Delicious

A quick follow-up on yesterday's thought. Be careful of that sarcastic kid who's been giving you trouble all semester. At NYU appar...

They like me, they really really like me

So we're coming up on time for course evaluations. Now I fancy myself a pretty good teacher (I'm sure most of us do) but at this p...

Sunday Comics

"With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound / He [knocks] the [listless, dissertation-hating Philbot around]... / Oh no, [this diss...

Noobie's Dilemma

Noobie posted a question a few days ago that brings up an interesting point. Noob said: "I just got my first tenure track job, and I a...

Wired

Maybe I'm doing something right... according to Wired, "distracting your brain" can actually improve your mind's perform...

Sunday afternoon fun

Taking a breather this weekend, I was catching up on last week's NY times and saw an article about a new flea market in Brooklyn. So f...

I don't have to think, I've only got to do it

At a conference earlier this year I was chatting with a Jr. Prof at a regular state school who said that his hiring committee didn't ser...

Still, We Figure Out the Keys

Just to add a more optimistic take on the problem of figuring out how to sell yourself to teaching departments, it looks like there's so...

You're Fading Out, Can't Hear What You Say

Okay, it looks like I'm coming a little late to the discussion, but the big kids are talking about how sell yourself to teaching orient...

Sunday Comics

Hey, kids! Sorry about the lack of a new comic now, and probably until later this evening. Why the delay? You know that feeling that surroun...

Wherever You Go, There You Are

Keeping in mind that anonymous graduate students who don't have jobs might not be the best people to get advice about where to go to gra...

I can't be right all the time..

I know something is wrong with the following thoughts: 1. Where someone goes to grad school has a significant impact on her job prospects. A...

I'm Still Not Sorry

I promised a post about a drunk asshole, didn't I? Way back in the summer, I mentioned my department was going to be having a speaker...

Hitting on the Moonshine, Rocking in the Grain

Now's a good time for a shout-out to another one of my office mates, who defended the shit out of her dissertation and earned, in the an...

I say good day sir (or 'mam as the case may be)

Not too long ago, I flew to a far away city to be on holiday. Being a friendly fellow, I struck up a conversation with someone else waiting...

Sunday Comics

Look, I know many of you are sick of this discussion, and as CW points out in comments : "[M]uch of this discussion is being driven by ...

The Microphone Explodes, Shattering the Molds

Just as a quick follow-up on Thursday's thread, I wanted to pull out a couple of comments. These are really, really, really nice anal...

I Was Just Guessing at Numbers and Figures, Puzzling the Pieces Apart

In comments , Rebecca does the math: There was an exceptionally annoying and extended discussion a few months ago on this blog about whether...

A flyout tale.

So, I had me a flyout or two this spring. I'd thought things were going pretty well on one. And then came the teaching demonstration. ...

The concrete broke your fall

Having failed to read a single book not related to my dissertation in.. well I don’t think I read any non-philosophical books last year eit...

Switching Jobs

Are you having a hard time getting out of bed in the morning knowing that you are actually heading to the place that you hate the most? Is y...