tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post4412804324825862912..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: A Summer Thirsty Concerning "Gulley Washing."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27062272966129485582011-08-01T16:22:35.398-04:002011-08-01T16:22:35.398-04:00Individually? My gully-washer is whitewater kayak...Individually? My gully-washer is whitewater kayaking. It's challenging, invigorating, a little scary in a good way, and it takes place far, far from the department offices.<br /><br />What I like most is that it's a neutral proving ground. You're either good at it or not, and you're either a good companion on the river or you're not. Nobody cares where you got your degree, Surly Templehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05057191570792423261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91652419703379077242011-08-01T15:30:44.860-04:002011-08-01T15:30:44.860-04:00I look at this blog at most once per day, so I hav...I look at this blog at most once per day, so I have no idea why the original post had to be taken down. I hope my comment didn't have anything to do with it. I would be puzzled if it did. The respect issue has been brought up before on this blog, and I think it is a valid issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-90528253955872772392011-08-01T09:43:14.111-04:002011-08-01T09:43:14.111-04:00Personally, I need a regular gulley washing, but u...Personally, I need a regular gulley washing, but unfortunately haven't been able to have one for eight years now. Unfortunately the only way I could find to have one was to leave academia. :-(Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899867309337166603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44678158768147390742011-08-01T01:54:16.358-04:002011-08-01T01:54:16.358-04:00"[S]ocialism. or, a blend of socialism within..."[S]ocialism. or, a blend of socialism within capitalism. unity, collaboration, and derision for products that only exist to draw in money at the expense of feeding the mind." <br /><br />Finally somebody gets it!Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77179615955548238062011-07-31T23:45:12.388-04:002011-07-31T23:45:12.388-04:00socialism. or, a blend of socialism within capital...socialism. or, a blend of socialism within capitalism. unity, collaboration, and derision for products that only exist to draw in money at the expense of feeding the mind.Academic Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07086078244493768565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-69562164782028813112011-07-31T22:11:52.835-04:002011-07-31T22:11:52.835-04:00I understand why the post needed a gulley washer o...I understand why the post needed a gulley washer of its own, so I'll try to paraphrase my earlier comments. While there are certainly people whom I'd like to see washed away in a reprise of Noah's deluge (some administrators and many legislators and other kibbitzers who go on about "accountability" while slashing budgets), I suspect that we'll actually get out of the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-50774284480845363612011-07-31T19:34:07.972-04:002011-07-31T19:34:07.972-04:00Yep, Strelly. It's all toothless and snarkless...Yep, Strelly. It's all toothless and snarkless. Doloi skuchnost'. Da sdravstvuet velikaia revoliutsiia!AdjunctSlavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025851491072402087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-18580131585030590512011-07-31T18:56:22.576-04:002011-07-31T18:56:22.576-04:00One word: Revolution.One word: Revolution.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-42402943469193763342011-07-31T18:25:37.277-04:002011-07-31T18:25:37.277-04:00There is something
that loves a torrent,
a cleans...There is something<br />that loves a torrent,<br /><br />a cleansing, <br />a rebirth.<br /><br />I used to dream<br />of a world-wide renewal.<br /><br />But now know <br />that all that's required,<br /><br />can start with me.Richard Tingle, PhDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15290520040846370364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-51634207744888490072011-07-31T18:19:11.310-04:002011-07-31T18:19:11.310-04:00Big retailers realize that American does not need ...Big retailers realize that American does not need college-educated assistant managers to cover the night shift at The Gap--only to use that experience to get a better job at Old Navy. Then fewer students arrive on campus because the world tells them that they need a college degree to get a job.TubaPlayingProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524484569241433720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-14433125235786819722011-07-31T16:38:52.597-04:002011-07-31T16:38:52.597-04:00I got a good gully washing when I left my job in J...I got a good gully washing when I left my job in June. I'm now awaiting my first semester at a terrific college in the PNW, where my life will be totally different. Of course I felt stuck for years, so just the geography shift has cleansed me.<br /><br />I'd love to know other ways to get the GULLEY WASH feeling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com