askye, I found this.

The name originated from the club's original blazer, which was navy blue in colour with the Foundress's 'rebus' or badge, signifying her name, embroidered on the pocket. Described in the 1908 issue of the college magazine:

...Foundress? They had women in the college back then? Huh.

(And I'm assuming, if they're called the Marguerites, that the rebus or badge is a daisy?)

Belated birthday yay to Omnis!

Javachick, that facebook friend is TOTALLY projecting, and unable to look beyond her own issues to recognise that your situation is not her situation. Because her response is not appropriate - but I think it's simply because she's so tied up with her own emotions right now. I'd ignore. (Well, or smite, if I was menstrual. Because I too have 3 emotions: 80% of the time it's happy sunny funtimes, 10% of the time it's curled up in a ball weeping, and 10% of the time it's Hulk Smash. Moderation? I don't need no stinkin' moderation.)

Did I miss Omnis's birthday?

Belated Birthday Happies, Omnis!

Argh. I am frustrated.

For applying for jobs, I need to find a professor who will write a recommendation assessing my teaching skills. The rule in the department is that each class taught or TAed by a grad students must be visited once in the semester by a professor who will observe and write up a short assessment. Several of the past semesters, including both times that I was teaching a course myself rather than being a TA, the assigned professor never showed up, and so I never got an assessment.

There's one professor that I TAed for twice, and he did actually come to observe at least one of those times (and I think both), so I asked him if he'd write my letter of recommendation. He said that he'd be willing to, but he doesn't really remember anything from when he observed, and he's not sure where the thing he wrote up then is, so the best he could do is a kind of generic recommendation, which will look pretty bad in an application.

I'm trying to remember who else has observed my classes. For everybody that I can think of, there's some reason that I'm hesitant to ask. (One has a tendency to write "balanced" recommendations that read as horrible to anyone who doesn't know him. Another is kind of crazy and I really don't want to take a chance on what he'd write.)

Fay, I love you, thanks for the added perspective. Yup, have decided not to engage; not useful to either of us.

(I think my frustration may have been compounded by the fact that I just couldn't concentrate on work today and ended up spending way too much time with a Rubik's cube. Which I did solve! With a bit of help from the internet.)

Hil, are you teaching now? Could you invite a sensible and reasonable person to observe you? (I have some doubt that any sensible and reasonable people exist in the department, but there could be one?)

Nope, not teaching this semester.

Hil, can you ask for letters from all three profs and use the best one?

Hil, I work at a college, and some professors I've workde for request that the recommendee write up something. They then use that as a basis to write a more robust letter (it often jogs their memory enough that they can then go into more detail). Is that something that might work in your case?