To add to the joy of today, I just spilled about twenty ounces of bright red soft drink in my car. Guess I'm getting that cleaned tomorrow.
You'll fight, and you'll shag, and you'll hate each other till it makes you quiver, but you'll never be friends.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
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.
Dana - Sep 30, 2013 1:47:53 pm PDT #7390 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hil R. - Sep 30, 2013 1:57:22 pm PDT #7391 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm watching the videos for the Coursera course I'm taking on Foundations of Virtual Instruction. These videos were obviously filmed in the instructor's home. I keep getting distracted by the pomeranian in the background.
flea - Sep 30, 2013 2:07:00 pm PDT #7392 of 30000
information libertarian
I am doing a Coursera class right now, and I know the instructor, so I know he filmed the videos in his daughters' closet. You'd never know to look at them, though! I am also oddly obsessed by his shirts. He wears the same shirt for each week's lectures, then changes for the following week.
Ginger - Sep 30, 2013 2:22:36 pm PDT #7393 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Snopes is a well-known liberal website
Facts have a well-known liberal bias.
meara - Sep 30, 2013 2:27:22 pm PDT #7394 of 30000
Anyone want to do some shopping for me? I need patio furniture, now that I have a patio! It's slate stone and has a wood planterbox around the edges that are not my house/the walkway. I want something that is very waterproof (hi, Seattle--I can put some of it (fabric covers?) away, but most of it will need to stay outdoors), and isn't super cheap looking, but isn't massively expensive either. Preferably some sort of chairs and table situation--I'd like it to not be too bit (because the patio is small, and mostly it'll be me and my laptop outdoors working or eating), but also able to move/accomodate others. I'm thinking of getting the below fire-thing, for warmth and pretty:
or like this:
I was hoping things would be on clearance sale, but I think I missed the window--there's still grills for sale, but nowhere in town can I find furniture.
Theodosia - Sep 30, 2013 2:47:01 pm PDT #7395 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Not only is Snopes a well-known liberal website, according to the guy I know who often cites the Center For Western Journalism*, Wikipedia also has a clear bias.
* AKA the same folks who brought you Who Killed Vincent Foster
Amy - Sep 30, 2013 3:08:50 pm PDT #7396 of 30000
Because books.
Question for those teaching college (for a character):
If I have a 33 or 34-year-old guy who's a chemist, and I want him teaching at the college level, what kind of degrees does he need to have? Is that too young to be teaching college? Or would it make more sense to have him in a research department?
hippocampus - Sep 30, 2013 3:14:40 pm PDT #7397 of 30000
not your mom's socks.
Amy - could he be a TA, second year into a PhD, someone who decided to go back to get his degree a little late?
so much ma for your sister, Burrell.
Amy - Sep 30, 2013 3:17:33 pm PDT #7398 of 30000
Because books.
He needs to be making a living, so ... no?
flea - Sep 30, 2013 3:18:42 pm PDT #7399 of 30000
information libertarian
People teaching college-level chemistry usually either have a PhD in chemistry or are graduate students studying for a PhD in chemistry. It's certainly possible to have a PhD in chemistry at 28, but it's also possible to still be a PhD student in early one's 30s. If he had a PhD, he could be an instructor (has a PhD, not tenure-track), an assistant professor (first tier of tenure track), or if he's a rock star he could be an associate professor already (tenured, usually starting 5-7 years after the PhD).