My sister has a trunk full of 1920s clothes we don't know what to do with.
I know what to do with them! I know!
What sort of condition are they in?
I know I'm a bad poet, but I'm a good man. All I ask is that... is that you try to see me—
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Holli - May 02, 2012 8:02:22 am PDT #3467 of 30001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Jesse - May 02, 2012 8:10:36 am PDT #3468 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
My boss is not nearly as competent as she thinks she is. She insists on being Kept In The Loop on everything, which results in everything being harder than it needs to be, because she inserts herself into every situation and complicates it by "helping facilitate".
MY BOSS TOO. Awesome.
Rick - May 02, 2012 8:13:28 am PDT #3469 of 30001
We can't get people here to retire. The university tries to bribe you to retire. If you retire at 65, they will keep paying your salary for five more years, even though you are retired and have no reponsibilities.
Most faculty don't take the deal. They don't want to lose their lab or their influence or the next big thing they are thinking of working on.
At this rate, the univerisity is going to be a very old place.
juliana - May 02, 2012 8:16:27 am PDT #3470 of 30001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
a 50s Alice in Wonderland, a Milne collection, [...] The Velveteen Rabbit, an Aesop's Fables from the 40s,[...], the Secret Garden
WAAAAAAAAAANT.
smonster - May 02, 2012 8:17:33 am PDT #3471 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Hi Holli! Glad you're having fun and it's good to see your pixels.
le nubian - May 02, 2012 8:18:21 am PDT #3472 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Rick,
we have someone here in my School who I SWEAR is 80-85 years old. Still on the faculty. Still teaching. We could hire like 3 assistant professors for what he is getting paid.
Liese S. - May 02, 2012 8:21:38 am PDT #3473 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Holli! I was just reading your Brain Thief again last night. I totally believe it's canon in my head.
Rick - May 02, 2012 8:22:34 am PDT #3474 of 30001
We had quite a famous faculty member who worked every day until he was 86. However, at age 75 he went to the Dean and insisted that his salary be changed to $1 for every year he had been at the university, which was $45 at the time.
On the postive side, he was the only faculty member on campus guaranteed a raise ($1) every year.
Holli - May 02, 2012 8:22:45 am PDT #3475 of 30001
an overblown libretto and a sumptuous score/ could never contain the contradictions I adore
Aw, thanks Liese! I had so much fun doing the worldbuilding for that story.
Calli - May 02, 2012 8:24:01 am PDT #3476 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
we have someone here in my School who I SWEAR is 80-85 years old. Still on the faculty. Still teaching
We had someone like that. He was officially an emeritus, but he kept coming to the chem labs to help out. And he was pretty helpful, actually. Then my lab partner set him on fire. (Just his sleeve, he wasn't hurt, but still.) The professor didn't come back the next year. I'm not sure if it was due to being set on fire or not. Although that would seem to be a compelling reason to retire.