tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7500226928769354839..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: The Big Thirsty.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-70290121499346424862013-02-23T16:06:32.842-05:002013-02-23T16:06:32.842-05:00@Cassandra: that's my retirement dream, except...@Cassandra: that's my retirement dream, except that I enjoy the cooking and sewing. Add photography, drawing, and a body of water suitable for rowing or kayaking. <br /><br />I've also thought seriously about a second career as an atheist minister. Hear me out. Churches, temples, and other spiritual community centers serve a lot of social needs, like rituals for the life cycle: birth, Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02906546940408742913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73265524312026028722013-02-22T15:10:46.005-05:002013-02-22T15:10:46.005-05:00Crazier things have made the Olympics; they just n...Crazier things have made the Olympics; they just need to throw out <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=olympic+wrestling" rel="nofollow">some useless sport that nobody cares about and has only been there for 3000 years</a> to make room for it.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5258446935657680462013-02-22T15:08:54.913-05:002013-02-22T15:08:54.913-05:00Write a book of all the crochet and knit patterns ...Write a book of all the crochet and knit patterns running around my head.Irritated Isishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15415532947857584043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9213994389722827732013-02-22T14:37:54.743-05:002013-02-22T14:37:54.743-05:00He wants us to leave and I agree with him; the fut...He wants us to leave and I agree with him; the future of humanity should be as Space Bedouin moving from one oasis (habitable planet) to the other, forming long galactic trade routes in Unobtainium and Orion slave girls or Nexus 6 Replicants.Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-91582968062340500222013-02-22T12:15:12.672-05:002013-02-22T12:15:12.672-05:00Hey, somebody needs to do IR, and the results can ...Hey, somebody needs to do IR, and the results can even be useful, if they're not massaged for PR purposes, or used for nefarious ones -- i.e. promoting greater "efficiency" in teaching. From what you've written here, I'd be happy to have you in our institution's IR office (which actually seems to be reasonably competent, and at least somewhat on the side of the angels.Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1928909252485060902013-02-22T12:12:22.110-05:002013-02-22T12:12:22.110-05:00Write (and hang out in archives looking for stuff ...Write (and hang out in archives looking for stuff to write about). And garden and walk and cook and perhaps sew a bit (if money weren't an issue, I might pay somebody else to do some of the cooking and most of the sewing). Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28617903617371126332013-02-22T12:11:02.861-05:002013-02-22T12:11:02.861-05:00This post is mine. I posted it under my login name...This post is mine. I posted it under my login name, but the name didn't stick. Dunno why.Dr. Mindbenderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916271564719224677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-3542042782248299042013-02-22T08:57:59.472-05:002013-02-22T08:57:59.472-05:00I would hang out with dogs. Not clean up after the...I would hang out with dogs. Not clean up after them, or bathe them, or care for them... but just spend some nice quality time with them... Teacher Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13159720318253056794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78314997054498668632013-02-22T04:49:22.185-05:002013-02-22T04:49:22.185-05:00Film archivist. Or, if money were no object, execu...Film archivist. Or, if money were no object, executive producer of pretty much whatever I want. Edna Expathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438002061912782295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62867204145439509722013-02-22T03:42:19.202-05:002013-02-22T03:42:19.202-05:00Feed him a few drinks and that's not difficult...Feed him a few drinks and that's not difficult, Strel.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1836183061973685282013-02-22T02:22:26.004-05:002013-02-22T02:22:26.004-05:00IF
It all hinges on
IF
I don't have a drive....IF<br />It all hinges on <br />IF<br /><br />I don't have a drive.<br /><br />IF somebody developed one...<br /><br />and IF I could get the shit together to build the ship...<br /><br />People willing to be the crew - the biggest IF...<br /><br />....I would be Star Trekkin in a New York minute.<br /><br />[We have to keep Neil DeGrasse Tyson happy, don't we?]Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49225093054109228432013-02-22T01:18:04.676-05:002013-02-22T01:18:04.676-05:00At the end of Scene 24, of course, which is a smas...At the end of Scene 24, of course, which is a smashing scene in which Arthur and Bedevere find an important clue...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-17887121516422184022013-02-22T00:57:40.898-05:002013-02-22T00:57:40.898-05:00Carpentry. Make finely crafted custom furniture. ...Carpentry. Make finely crafted custom furniture. And maybe not sell them because I've become too attached to them. No, wait, that tends to happen with canoes. No way in hell I'm building canoes.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38593489735666945502013-02-22T00:57:40.217-05:002013-02-22T00:57:40.217-05:00If not now, then when, darling Frod?If not now, then when, darling Frod?Annie Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396950355961607377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65463278073158269622013-02-21T22:17:00.774-05:002013-02-21T22:17:00.774-05:0018 years to go!18 years to go!EC1https://www.blogger.com/profile/13414931249618049097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77377827051031885592013-02-21T21:13:52.245-05:002013-02-21T21:13:52.245-05:00It's not easy to make a living as a space visi...It's not easy to make a living as a space visionary, you know. You say this warp drive actually works?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-62538313015670646392013-02-21T21:11:17.752-05:002013-02-21T21:11:17.752-05:00Stop it, STOP IT! You're not going into a song...Stop it, STOP IT! You're not going into a song NOW...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-38247989884786325232013-02-21T21:10:23.697-05:002013-02-21T21:10:23.697-05:00@PK: You claim you can write a book better than Ca...@PK: You claim you can write a book better than Calculus, by Michael Spivak? If you can, I am in awe, and eagerly look forward to its publication. (No kidding: yes, I was a very nerdly freshman.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43579458146538631132013-02-21T20:25:41.333-05:002013-02-21T20:25:41.333-05:00Read fantasy novels. :)Read fantasy novels. :)The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10281578983231240402013-02-21T20:01:05.100-05:002013-02-21T20:01:05.100-05:00And cuts down trees and skips and jumps, and press...And cuts down trees and skips and jumps, and presses wild flowers!Annie Oakleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02396950355961607377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-33032678509697058482013-02-21T19:48:23.363-05:002013-02-21T19:48:23.363-05:00sleeps all night and works all day? sleeps all night and works all day? Prof Panglosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217936415069624428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-766447202321061492013-02-21T17:35:55.479-05:002013-02-21T17:35:55.479-05:00Drag Queen. Drag Queen. StellafromSparksburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17584701718285662953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-11386220309708911372013-02-21T15:49:27.340-05:002013-02-21T15:49:27.340-05:00Build a warp-drive and a ship strong enough to han...Build a warp-drive and a ship strong enough to handle it, collect a crew, and leave.<br /><br />But not forever....Strelnikovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12660962615198939441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-59214756371780171442013-02-21T15:38:52.267-05:002013-02-21T15:38:52.267-05:00Hi Unknown. One of the blog rules asks that users ...Hi Unknown. One of the blog rules asks that users not use "non-names. "Do not post anonymously or with "non-names" like Nobody, No One, Anonymous Prof, etc."<br /><br />We welcome your involvement, but in the future, could you please choose a pseudonym?<br /><br />Thanks. College Miseryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371354682300032653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-5645851664156051312013-02-21T15:06:49.842-05:002013-02-21T15:06:49.842-05:00I plan to sell zen garden gravel to recent retiree...I plan to sell zen garden gravel to recent retirees. Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407507896787403097noreply@blogger.com