tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post1053612965044740391..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: A Big Thirsty ... if that's ok with youUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31562298673346463882012-04-27T14:59:48.166-04:002012-04-27T14:59:48.166-04:00RaoG, I hope you're not lumping April Wine in ...RaoG, I hope you're not lumping April Wine in there too...Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-15207552736196576632012-04-27T14:55:50.826-04:002012-04-27T14:55:50.826-04:00For the longest time I had on the back of my door ...For the longest time I had on the back of my door a Dilbert cartoon with Dogbert waving some sort of sceptre saying "Out out you demons of stupidity!"Doctor BPDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077311480386412339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11971743540428325732012-04-27T13:55:58.411-04:002012-04-27T13:55:58.411-04:00Love the South Park reference. They should have be...Love the South Park reference. They should have been apologizing for Celine Dion! ;)<br /><br />Rush is going out on tour this fall. I've already received the Pollstar notification for the date in Large Urban Community. I do love Rush, pretentiousness and all. As for Nickelback, they're one of those bands I'd like to see if I could pick the set list. Every now and again, they put EnglishDochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12046114978214062491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77067508558322800962012-04-27T12:21:12.818-04:002012-04-27T12:21:12.818-04:00@Bison:
I misunderstood you. I apologize.
Go ba...@Bison:<br /><br />I misunderstood you. I apologize.<br /><br />Go back and look at the numbers, and you'll find that (out here in California, at least) the adjunctification of higher education began when Boomers--the bulge in the belly of the demographic snake--began to get out of grad school.<br /><br />Wherever I've worked, and I've worked in education all my adult life, if there Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-20193429654277014672012-04-27T08:26:06.993-04:002012-04-27T08:26:06.993-04:00"Now, now, the Canadian Government has apolog..."Now, now, the Canadian Government has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions!"Lucy, Countess of Bedfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181713706519539554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83111988856187074432012-04-27T07:48:29.397-04:002012-04-27T07:48:29.397-04:00@Froderick, I think regardless of the field, union...@Froderick, I think regardless of the field, unions will be something that I'll need to navigate. Like any group I'm sure there will be good and bad things. Faculty unions are probably a different beast anyway, comparatively.<br /><br />I'm no Ken Lay or Ayn Rand fan. Part of my work involves government and education, so I certainly believe and uphold the benefits of a supportive Bisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31797070182757367242012-04-27T07:42:14.389-04:002012-04-27T07:42:14.389-04:00@ aemilia, I suppose like any group, there are goo...@ aemilia, I suppose like any group, there are good and bad. Sounds like that's one of the good ones.Bisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27276425859376170812012-04-27T07:38:22.641-04:002012-04-27T07:38:22.641-04:00@Phillip, it's not pride, it's my own igno...@Phillip, it's not pride, it's my own ignorance, I seriously haven't had the option of joining a union or not across all my jobs. <br /><br />I ask my friends who do belong to unions and I get mixed reviews. Teacher friend's union says it basically sacrifices the young teachers for the old and established. Of course that might be a response to the current environment. He Bisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77533546265657185682012-04-27T07:00:15.756-04:002012-04-27T07:00:15.756-04:00There's a lot of us Canuckistanis a little baf...There's a lot of us Canuckistanis a little baffled by the whole Rush thing. One of my high school friends once called them "the band for people who can't spell Blue Oyster Cult". <br /><br />And I apologize for Nickleback, but they don't seem quite as pretentious as Rush. I think they're content to continue the Canuckistani tradition of talent-impaired Hoser-rock Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-8935197115883382522012-04-27T04:08:05.071-04:002012-04-27T04:08:05.071-04:00Bison: Again, are you sure academia is where you w...Bison: Again, are you sure academia is where you want to be? As a science Ph.D., don't you have other options? As I'm sure you know, Ken Lay had a Ph.D. in economics, and that's not even a real science!<br /><br />Also: we have an active faculty union here in California, and I highly recommend it. Our new Provost recently tried to break up our College of Arts and Humanities, and our Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35561348365103745732012-04-27T03:42:32.400-04:002012-04-27T03:42:32.400-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-88886757054527379212012-04-27T02:46:32.346-04:002012-04-27T02:46:32.346-04:00Just be thankful it's not Nickelback.Just be thankful it's not Nickelback.drunk in a midnight choirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15648918436053645324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52352885085430350872012-04-27T02:45:06.334-04:002012-04-27T02:45:06.334-04:00Indeed...though I'm pretty sure they'd rev...Indeed...though I'm pretty sure they'd revoke my citizenship if I couldn't at least sing the chorus of Closer to the Heart...drunk in a midnight choirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15648918436053645324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44666995089108319302012-04-27T02:30:45.492-04:002012-04-27T02:30:45.492-04:00@ Bison:
