tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post2123279198894948159..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: It's not just English and/or the HumanitiesBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-2291488728004023482007-08-24T08:16:00.000-07:002007-08-24T08:16:00.000-07:00$7000 a class? Good shit. Here in AR it's $1500 ...$7000 a class? Good shit. Here in AR it's $1500 a class. Yes, that's per semester.delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-86982418541445656882007-08-23T21:22:00.000-07:002007-08-23T21:22:00.000-07:00And better money, Sisyphus. At least comparing po...And better money, Sisyphus. At least comparing postdocs in Geekman's world (c. $50,000) to adjuncting in mine (often around $7000 per course, and you're lucky to have two or more courses a semester).<BR/><BR/>As for people dying, the grad students in our dept run a weekly afternoon tea, and I wonder if the faculty would still attend if they knew how often we joked about putting out a "special professors-only" plate of arsenic-laced biscuits...StyleyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10287051608503966129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-27264040723944302982007-08-23T18:11:00.000-07:002007-08-23T18:11:00.000-07:00I dunno, we don't do endless postdocs, but we'd be...I dunno, we don't do endless postdocs, but we'd be more likely to do endless adjuncting. At least you get a fancier job title with postdoc. :)Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-50078591313958336842007-08-23T17:28:00.000-07:002007-08-23T17:28:00.000-07:00Oh god - I love the MLA horror film idea - it's no...Oh god - I love the MLA horror film idea - it's not the blob that gets 'em - it's Legionnaire's Disease!medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457130525946143002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-21998230897690282942007-08-23T10:02:00.000-07:002007-08-23T10:02:00.000-07:00Isn't Legionnaire's Disease the big joke in Small ...Isn't Legionnaire's Disease the big joke in Small World by David Lodge?Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.com