Category: disservice industry

• Taking Time

  Feb 19

  What is meant as a valiant stand against the decline of reading is actually a symptom of it, and then a cause. The fear of dumbing down leads to thinning… more ›

• Into the Past, Part I

  Jan 1

  I spent a few hours the other day cleaning out my study, throwing out, shredding, and recycling various papers I’ve collected over the past several years in anticipation of a… more ›

• There’s nothing gradual about graduation

  Apr 28

  This is what tries to pass itself off as advising in my program: After our meeting, I went carefully through your file and have made an unfortunate discovery. Because of… more ›

• Courtyard Catastrophe

  Jul 24

  Holed up in this hole of a hotel all day has allowed me to transcend my normal, everyday sort of asocial behavior and arrive at a point of pure misanthropy.… more ›