tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post2380523214693965046..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Questions from the Back of the RoomBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-61377354788790164042007-04-28T14:50:00.000-07:002007-04-28T14:50:00.000-07:00Joseph Duemer, Chair has to be the worst in those ...Joseph Duemer, Chair has to be the worst in those cases! You're supposed to try to keep things on track, be fair, and somehow assuage hurt feelings. Ugh.<BR/><BR/>MWAK, I imagine hospital and practice politics are actually uglier than academic politics. The (money) stakes are high, no?<BR/><BR/>So cool about Hawking!<BR/><BR/>Undine, You are in for a treat, I tell you! I can't wait to hear how you like Cymbeline. Ooo, channeling Jane Austen, even for a moment, would be utter perfection.Bardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-26803622082205646602007-04-27T18:48:00.000-07:002007-04-27T18:48:00.000-07:00Thanks for the previews of issues in Cymbeline (wh...Thanks for the previews of issues in Cymbeline (which I still have plans to tackle this summer). <BR/><BR/>I don't know which writer I'd hate to channel, but there's one whose words I'd love to channel: Jane Austen.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-12849379796162549692007-04-26T20:14:00.000-07:002007-04-26T20:14:00.000-07:00That's the one thing that's making me think seriou...That's the one thing that's making me think seriously about private practice instead of academics. Academic politics are seriously hell, and I'm just a tad too naieve to really understand them, be able to work with them, or use them.<BR/><BR/>I'm really glad Stephen Hawking had a good ride too. Sometimes I think about how he's productive as he is and how I'm so completely unproductive, I surf blogs at work when I'm supposed to be writing papers or lectures.Midwife with a Knifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04309579302399381913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-89813887090569061952007-04-26T16:21:00.000-07:002007-04-26T16:21:00.000-07:00Oh, yeah, & I've been through that whole committee...Oh, yeah, & I've been through that whole committee thing with hurt feelings. I used to be Chair of the Faculty Senate. God how I hate that whole song & dance.Joseph Duemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650314132179290321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-37267340084593466992007-04-26T16:19:00.000-07:002007-04-26T16:19:00.000-07:00On the "Why did Shakespeare [or any writer] do tha...On the "Why did Shakespeare [or any writer] do that?" question, I find the pragmatic response entirely satisfying. "Because there would not have been a play otherwise. Or there would have been a very bad play." Works of literature depend on the acceptance of certain conventions; as readers, we accept those conventions in order to get to the good stuff--the psychology, the philosophical insight, the sheer pleasure of language, etc.Joseph Duemerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650314132179290321noreply@blogger.com