for the new semester (and, some years, trying to do some writing/research as well; this year, I've got a new, complicated course to create from scratch), even though I'm not yet back in the classroom. Given the widely-accepted cultural myths about professors, I think we do have to be clear (Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44619388212269813732014-01-10T00:59:39.228-05:002014-01-10T00:59:39.228-05:00I can top this. Over Thanksgiving dinner this year...I can top this. Over Thanksgiving dinner this year, I had to argue with a wife-of-an-in-law who doesn't know what mechanical vibrations are or what feldspar is, and had never heard of the Fairness Doctrine, about whether or not Project Apollo a hoax, despite 843.5 pounds of intelligently sampled rocks clearly from another world, many of which have been on public display for years.<br /><br />Froderick Frankenstien from Fresnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11653942918068535424noreply@blogger.com