tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7646153977928742562..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Look! It's an Article About Us! Where We Feature Again, and Laud, the Work of Rebecca Schuman, Who We Continue to Love Despite How Much She Hates Us. This Was in Slate, Which We Really Enjoy Reading, Even When We're Drunk.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-86865953536667625332014-12-05T21:07:35.614-05:002014-12-05T21:07:35.614-05:00As someone mentioned the source of the photo below...As someone mentioned the source of the photo below, do you think that Schuman's very own Twitter account is "the bowels of the Internet"? I use Twitter, I know its terms and conditions, and so would Schuman. If she didn't want that photo to be widely available, she wouldn't have posted it.Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-808472259263455292014-12-05T16:45:01.663-05:002014-12-05T16:45:01.663-05:00At elast you didn't mention the sheep husbandr...At elast you didn't mention the sheep husbandry...JaneBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779448611795379774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-44841563162834970412014-12-05T16:26:19.531-05:002014-12-05T16:26:19.531-05:00OK, that actually sounds worse than I thought.OK, that actually sounds worse than I thought.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-54109332963342945952014-12-05T16:25:50.154-05:002014-12-05T16:25:50.154-05:00Our Drinking Faculty has a Hamster Husbandry probl...Our Drinking Faculty has a Hamster Husbandry problem.Rosencrantz Andor Guildensternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095512139776536635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43922842650650759422014-12-05T12:51:34.715-05:002014-12-05T12:51:34.715-05:00Sure, slobbering on your students is bad. Sure, ge...Sure, slobbering on your students is bad. Sure, getting "handsy" with a collegue, because of alcohol or not, is reprehensible. Sure, that prof who takes "orange juice" in the morning is a scandal, not an amusing anecdote.<br /><br />But there are a few differences between faculty and students drinking.<br /><br />The first is that we've proven ourselves, to some degree, toThree Sigmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10822893039310439770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-49478668063316755262014-12-05T10:28:36.604-05:002014-12-05T10:28:36.604-05:00I don't *not* drink, so I probably have it eas...I don't *not* drink, so I probably have it easier than you, but I don't really drink either -- in other words, I'll often start a party or dinner with a glass of wine, and end it with half of the same glass of wine. Or, sometimes, I'll finish the glass and have another -- which is about my limit --; it depends whether I really like the wine, how I'm generally feeling at the Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-31404731832431555812014-12-05T07:12:50.358-05:002014-12-05T07:12:50.358-05:00I couldn't find the link on Harris' websit...I couldn't find the link on <a href="http://www.sciencecartoonsplus.com/" rel="nofollow">Harris' website</a>, but I'm reminded of one of my favorite cartoons: "The Proceedings of the Stolnikya Conference on Molecular Analysis." <br /><br />"...and then we all went to the Globus Hotel and drank gin and tonic till dawn ... at this point Vorchak pushed Smiller-Noyes into introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13286054127923172352014-12-05T06:57:58.538-05:002014-12-05T06:57:58.538-05:00You say "the drinking" like it's a p...You say "the drinking" like it's a problem. It's a feature, not a bug.introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-56469048519713955552014-12-04T17:43:32.293-05:002014-12-04T17:43:32.293-05:00I like Schuman's writing. I like it when it...I like Schuman's writing. I like it when it's linked here. That's really her in the photo. I did a Google image search. It's on her Twitter page. She's a nice looking lady and this is just a silly picture.<br /><br />Why she hates us, I'll never understand.<br /><br />Oh, I guess the drinking. Never mind.Hechttp://www.tmz.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-48963056008196395412014-12-04T17:01:55.273-05:002014-12-04T17:01:55.273-05:00I agree that this is not an appropriate photo. Hec...I agree that this is not an appropriate photo. Heck, Katie got a nice image and Rebecca is no Katie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-87644387366551946252014-12-04T15:35:42.384-05:002014-12-04T15:35:42.384-05:00I think you show very poor taste in scouring the b...I think you show very poor taste in scouring the bowels of the Internet to find an unattractive picture of the author. Your bitterness over her success is showing.A Professornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-41671250462611794012014-12-04T15:26:15.828-05:002014-12-04T15:26:15.828-05:00I don't drink, and it has not posed a difficul...I don't drink, and it has not posed a difficulty to my career, as Shuman argues it inevitably does. I may have been fortunate in finding a department whose socializing doesn't involve a lot of alcohol - people will have a beer or two, and it doesn't worry them that I have a gingerale instead. The important thing, at parties, is to have a drink in your hand; it doesn't matter Merely Academichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452389428113097744noreply@blogger.com