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Overheard
EXT. BENCH NEAR STUDENT CENTER - DAY A PROF eats his lunch from a Styrofoam bowl. Enter his acquaintance, who...
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The Sounds of Silence
Evil HR Lady gave me a heads-up regarding a question she received about adjoining faculty offices, when the respective faculty...
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Projects, Promises, and Bank Shots
There's a great pair of posts up over at Bardiac's dealing with frustration over repeated overpromising (and selective guru loyalty)...
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September
Every fall semester is the shock of the new. The courses repeat; the classrooms don't change; but every September there's...
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After Work
The Girl, her big pink teddy bear, and I are sitting on the couch in the family room. TG: Let's...
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The Education of Crazy Larry
Crazy Larry, the struggling actor, is in a commercial run of a good play, which got him signed recently with...
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Ask the Administrator: What Fresh Hell is This?
A new correspondent asks for help decoding a job ad: I would like to solicit input from you and your...
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Looks Like Science
But this ain’t science. Sometimes it just doesn’t pay to make friends with writers.