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Notes From the Ivory Tower: June 2009

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Notes From the Ivory Tower. Defending Academia From All The Unwashed Masses; Or, A Gentleman and a Drunkard. Tuesday, June 02, 2009. I've Tried Everything Short of Aristotle. Ok, so a post is forthcoming about my recent birthday extravaganza. But first and foremost, an advisory and a lament. If you've never watched "Chuck," then I feel really sorry for you. But the good news is, you can totally watch all episodes from season one for free on http:/ www.thewb.com/shows/chuck. Other than drinking, of course...

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Notes From the Ivory Tower: You Might Have Heard I Run With a Dangerous Crowd. We Ain't Too Pretty, We Ain't Too Proud.

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Notes From the Ivory Tower. Defending Academia From All The Unwashed Masses; Or, A Gentleman and a Drunkard. Tuesday, April 28, 2009. You Might Have Heard I Run With a Dangerous Crowd. We Ain't Too Pretty, We Ain't Too Proud. This weekend I went to New York for Dubsgiving 3: The Baker Gets Married. Twas a brief trip, full of fun, excitement, more than a little inebriation, and the titular wedding of my high school friend, the Baker. A brief chronicle ensues. The Last Five Years. Afterwards, met up with Q...

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Notes From the Ivory Tower: August 2008

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Notes From the Ivory Tower. Defending Academia From All The Unwashed Masses; Or, A Gentleman and a Drunkard. Wednesday, August 06, 2008. I promise, I'm currently writing a post about my trip to Tennessee. But for the nonce, I'm soliciting advice. Another wedding to go to this weekend. Do I wear:. A The more traditional gray two piece (slight herringbone pattern). B The charcoal pinstripe three piece that makes me look vaguely like either a mobster or a fat cat from the 20s? Poor quality pictures below.

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Notes From the Ivory Tower: More Sunday Night Musings

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Notes From the Ivory Tower. Defending Academia From All The Unwashed Masses; Or, A Gentleman and a Drunkard. Sunday, April 25, 2010. More Sunday Night Musings. Another Sunday night, another Writing Center shift. Got my last hour open, so may as well waste a little time here. Given that my dissertation chapter is currently in the hands of my advisor, and I just can't muster up the will to go back and revise anything else yet, I've kind of been coasting since then. I work in the WC four days a week now...

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Terrible Interviews: February 2010

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For anyone who's had a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad interview. Friday, February 26, 2010. In which I stick my hand in a jar of acid. Because I did not get the job. Length of interview process for this particular job: 4 months. Number of initial applicants: 350. Number of finalists at the end: 4. Number of interviews I went on: 3. Number of times I was "unofficially" told I had this job "in the bag": 3. Number of days left hanging after final interview: 5. Method of rejection: email form letter.

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Notes From the Ivory Tower: December 2008

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Notes From the Ivory Tower. Defending Academia From All The Unwashed Masses; Or, A Gentleman and a Drunkard. Tuesday, December 23, 2008. So May It Be Said Of Us, And All Of Us. Just finished Evelyn Waugh's. Trilogy. Loads of fun, though I liked. More But the version I have features an intro by Frank Kermode, with perhaps one of the best statements ever:. Meanwhile he [Waugh] grew more and more pugnacious and unreasonable in his dislikes and in his desire for vengeance on his enemies.". I offer this gem.

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Notes From the Ivory Tower: July 2008

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Notes From the Ivory Tower. Defending Academia From All The Unwashed Masses; Or, A Gentleman and a Drunkard. Sunday, July 20, 2008. Look Away, Dixie Land. In fact, I'm fairly sure we're going to get drunk and act like a bunch of carpetbaggers. (Particularly Quantum, whom I'm now encouraging to bring an actual carpet bag and buy up some Southern land with his epic wealth.). 1 Refer to everyone as "Johnnie Reb.". 2 Affect a faux Southern Accent. 3 Constantly be humming the banjo motif from. So if you're on...

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Notes From the Ivory Tower: November 2008

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Notes From the Ivory Tower. Defending Academia From All The Unwashed Masses; Or, A Gentleman and a Drunkard. Sunday, November 30, 2008. I Don't Even Know What the Posthuman Is. No real resolution to the dream, sadly. Just yet again a sense of increasing competition and espionage within the academic world. I guess I subconsciously find our lifestyle boring, and could do with some more ninjas or spies or whatnot. Saturday, November 15, 2008. It's a Paul Rudd Weekend! Monday, November 10, 2008. I teach beca...

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Notes From the Ivory Tower: He Can See No Reason, Cause There Are No Reasons

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Notes From the Ivory Tower. Defending Academia From All The Unwashed Masses; Or, A Gentleman and a Drunkard. Monday, March 02, 2009. He Can See No Reason, Cause There Are No Reasons. Always comes to mind immediately), but there are tons of others: the club entry scene in. There Goes My Hero" in. God Gave Rock and Roll to You" in. Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. And so forth. Movies can use soundtracks particularly well, so naturally pop music lends itself to that format. Similarly, I've found that Aaron So...