tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8740498421014736654..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Friday Thirsty on GiftsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-67021260460577368902013-08-03T15:06:20.205-04:002013-08-03T15:06:20.205-04:00Many of us who have acquired and accumulated tons ...Many of us who have acquired and accumulated tons of objects don't wish to have more objects. I would appreciate being invited to dinner. It's hard to beat dinner with a dear friend.Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-85729989433975571662013-08-03T08:34:29.526-04:002013-08-03T08:34:29.526-04:00This is also a wonderful idea!! Thanks so much!
This is also a wonderful idea!! Thanks so much!<br />Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87136990868803455312013-08-02T23:22:45.121-04:002013-08-02T23:22:45.121-04:00Oooooooh pretty.Oooooooh pretty.Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48397578445087520492013-08-02T23:14:16.463-04:002013-08-02T23:14:16.463-04:00Also the opposite, but I recently got a committee ...Also the opposite, but I recently got a committee member who's been particularly helpful a really nice bottle of booze. Not very personal, but I think it did a good job of expressing my appreciation. When I myself finally complete, I'd like a new CM moniker, and the return of a modicum of equanimity. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09589271048069229838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-40128775347159651552013-08-02T21:59:10.550-04:002013-08-02T21:59:10.550-04:00A 1932 Sheaffer Balance Junior is waiting for you ...A 1932 Sheaffer Balance Junior is waiting for you to graduate :P<br />http://www.speerbob.com/ebay/balancejrgrey.jpgFrench Professeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062264385792788503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20946086008895081852013-08-02T13:33:59.934-04:002013-08-02T13:33:59.934-04:00Oh, and French Professeur, I will totally take you...Oh, and French Professeur, I will totally take you up on that fountain pen offer. :DSnarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9061333208407063312013-08-02T13:26:40.577-04:002013-08-02T13:26:40.577-04:00Kind of the opposite, but I'm doing some theme...Kind of the opposite, but I'm doing some themed cross-stitch for my committee members and two other important profs/mentors who aren't on my committee for when I finish. I haven't even remotely thought about what I might want when I finish except to finish and tack "PhD" after my name. Oh, and a job.Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-26336698543170375062013-08-02T13:04:24.549-04:002013-08-02T13:04:24.549-04:00CM swag.CM swag.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-16664642743754409832013-08-02T13:03:24.991-04:002013-08-02T13:03:24.991-04:00That's a good question. I think it depends on...That's a good question. I think it depends on personal opinion. Some people don't like "Dr." because they don't want to be confused with a medical doctor while others think "..., PhD" is stuffy. Ask the recipient what he prefers without mentioning the reason.<br /><br />Not to start a fight here but I do not prefer fountain pens as a gift. They get lost too Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-81695456930727082042013-08-02T12:13:38.009-04:002013-08-02T12:13:38.009-04:00I want to tell everyone that French Professeur gav...I want to tell everyone that French Professeur gave me my own fountain pen when I got my PhD. It was during one of those rare events when CMers met up at a conference.<br /><br />The pen is deep green and beautiful and sits on my desk.<br /><br />But I also had someone give me a name plate that says "Academic Monkey, PhD" and I stupidly treasure it.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-58414289218862532602013-08-02T12:13:27.117-04:002013-08-02T12:13:27.117-04:00Yup, a nice fountain pen is good. If you know his ...Yup, a nice fountain pen is good. If you know his subject and there is some standard reference work or presentation volume he doesn't have, that's always good and is more personal than a gift card. E.g., I gave a friend who had completed his Ph.D. in seventeenth century English poetry a lovely 19th century Paradise Lost with all Dore's engravings. I simply knew he didn't have Doctor BPDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077311480386412339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62287805855834213392013-08-02T10:18:46.398-04:002013-08-02T10:18:46.398-04:00buggerit.98˜at˜gmail.combuggerit.98˜at˜gmail.comFrench Professeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062264385792788503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27321213777155238182013-08-02T10:06:13.283-04:002013-08-02T10:06:13.283-04:00Perfect gift, a fountain pen. It celebrates writin...Perfect gift, a fountain pen. It celebrates writing, the fact that she's written a dissertation, to remind her she's going to write a lot more. <br />I might be outing merself here, but years ago I took repairing vintage fountain pens as a hobby, one of the goals being to gift a pen to anyone finishing her dissertation. The closest the person, the most extravagant, price-wise, I go.<br />French Professeurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08062264385792788503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-75799548368193819332013-08-02T09:59:39.542-04:002013-08-02T09:59:39.542-04:00This is a great idea! Thank you!!! I am face palm...This is a great idea! Thank you!!! I am face palming that I did not think of it!!! I know I am being a baby----but do you think Dr. John Smith or John Smith, PhD would be better? I just don't know-----and I cannot call any such name plates to mind, although I am sure I've seen many of them!Bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15686242633678466958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-19857792911307634622013-08-02T09:48:05.366-04:002013-08-02T09:48:05.366-04:00Get him a desk name plate with his Dr. ... name en...Get him a desk name plate with his Dr. ... name engraved on it. Classy, useful and personal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com