tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post4641649605640056952..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: The Week that WasBardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-5595843363148888362009-01-31T10:39:00.000-08:002009-01-31T10:39:00.000-08:00Your paragraph about refinancing CRACKED ME UP. I ...Your paragraph about refinancing CRACKED ME UP. I love your writing style.<BR/><BR/>On a more serious note, we, too, are dealing with the budget cuts from hell. I kind of ache for the guy who has to give us regular updates on how bad things are getting, because he also started here just a few years ago. He hates telling us the bad news just as much as we hate to hear it.<BR/><BR/>The old Greek and Middle Ages guys are really hard for me to teach, too. I think it's because in my field, we know so little about their personal lives. (Most of our Really Old Guys* are named "Anonymous.") Once we get to material with Not So Old Guys, about whose lives we have some details, the materials sort of "live" a little more for me. Even if the guys were crazy patriarchal asses, at least I can tell my students that. Somehow it makes the music more real to me.<BR/><BR/>*Yes, scholars still assume that the Anonymous Old Guys are mostly males, except for Hildegard.Terminal Degreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16523014953046778630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-61317259556541334112009-01-30T21:33:00.000-08:002009-01-30T21:33:00.000-08:00Yes, yes and yes: the week that was my week, too. ...Yes, yes and yes: the week that was my week, too. My students are lovely but demanding; the meetings are driving me nuts; and I'm dredging up the nerve to speak up in meetings despite my untenured status. Thank goodness for a weekend to reset!phd mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708857060614302495noreply@blogger.com