tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8523057464486506349..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: I do my best scholarly work when I'm totally making stuff upUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-476666598733065942015-08-12T10:34:54.558-04:002015-08-12T10:34:54.558-04:00Indeed. The whole STASI episode was hilarious, in ...Indeed. The whole STASI episode was hilarious, in a painful way. <br /><br />I very much enjoyed it (except for that whole sounding-a-bit-too-familiar at times thing). However, I think I may have nightmares about metastsizing offices of student retention (on our campus, it's probably more some combination of the Office of Programs for International Students and the Office of Online LearningContingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90607084910446432772015-08-01T22:08:11.766-04:002015-08-01T22:08:11.766-04:00S.T.A.S.I. and the Salad Shooters !!!S.T.A.S.I. and the Salad Shooters !!!Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73479968652545652102015-07-30T06:20:06.348-04:002015-07-30T06:20:06.348-04:00I know. Kudos to Frankie for that one.I know. Kudos to Frankie for that one.EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-47743586841590865162015-07-30T00:06:46.982-04:002015-07-30T00:06:46.982-04:00We're getting some good mileage from the "...We're getting some good mileage from the <a href="http://collegemisery.blogspot.com/2015/03/twit.html" rel="nofollow">"I do my best scholarly work" line.</a>Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8519663293601207302015-07-29T23:05:37.204-04:002015-07-29T23:05:37.204-04:00OK, I think I have some "loyalty program"...OK, I think I have some "loyalty program" points to burn. I'd better add this to my list.Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26531028172035425962015-07-29T21:24:41.984-04:002015-07-29T21:24:41.984-04:00Shumacher's the one, yes. We're through ch...Shumacher's the one, yes. We're through chapter 6 tonight, enjoying it thoroughly. Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-7517798184187478922015-07-29T18:38:55.912-04:002015-07-29T18:38:55.912-04:00I am very glad to be in the company of such accomp...I am very glad to be in the company of such accomplished people here. I had noticed the advert in the upper right, then Cassandra commented on it, and I knew I had to expand my Amazon wish list. <br /><br />I'm having a slight case of colleague envy, in that I haven't published in the past several months. Perhaps I can assuage that by finishing the post I was supposed to have published Ogre Proctor Hephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17428431147495287413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1293069805388949122015-07-29T15:32:01.170-04:002015-07-29T15:32:01.170-04:00Thanks so much for the kind words! I've put th...Thanks so much for the kind words! I've put the Robertson Davies books on my to-read list. I just finished reading Julie Shumacher's Dear Committee Members, which I think is the one Jonathan is referring to. I really enjoyed it. It was beautifully written and hilarious, but with some genuinely heartbreaking elements. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15711314415244801354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57993475742533078552015-07-29T14:46:11.859-04:002015-07-29T14:46:11.859-04:00Congrats!! Good luck, Frankie!Congrats!! Good luck, Frankie!Compound Calicohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059155949950433688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-61887902933302736022015-07-29T13:24:24.074-04:002015-07-29T13:24:24.074-04:00I'm currently listening to Frankie's book ...I'm currently listening to Frankie's book and love it so far!<br /><br />Other books... you have to read Robertson Davies' THE REBEL ANGELS. From THE CORNISH TRILOGY, it can be read on its own. A great opening, and the most creative murder I've ever come across. The whole trilogy is great, but this is one of my all-time favorite books.Karen Ackoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01527412523732265688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-46400982316650677042015-07-29T00:56:49.252-04:002015-07-29T00:56:49.252-04:00I've been thinking for a while about academic ...I've been thinking for a while about academic literary settings. I've read Smiley's Moo, and just about everything David Lodge wrote. One came out last year that's 'epistolary', entirely in the form of ostensible emails, that sounds like fun. But I've been thinking that our current environment is ... really hard to satirize without running into a version of <a href="Jonathan Dresnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356112719229675996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84468769247910365812015-07-28T10:28:02.590-04:002015-07-28T10:28:02.590-04:00YAY!YAY!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com