tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post7936186323598904775..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: The Sunday Open Thread. Let Loose. Nobody's Reading Anyway.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43563659025311818292014-01-28T13:36:53.865-05:002014-01-28T13:36:53.865-05:00I stayed up until 2 playing Angry Birds instead of...I stayed up until 2 playing Angry Birds instead of lesson planning. I guess this semester we'll start with projectiles instead of graphing motion. Wombat of the Copierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847183793780076028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-57521159539749810232014-01-27T20:56:25.385-05:002014-01-27T20:56:25.385-05:00Sucks badly when that happens!Sucks badly when that happens!Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35778912749922562672014-01-27T20:54:16.413-05:002014-01-27T20:54:16.413-05:00And the we must wait 7 months for the fun to star...And the we must wait 7 months for the fun to start again. If only football-free weekends actually increased my productivity! Frennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17126693773120200776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73850588947668138382014-01-27T10:07:11.129-05:002014-01-27T10:07:11.129-05:00Thanks, everyone. :)Thanks, everyone. :)Snarky Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04196509615328045888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-77996448562457451442014-01-27T08:34:41.933-05:002014-01-27T08:34:41.933-05:00While on the subject of thesis defences:
http://w...While on the subject of thesis defences:<br /><br />http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1676<br />http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1677<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84002050583959927922014-01-27T00:09:57.416-05:002014-01-27T00:09:57.416-05:00My problem student from last term is back again fo...My problem student from last term is back again for another try at passing the course. He's already asking for special treatment again and it's only the second week of class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78871140826377914612014-01-26T23:04:03.216-05:002014-01-26T23:04:03.216-05:00Prof PH:
What my supervisor did to me during my d...Prof PH:<br /><br />What my supervisor did to me during my defence was just one more thing in a long line of efforts on his part to keep me from finishing my degree. He wasn't particularly interested in my topic which was completely different than what he was working on. <br /><br />Eventually, I pushed him out of the way, so to speak, and finished my thesis with little assistance from him.Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-43794372750044658362014-01-26T22:20:05.713-05:002014-01-26T22:20:05.713-05:00I thought I was making light-hearted banter with y...I thought I was making light-hearted banter with you. But then you blew up at me and wanted my head on a platter. I remember someone telling me years ago, when I first started, to be careful with you as you were "irascible". I didn't know what the word meant and I forgot about the comment, and we've barely crossed paths over quite a few years. After our recent encounter I Prof Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-84835322331284548402014-01-26T22:14:58.579-05:002014-01-26T22:14:58.579-05:00Quarter Wave Vertical: sometimes the question'...Quarter Wave Vertical: sometimes the question's usefulness depends on the perspective. For example, "zingers" to start off a biology PhD defense include "How can you tell if an object is a living organism?" "What is a control, and what is a treatment?" "What is a system?", the point being that you shouldn't forget about the simple stuff down in theProf Poopieheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997969128824319914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-52231444593585230042014-01-26T21:46:59.497-05:002014-01-26T21:46:59.497-05:00CC:
At the same time, whoever accepts that taking...CC:<br /><br />At the same time, whoever accepts that taking attendance is a skill shouldn't be involved in hiring people. However, considering what one is, apparently, supposed to put on a CV in order to get an interview nowadays (according to what I've read), that might not be so far-fetched.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89573329991914547902014-01-26T21:04:35.671-05:002014-01-26T21:04:35.671-05:00The student you let in as a force add will turn ou...The student you let in as a force add will turn out to be more trouble than half of the rest of the class put together. The student you let in as a force add WILL turn out to be more trouble than half of the rest of the class put together. THE STUDENT YOU LET IN AS A FORCE ADD <b>WILL</b> TURN OUT TO BE MORE TROUBLE THAN HALF OF THE REST OF THE CLASS PUT TOGETHER. <br /><br />I should have Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-78467793636678546552014-01-26T21:00:16.237-05:002014-01-26T21:00:16.237-05:00I'm sorry. Kindergartners can, with a little ...I'm sorry. Kindergartners can, with a little training (and perhaps a picture-based roll), take attendance. Anybody who lists that as a skill on his c.v. should be disqualified for not having any sense of what to put on a c.v. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-10757496004151142462014-01-26T20:46:25.642-05:002014-01-26T20:46:25.642-05:00Night school starts next week and I haven't wr...Night school starts next week and I haven't written my syllabus yet and I still haven't gotten the lab schedule from the professor they just chose for the TT, who has no experience and padded his resume with "took attendance" as a skill. And now I'm jealous of Snarky b/c I should have written up and graduated so they'd hire me instead of people who can take attendance Wombat of the Copierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14847183793780076028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28094145724565738192014-01-26T20:08:16.810-05:002014-01-26T20:08:16.810-05:00If any of your committee members falls asleep, don...If any of your committee members falls asleep, don't freak out. Sometimes they just get tired. Or maybe that's just in my department.<br /><br />And don't be intimidated! You know your shit, so stand up for yourself and your work!Academic Draghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04357849925027627831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-80801245112209402402014-01-26T18:56:54.992-05:002014-01-26T18:56:54.992-05:00A couple days ago I went to congratulate one of th... A couple days ago I went to congratulate one of the office administrators for being chosen to be the new admin person for a department just given it's own status and no longer under a larger department wing. <br /><br />My mistake.<br /><br />The truth is my department was looking to make cuts and her/his position was one of them. The other position just happened to come up. He/She doesn'Sarcastic Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01407507896787403097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-1578446766974358872014-01-26T16:07:24.343-05:002014-01-26T16:07:24.343-05:00On the other hand, there's the joke that peopl...On the other hand, there's the joke that people go to watch a fight and a hockey game breaks out.<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13112355443878019502014-01-26T16:05:33.965-05:002014-01-26T16:05:33.965-05:00Beware of questions coming out of left field. Som...Beware of questions coming out of left field. Sometimes they're meant to see how well you know your material. Sometimes they're intended to humiliate and embarrass you due to personal politics between you and whoever asked them. Sometimes they're used by one committee member to prove a point to another and you, the poor student, are the unwitting pawn.<br /><br />Should that happenQuarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36711161440220789112014-01-26T15:34:42.240-05:002014-01-26T15:34:42.240-05:00duck<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HvNDFOMU1qE/TsGB4akJHXI/AAAAAAAAADU/QOX6NaNz8EA/s1600/befunky_artwork_Impressionist_2.jpg" rel="nofollow">duck</a>Southern Bubba, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12050992903794385204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-36350958538668965452014-01-26T15:18:14.331-05:002014-01-26T15:18:14.331-05:00Who else knows as much about your own topic: you&#...Who else knows as much about your own topic: you'll be great! :)The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-35483657378317715892014-01-26T15:07:01.890-05:002014-01-26T15:07:01.890-05:00Break a leg!
Seriously: wonderful news. You'l...Break a leg!<br /><br />Seriously: wonderful news. You'll be great.Prof. Poirothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10692220552576961642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-65254627479666398442014-01-26T14:36:56.336-05:002014-01-26T14:36:56.336-05:00Whew, I thought I might have been infected with ma...Whew, I thought I might have been infected with malware...TShirt Profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920738568454156856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89262574087659764342014-01-26T14:24:42.621-05:002014-01-26T14:24:42.621-05:00Best of luck!Best of luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-89192318185295375672014-01-26T14:16:46.932-05:002014-01-26T14:16:46.932-05:00Sounds like you're nearly there. Congratulatio...Sounds like you're nearly there. Congratulations! (and get some sleep. everything is better with sleep.) Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-27589618182390961722014-01-26T14:16:08.039-05:002014-01-26T14:16:08.039-05:00It's a (revived) CM (and perhaps RYS) traditio...It's a (revived) CM (and perhaps RYS) tradition. I'm not sure what the history is, though. Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-83729302790901973352014-01-26T12:19:06.469-05:002014-01-26T12:19:06.469-05:00Is it just me or are there random Amazon links all...Is it just me or are there random Amazon links all over the place on the blog?TShirt Profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920738568454156856noreply@blogger.com