I'm 65 years old. That places me squ...@ Bison:<br /><br />I'm 65 years old. That places me squarely at the beginning of the Boomer generation. I adjuncted for 15 years. Most of my teacher friends who are my age had similar experiences. It was the generation before us who walked into teaching jobs with telephone interviews because some administrator somewhere all of a sudden needed a body or ten to stand in front of the Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05244643308698776814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89685832412899275452012-04-27T02:04:16.830-04:002012-04-27T02:04:16.830-04:00We have a good, strong faculty union where I work ...We have a good, strong faculty union where I work and no one bats an eye if we put union stuff on our office doors. I wouldn't want it any other way. The overall membership of our union--local and parent--is smart, passionate, and committed to social justice issues. So I actually do trust them to have my back, because I've witnessed them going to bat many times for our members.<br /><br /aemiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773130677505720954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-37651136099471649562012-04-27T01:32:57.625-04:002012-04-27T01:32:57.625-04:00Or Leonard Cohen. (As I think drunk in a midnight ...Or Leonard Cohen. (As I think drunk in a midnight choir would agree.)aemiliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773130677505720954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-68446156707859614412012-04-27T01:17:56.503-04:002012-04-27T01:17:56.503-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-2089012409897147602012-04-27T00:50:00.578-04:002012-04-27T00:50:00.578-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5000137947632907242012-04-27T00:33:40.513-04:002012-04-27T00:33:40.513-04:00True story, word of honor ("honour" for ...True story, word of honor ("honour" for you Kanucks):<br /><br />During my time as an Accursed Visiting Assistant Professor at a university run like a feudal estate, I burst out laughing when I first saw the sign, "THE BEATINGS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES." It so fit that place. I wanted to put a copy on my door, but I was talked out of it by the Associate Prof acrossAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11150695262134232432012-04-26T23:08:19.627-04:002012-04-26T23:08:19.627-04:00@Ursula: ours comes under the general "safe z...@Ursula: ours comes under the general "safe zone" rubric; here's a page with some info and resources: http://www.lgbtcampus.org/old_faq/safe_zone.html . <br /><br />I work at a state university that includes sexual orientation in its nondiscrimination clause (though there's actually been periodic conflict with more conservative governors and/or legislatures over whether we'Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51883190085795013292012-04-26T22:47:34.593-04:002012-04-26T22:47:34.593-04:00But masturbation is fun, isn't it?But masturbation is fun, isn't it?Professor Brown-Cowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01844910674434653089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12240842855548436482012-04-26T22:26:25.099-04:002012-04-26T22:26:25.099-04:00I don't have anything on my door. But I did p...I don't have anything on my door. But I did print out the CM or RYP post about "Do not care more about their education than they do." I keep this handy so it is easy accessible whenever I need to read it.Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815313561677464295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38854856641248918382012-04-26T21:54:34.523-04:002012-04-26T21:54:34.523-04:00Ah, I've always been this way about large orga...Ah, I've always been this way about large organizations, even before the current anti-union climate. You wouldn't believe how much tinfoil I go through.Bisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025209722326662833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-24342082933929678482012-04-26T21:42:28.591-04:002012-04-26T21:42:28.591-04:00That sounds like some of the crazzy (yet righteous...That sounds like some of the crazzy (yet righteous) shit I would say. File it. Lock it down. Give it the grease pencil finish and wait for the accolades.<br /><br />Stay frosty,<br />WWWicked Walter from Waxahachiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12029251619387101553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35444076157721161372012-04-26T21:06:54.320-04:002012-04-26T21:06:54.320-04:00Walt once said that everything on your door beyond...Walt once said that everything on your door beyond contact information and office hours is academic masturbation. I tend to agree with Walt, if only to stay off his bad side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com