First, the various and sundry.
The highest score on the Bald Man Compatibility test thus far? 38. By a feller. We call it a bromance, people. It’s like Scrubs, so I’m calling dibs on Sarah Chalke right now.
I also called the nurses’ station in the ICU this morning and learned straight from the Woman in the Know [...]
Archive for November, 2008
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part VI)
Posted in job market horror! on November 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Gratitude
Posted in amor fati! on November 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today: fun! Arterial spray in the trees, gobbets of flesh flung hither and yon, and all the feral fixins you’d expect on a very Bald Man holiday.
Have I mentioned that I’m writing a story about the loup-garou? That would probably be a useful prefatory note.
Lest ye get whiplash from the transition from the prior post [...]
Inches
Posted in Uncategorized on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve not much to say today, but were I not blogging I would be brooding. Seriocomically, the hall I teach in at CMU is closed while they lay down some high voltage lines following a power outage, so even the genial distractions of ritualistic overpreparation aren’t available to me. My life is fortified with irony.
Right now [...]
The Most Important Quiz Results in the History of Ever!
Posted in nonsensual bloggery on November 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Am I underselling? I feel like I’m underselling.
First, a life lesson with the bald man. Should you wake up on a chilly Friday morning feeling more than a little nauseous, it is often bad policy to a) go to the gym and log forty minutes on the Stairmaster and b) subsequently experiment with soy milk. [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part V)
Posted in job market horror! on November 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Today I can offer slightly more assured insight, as we sat down for our hiring committee scrum this morning. As you might expect, I cannot go into great detail, but I can offer you some sense of my own sorting process and discuss the kinds of topics that surfaced in the course of our discussions.
First, the process. [...]
The Most Important Answer Key in the History of Ever!
Posted in Uncategorized on November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1. Given your druthers, which of the following would you take to the annual fall ice cream social/sock hop?
a. Westley (1)
b. Vizzini (4)
c. Fezzik (3)
d. Inigo (2)
While dating me is like dueling to the pain, Cary Elwes must not be forgiven for Saw. Besides, “as you wish” gets pretty old pretty [...]
After the Fall
Posted in Uncategorized on November 13, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Today we’ll have a little hiatus from the usual froth. I’m scheduled to blog today, and blog I shall, but I don’t have a ready supply of sass to draw upon.
Yesterday I came home to the usual seriocomic voice mail message from my mother. My birthday is approaching, and on Sunday she twisted my arm until [...]
The Most Important Post in the History of Ever
Posted in fear the bald man!, fear the hydra!, fear the kraken!, fear the narwhal! on November 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
At last, by not-especially-popular demand, the post the ladies have all been waiting for: The Bald Man Compatibility Quiz; or, Why I Remain Single, Part 114 of 114!!!
This is, as Serious Cat will confirm, a very serious quiz. There’s a scoring system involved and tiered results and everything. It’s just like Cosmopolitan, except not very cosmopolitan. That’s [...]
The Academic Job Market: English Search Advice (Part IV)
Posted in job market horror! on November 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been a diligent simian today, so I have a little time. Let’s talk about the CV, shall we?
As I’ve mentioned before, I think the job letter and the CV are (in the best of application packets) complementary texts–one illuminates the other. Accordingly, I would first urge candidates to sift and separate content, relegating the nitty-gritties [...]
Good Gnus; or, Poor Behavior Rewarded
Posted in amor fati!, good gnus! on November 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In theory I should be writing an article about Charlotte Smith; in theory I should be offering academic job hunters recommendations for rejiggering their CVs; in theory I should be finishing up a short story I’m preparing for the Realms of Fantasy 2009 Halloween issue.
Instead I have been shackled to the keyboard, performing the merriest of [...]
