tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post115713810854663794..comments2023-12-23T04:56:29.702-05:00Comments on Ferule & Fescue: The first week, in reviewFlaviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1157510117419354472006-09-05T22:35:00.000-04:002006-09-05T22:35:00.000-04:00LOVE to suit up for the first day! Hardly anyone d...LOVE to suit up for the first day! Hardly anyone does here either.<BR/><BR/>Had my first-day haircut, and my shoes shined, also. All of these, of course, really amount to pump-me-up exercises.anummabrookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01369913656348196632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1157218828767979162006-09-02T13:40:00.000-04:002006-09-02T13:40:00.000-04:00What everybody else said about the transition to t...What everybody else said about the transition to the t-t, though I'll add that I do think that while the re-entry into a new semester can be particularly grueling in terms of getting used to the number and intensity of interactions with people, I find that after the first couple of weeks I adjust to it and things get less exhausting, even though you may actually have more going on work-wise. In other words, you won't always be so wicked-tired :)Dr. Crazyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12457967076373916629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1157158854486605622006-09-01T21:00:00.000-04:002006-09-01T21:00:00.000-04:00I can't make up my mind whether I'm laughing at th...I can't make up my mind whether I'm laughing at the image of G-Fav's comp sci prof stretched out on a lawn chair, gallon of milk by her side, or at "Indigenous Peoples' Summer."<BR/><BR/>But <I>something</I> here is cracking me the hell up.Flaviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17832765671541392835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1157156712564844052006-09-01T20:25:00.000-04:002006-09-01T20:25:00.000-04:00Scansion for 2 1/2 hours! You go, girl! (I remembe...Scansion for 2 1/2 hours! You go, girl! (I remember that video; I think I'll have to show it next term.)<BR/><BR/>It is cold, isn't it? I've been digging out fall shoes and am almost at the point of succumbing to socks! I wonder whether we'll still get Indigenous Peoples' Summer later on.Tirunculahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16788199657297216288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1157153747439366102006-09-01T19:35:00.000-04:002006-09-01T19:35:00.000-04:00Where I am it's been weirdly chilly, too...Your we...Where I am it's been weirdly chilly, too...<BR/><BR/>Your week sounds great, if tiring. I'm so happy that the scary Big Willie class went so well - that sounds like a deliriously fantastic first class...arguing with each other! It's what we all long for!<BR/><BR/>Hope you can catch up on rest this weekend.<BR/><BR/>Have aHilairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09033740943173352249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1157152093649433302006-09-01T19:08:00.000-04:002006-09-01T19:08:00.000-04:00It is a big adjustment, moving to the tenure track...It is a big adjustment, moving to the tenure track! You seem to be adjusting well, though.<BR/><BR/>But really, this is just a brief comment to say that I would LOVE to wear long sleeves in late August, so send your weather my way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1157150953394364512006-09-01T18:49:00.000-04:002006-09-01T18:49:00.000-04:00Had to say something about how right you are regar...Had to say something about how right you are regarding the way that the details of departmental/university life suddenly take up so much more time as a tenure-track faculty. What no one tells you as a graduate student is that in addition to becoming a scholar and teacher, you are becoming a middle-manager. I don't know of a solution to this, except to advise (for what it's worth) new faculty to try to contain this somehow, and definitely to keep detailed records of their service.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1157148227433155112006-09-01T18:03:00.000-04:002006-09-01T18:03:00.000-04:00Ha! Gandalf in tight pants! I'd pay to see that....Ha! Gandalf in tight pants! I'd pay to see that...medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278854285443306227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27054305.post-1157143529076137652006-09-01T16:45:00.000-04:002006-09-01T16:45:00.000-04:00My goodness are we in different fields. If we had...My goodness are we in different fields. If we had watched Gandalf in tights for inspiration in our undergrad EE320 (electrical engineering) course, we would have... I don't know... laughed? thrown up? felt uncomfortable?<BR/><BR/>This reminds me though, of our EE348 [computer architecture] course final exam, down in the bowels of Becton. Our professor was 8 months pregnant with twins. She handed out the final while lugging around a gallon jug of milk, and then her husband entered to unfold a large chaise lounge in front of the lecturn. She sort of - what's the word - lounged? there for the next two hours.<BR/><BR/>No, lounged isn't it. Jabba the Hutt didn't lounge, he <I>presided.</I> Languidly. He languidly presided. With torpor.<BR/><BR/>Anyhow, it's clear I didn't major in English. Can I use the word "callipygian" somewhere?<BR/><BR/><BR/>gG-Favhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14474787912488750916noreply@blogger.com