Category: complaint
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I’m fairly mild-mannered as I move through my days. And although patience is not one of my virtues—blame my sonofabitch father for passing along that characteristic—years of meditation, qigong, and… more ›
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Ah, the last of the Bullet-Point Fridays! I started this segment when I returned from Germany and began the fall semester just to ensure that throughout the long and difficult… more ›
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Well, I kept my cell phone on buzz from late September until today hoping that I’d get that call either from the MacArthur Foundation or Sweden. No such luck. I… more ›
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Stop having those miniature emotional outbursts (read: breakdowns) when you translate sentences like, “The baby with the head like a balloon died in the hospital while she held his hand,”… more ›
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Stop having those miniature emotional outbursts (read: breakdowns) when you translate sentences like, “The baby with the head like a balloon died in the hospital while she held his hand,”… more ›
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I love my teaching job. Really. My students are bright and inquisitive and ask really difficult questions. It’s easy to see that many of them are engaged with the subject.… more ›
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I love my teaching job. Really. My students are bright and inquisitive and ask really difficult questions. It’s easy to see that many of them are engaged with the subject.… more ›
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Saw a dog of a movie this holiday weekend: The Year of the Dog. Who in their right mind liked this film? And why did so many people recommend it… more ›
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Saw a dog of a movie this holiday weekend: The Year of the Dog. Who in their right mind liked this film? And why did so many people recommend it… more ›
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… or the post where Euro-Franz offends absolutely everyone. (By the way, here “euro” is pronounced “oy-Roh,” pretty much how a Jew would address Rosie O’Donnell.) Sitting at Café Angst… more ›