I'd use the other end
Too blunt, maybe? The peen offers the perfect kill stroke of a penetrating blow without any danger of sticking in the head.
Not too sharp, not too blunt. It'd kill Goldilocks dead.
Book: Yes, I'd forgotten you're moonlighting as a criminal mastermind now. Got your next heist planned? Simon: No. But I'm thinking about growing a big black mustache. I'm a traditionalist.
'War Stories'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2009 7:33:56 pm PDT #28452 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Pix - Oct 28, 2009 7:47:34 pm PDT #28453 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
Best recap of Pocahontas EVER (a la Nostalgia Chick):
Part 1: [link]
Part 2: [link]
Warning: NSFW for language (but so, so funny).
Burrell - Oct 28, 2009 7:50:56 pm PDT #28454 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Hil, I would strongly advise you to find another professor that you can work with on your writing, even if you don't officially switch advisors. But the relationship between you and your advisor has grown too toxic for you to keep working in it. So go around him.
Atropa - Oct 28, 2009 7:54:57 pm PDT #28455 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Growing up, I always pretended that I was a witch or vampire princess. Yes, with a castle, sparkly black dresses with fluffy skirts, and legions of minions and flying monkeys that would do my bidding.
Burrell - Oct 28, 2009 8:01:53 pm PDT #28456 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
My friends and I used to run around school all day pretending we were mermaids. Good times.
Polter-Cow - Oct 28, 2009 8:11:52 pm PDT #28457 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
My friends and I used to run around school all day pretending we were mermaids.
There is something wrong with this sentence.
Laga - Oct 28, 2009 8:19:24 pm PDT #28458 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Maybe they were the kind with the upper-body of a fish.
Burrell - Oct 28, 2009 8:40:35 pm PDT #28459 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
There's only so long you can sit around with your ankles crossed pretending it's a tail. Eventually you have to hoof it if you want to move.
Polter-Cow - Oct 28, 2009 8:48:07 pm PDT #28460 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Did you walk like every step was like a thousand knives?
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Oct 28, 2009 10:32:22 pm PDT #28461 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
I never played at princess, wise woman or mermaid. I mostly played spaceship captain or Doctor Who's assistant.
But the relationship between you and your advisor has grown too toxic for you to keep working in it. So go around him.
I did this with my supervisor (=advisor) for my MA dissertation. She's nice enough, but we had serious clashes of both personality and academic interest. I ended up asking the head of my course to be my second supervisor. I only saw the course head a couple of times, but it was enough to help. Hil, can you do something similar?
Also, Hil, I'd be happy to look at your teaching statement. I've mostly taught at the high school level, but I have a small amount of college-level teaching experience. And I've written many a teaching statement. Profile addy works.
In other academic news, I was awake half the night in a panic about whether I can finish my research and writing up in the four weeks that I have. It's only this morning that I've remembered some 'cheats' that will help a lot, including recycling other papers to some extent. What is it about night-time and these things? Weirdness.