I say go for something like "I have no patience for bureacratic red tape. Why the hell am I wasting time filling this thing out, again?"

Heh. "I hate writing essays, which seems to make up three quarters of the forms I fill out. I got out of literature for a reason, people!"

Minority Report has geek cred? If so, I might have to turn in my membership card.

"Literal" is not a word that should be open to interpretation, unless you are literally illiterate.

Because being able to read and write means you are fuzzy on terminology?

The bible's a complicated piece of work that two people rarely agree completely on. English is complicated too, as are any of the languages it was in on its way here.

The idea that biblical poll questions are fuzzy, even varying amounts of fuzzy for various people seems fair enough to me, just like rounding compounding throughout a calculation.

I'm not actually trying to get you guys to write my application (well... not the whole thing, anyway), but what would you say are some qualities that set me apart from other applicants? I've got "wider academic experience and thus sympathy for people who think they're not good at math" and "Dude, I totally LOVE MATH! Math and me 4EVAH!!!" But I could use at least one more quality, maybe two.

Alien (deny ever having seen the sequels),

Even though it was less geeky, Aliens was better than the original IMO, although that opinion might be because I saw the second film before seeing the first.

Anglophiles especially might find this interesting:

11th-century Domesday Book goes online

The book, a record of the people and lands ruled by William the Conqueror, is the oldest record held by Britain’s National Archives and one of the country’s most valuable documents. Now anyone with an Internet connection can, for a fee, download copies of handwritten records that provide a picture of life in the 11th century.

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The Domesday Book was compiled on the orders of William I, who became England’s king when he defeated the Saxon king, Harold, at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. In 1085, he ordered a survey to determine the taxable value of his kingdom.

Officials fanned out across England to assess who owned the land and what was on it. The result is a detailed record that lists more than 13,000 places. Farmland, woodland, meadows, pastures, mills and fisheries are enumerated; there are estimates of the number of freemen, indentured peasants and slaves on each estate.

Places have changed
Many place names listed in the book are still recognizable, although the places themselves have been transformed. Holborn, now a central business district of London, was Holeburne, home to peasants and a vineyard. Islington — now a busy commercial and residential area of north London — was the rural settlement of Iseldone.

but what would you say are some qualities that set me apart from other applicants?

"Willing to try new things enthusiastically?" Hence your move from the east coast to the west. I don't know how often CA reorganizes things relating to teaching, but indicating flexibility might be a plus.

I actually like Alien 3, and think it's a little unfairly maligned. On the other hand, I despise Alien Resurrection with a passion, and that Joss did script doctor work for it only exacerbates the badness, in my book.

That was the first one I saw!

On the other hand, I despise Alien Resurrection with a passion, and that Joss did script doctor work for it only exacerbates the badness, in my book.

Most of what I remember about Alien Resurrection is coming out of it, and my dad saying "You know, if I ate a sandwich, and then you cloned me, you would not end up with a human-sandwich hybrid!!!"

That, and my mental image of the director, who spoke no English on set, directing the action scenes by waving his hands and shouting "ALIEEEEEEEEEEENS!!!"