Hoist by Her Own Petard?
As I mentioned in my last post on improving our comments policy, I had my say about Naomi Schaefer Riley’s work roughly a year ago (Giggling at Stereotypes). Over time I think most reasonable observers...
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Does Sloth=Lazy=Unproductive=No Fun?
I’m terrified of sloth. More than any other of the cozier and more familiar sins, I regard sloth as my natural enemy and the embodiment of my biggest fear. I’m not kidding now. I’d take a festive...
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Reading, Writing, and Envy
(Photo by NeoGaboX via Flickr/CC) I owe a great deal to envy. The first piece I ever sent out for publication I wrote only because a girl I went to college with had two poems printed in a small...
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On Predatory Publishers: a Q&A With Jeffrey Beall
Jeffrey Beall If your incoming flow of email spam looks anything like mine, it probably features a regular invitation to submit an article to a journal you have never heard of, or to be a part of its...
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MacFarlane’s ‘Ted,’ Waugh’s ‘Sebastian,’ and Betjeman’s ‘Archie’
Grown men with teddy bears? A new movie with Mark Wahlberg? The 1981 Granada series with Anthony Andrews and Jeremy Irons? A heartbreaking poem about a teddy bear– mentioning Adler, Jung and...
View ArticleTop 20 Smart & Witty Lines for July 2012
1. “I have never allowed my schooling to interfere with my education.” Mark Twain 2. “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.” Mark Twain 3. “I base most of my...
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6 Things Your Dissertation Director Wishes You Knew
(photo by Drew Coffman via Flickr/CC) 1. Only you can figure out how to manage your personal and emotional life; as advisers we can listen, challenge comfort, and offer guidance. The guidance we can...
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Do You Remember Your First Computer?
(Photo by Marcin Wichary via Flickr/CC) On November 30th of 1984, I let a Macintosh computer into my life. Do you remember your very first computer? If you’re anywhere close to my age, I bet you do. I...
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20 Funny: The August Version (Part 1)
George Carlin (HBO photo by Paul Schiraldi on New York Times site. Click to get to source page.) 1-3. “Regardless of what other people say, my tendency to overreact and lose all perspective makes me a...
View Article20 Funny: The August Version (Part 2)
11. “Have you ever wondered about the stupidity of the term ‘o’clock’? Americans have happily incorporated into our everyday speech a term that makes us sound like leprechauns.” Gene Weingarten,...
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