Humor will not be tolerated!! -Portia

I've been teaching since August, and they don't have any sort of grooming requirements, so I've been letting my beard grow out. Well, I couldn't get any sections for summer, so I'm going back to pizza delivery, which means I had to shave. Smooth cheeks are really strange.

Well I feel silly. I guess I should look at the date before commenting (I assumed Katya's presence had something to do with a board reunion or some such.)

Oh my goodness. This is why I find it so difficult to read the board these days (and Kudos to Katya for walking that line and doing a little bit of much-needed chewing out while still being board appropriate.) My only response to that fellow would be "mind your own business, women actually don'...

And in case anyone is wondering, (or any men might potentially be in a situation like this with me) I totally count as an old man. Sorry for the TMI.

I think an actually naked roommate outside their bathroom/bedroom areas is breaking some social norms. My social norms at least. For women, I'll take your word for it. For men, it varies. Especially with age. Many older men have zero issue being all sorts of naked in front of other people. Reminded...

That's....pretty messed up, in a lot of different ways. I love how the question-asker totally implied that her boyfriend was uncomfortable too. I'm sure she didn't even ask him whether or not he cared. I really hate when women police other women's bodies "for the sake of the men." Like, if...

So...did I miss something? The writers seemed to have a lot of inside info. Was there a prior question or something?

Katya, if you're just going to throw the gift away, why does it matter what it is?

(Incidentally, this is probably why most people on the left will be instantly skeptical of anyone who puts Bernie Sanders and communism in the same sentence, even if it is in fact justified.... Even in broad strokes, I'm not sure this is defensible. Communism fundamentally means eliminating individ...

I think political compass has it about right, although I would put Bush a bit further to the left than he currently is (and who knows where the hell Trump actually is.) I think there's greater difference between Sanders and Clinton than Clinton and the centrist Republicans (at least, what can be cal...

That's a king.

TheBlackSheep wrote:GOOD GRAVY PEOPLE IT'S A BIRD. IT IS NOT THE SECOND COMING OF DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST JESUS.

I'm pretty sure it indicates that Sanders is actually a Disney princess.

Which is good, because they've never had a Jewish princess.

Or a male princess.

File this under "Life in Academia": While most workplaces are doing march madness brackets, my department is doing "Middlemarch Madness." What exactly does that mean? Well, according to the email I just got: "Enter the Department of English’s 2016 “Middlemarch” Madness Liter...

Yeah, I don't know how "rare" it is, exactly, nor does April Ludgate have any indication of how rare it is. Like she says, those cases aren't publicized.

However, they USED to be, and so we have a fair amount of information to go on.

Or porn.

But I don't want to stir the hornet's nest on that one again.

Or facebook, for that matter.

One of my colleagues is presenting at a "local" conference this Friday. I told her I would come support her and asked where it would be. Apparently it was going to be at BYU but was moved to UVU last minute. I'll be honest, it feels somewhat surreal to have my current and former academic w...

Oh, also I totally forgot about cotija! Cotija is the best for enchiladas (done the real way.) If you've got a bunch of rolled up tortillas covered in cheddar, you're doing it wrong.

Hoo boy. Cheese is one of the great pleasures of life. Here's a few of my preferences: Melted on a (medium-rare) burger, nothing beats jack. Not pepper jack, not Colby jack, just jack. On sandwiches, it varies depending on the meat, but smoked gouda is great with Italian meats (salami or prosciutto,...

Or maybe there are things in this world more important than money.