I wrote this post a little while ago, so it's something of a first impression. I'll have more to say later. --PGS When I went throu...
Dirty Deeds, Done Dirt Cheap
Via Nathan Nobis at In Socrates' Wake , here's a piece from the AP about universities churning out an oversupply of PhDs. Justin P...
Crimson and Clover, Over and Over
Talking about Princeton's PFO the other day, I got bogged down looking at trees and I lost sight of the forest, so let me come back to ...
I Know There's an Answer
All this talk about Princeton's reminded me about something I was thinking about in the days after the APA , and it's come up over...
Sunday Comics
"There Can Be Only One." Soon-to-be-Jaded Dissertator says that title comes from his room mate, who around these parts goes by Fe...
Rocking the Passive Voice XX
In case anyone's missed it, people have been talking about the PFO we all got from Princeton. Here, read the whole thing: Dear Applica...
Frank, He Showed Me the Ropes, Sir, Just 'Till I Could Get Back On My Feet
I keep trying to write this post, and I keep quitting because it just seems too obvious to bother saying. But what the hell, here it is, ob...
Keep Your Promise, Willie Thomas
Speaking of things the wiki's good for, it's how I found out I wasn't getting an fly-back from this one department I interview...
If You Don't Love Me, Lie to Me
There's a thread on the Chronicle forums right now that's covering a lot of the same ground I've covered in conversations wit...
Listen to the Band!
Female Grad, a, um, female grad student in philosophy who you might remember from a few posts back, has been good enough send along her thou...
Dissertation bender to the rescue.
Know what's way better than the job market? Way better than pretending I have a "teaching philosophy"? Way better than spend...
Sunday Comics
Untitled. By Soon-to-be-Jaded Dissertator. (Click to make it big.)
Havin' Fun (Aight?), Eatin' Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Good news today. One of my office mates--one of the one's I've shared an office with for half a decade, one of the ones who sat thr...
Would Anyone Tell Me If I Was Getting Stupider?
So you know how on courtroom dramas or whatever, when the defendant's case looks pretty shaky, and he's sitting around with his lawy...
What'd You Say, What'd You Say, What'd You Say?
I want to highlight one little detail in something Female Grad said i n comments . She's talking about subdisciplines that are especiall...
If the Night Was Made for Love, It Ain't for Keeps
If you're anything like the Future Dr. Mrs. Dr. PGS, you just can't understand why Cosmo doesn't have more tawdry stories about...
They Have Begun to Shake the Dirt
Since the zombie lies are once again staggering out of their graves and into the night, this might be a good time to remind ourselves of s...
And Theres a Little Yellow Man in My Head
I'm having a hard time staying sane right now. And by "having a hard time", I mean "failing." I am bat shit crazy....
Sunday Comics
"Smoker." After a much-deserved Festivus hiatus, Soon-to-be-Jaded Dissertator's back, with this vision of the smoker. (Click ...
Words, Like Violence, Break the Silence
For those who've missed it, a job market horror story's developing. In comments , Anon. 12:01 points us to the wiki, where we find...
All This Rejection's Got Me So Low
I've been trying to write a job talk for the past while. Or rather, I've been trying to turn a paper into a job talk. But in the la...
What's in a Name?
Michael Cholbi's got a useful post up about what his department's looking for from candidates on teaching-related stuff. Since I a...
Lately There Ain't Been Much Work, On Account of the Economy
Leiter's got an interesting thread going about what philosophy's like now, as opposed to ten years ago. But there's one job-ma...
C'mon feel the noise.
All y'all remember Inside Man, who's on a search committee at a Leiterrespectable school this year? Here, via e-mail, is his take ...
I've Got Someone on the Telephone Trying to Sell Me a Future in Stock
People who are better and luckier than me are starting to think about fly-backs, so here are some interesting thoughts from Prof. J: This m...
The water is wide, I can't cross over
PGS has got me thinking about my APA interviews. One thing that sticks out for me is how similar they all were. Not that some didn't g...
Who Knows What Could Happen?
Let me get back to thinking about my interviews for a second. Family and friends have been asking me how my interviews went. That's a na...
I Ran 'Till I Thought My Chest Would Explode
Anxiety level update: I've been decompressing nicely post- APA , and for the last few days I've even had a cup of coffee a day witho...
Old Woman, Old Woman, You Treat Me So Mean
In comments , Anon. raises a version of a question I've been rolling around in the back of my head since the APA . I wonder how often pe...
A Dollar When I'm Hard Up VII
Holy shit, the APA was expensive. Three nights in the hotel, even at the reduced grad student rate and splitting a room with one of my off...
Why Can't We Be Friends?
Via e-mail, here's a report from one of the smokers from someone on the market: I’d like to propose a new strategy for smokers: instead ...
There's So Much Noise, All the Signal Seems to Fade Away
I want to start trying to pull together some thoughts about my interviews. On one point, I've already done a 180 from my first impressi...
And So We're Told This is the Golden Age
Happy New Year. So far, 2008's been characterized principally by my hangover. But that's all going to change, because my New Year...
Looking for a Job is a Job in Itself
We have all been active job seekers at one point in our lives. Whether it was the search for our first job right out of college or during on...
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