Anonymous on Difference Between the PartiesMay 15, 2026
You live in a parallel universe. The war with Iran is a complete and utter failure for the US. Nobody…
Clarissa on Difference Between the PartiesMay 15, 2026
I'm honestly not seeing anything disastrous in the war with Iran. SNP500 is in the stratosphere. China and India are…
Anonymous on Difference Between the PartiesMay 15, 2026
I think people should pay more attention to foreign policy because it and domestic one are connected. A disastrous foreign…
Clarissa on Catching Up on Q&AMay 15, 2026
I said exactly what I said. At no point did I mention gender, race or nation. I'm speaking very strictly…
oldcowboy3 on Catching Up on Q&AMay 15, 2026
"Nobody can see the world through the eyes of a person from another era." Really? From another nation, from another…
Clarissa on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026
I'm annoyed because I had a limited amount of time to solve an important problem. I'm stepping down as Chair,…
cliff arroyo on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026
"Why speak of it at an utterly unrelated meeting?" It sounds to me like a new academic virus.... it's not…
Clarissa on Catching Up on Q&AMay 15, 2026
I just don't see the point, you know? Nobody can see the world through the eyes of a person from…
Ed Frey on Catching Up on Q&AMay 15, 2026
"I really detest historical fiction, so no. And I’m not likely to try. I’d read sci-fi before I read historical…
oldcowboy3 on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026
LOL, sorry, Methylethyl ;-D
oldcowboy3 on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026
ethylmethyl "...the culture of blatant lying in academia." Well, if I understand what Clarissa is saying, maintaining in-group solidarity has…
Clarissa on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026
This is a source of great frustration to me because I can't comprehend or anticipate this form of social signaling.…
Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026
It's like your previous comment (not gonna go get it) where you noted a colleague giving something a glowing review,…
Anonymous on Rapey TalentMay 15, 2026
The only shortage is of people working for below market wages. Employers want free markets for thee but not for…
Anonymous on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026
Reminds me of the dead parrot sketch in Monty Python Raymond R
Anonymous on Learned Something NewMay 15, 2026
Fascinating. Why was that? How was it taught? This is what interests me the most. I knew that the Franco…
cliff arroyo on Rapey TalentMay 15, 2026
OT: A new reason to go on living.... https://cliffarroyo.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/eurovision-2026-the-law-of-diminishing-chalamets/
cliff arroyo on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026
"levels of anxiety over Misty have been through the roof" A reasonably healthy cat of her age *6-7 ish?) who…
Clarissa on Good News Q&AMay 15, 2026
I think people are missing the point. Why is this an interesting topic at all? Why speak of it at…
Clarissa on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026
My levels of anxiety over Misty have been through the roof since this happened.
cliff arroyo on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026
"nine days later the budgie died" Little birds, fish and turtles are how lots of US kids used to learn…
Anonymous on Not a ProblemMay 15, 2026
My girlfriend had a parakeet who would ruffle his feathers and try to bite me whenever I came near her.…
Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026
Clarissa's in Illinois, though. Is the state really so white?
oldcowboy3 on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026
Fair enough, most of us were only partially civilized at that age, but we got a student from Jamaica in…
Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026
"I was a savage until grade 11" oi, keyboard got me, posted before typing complete. What percentage of boys do…
Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026
"I was a savage until grade 11
oldcowboy3 on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026
"...some of our students are savages because they have never seen a black person." LOL, damn, then I was a…
Clarissa on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026
I have no idea what this is even supposed to mean. Have they never been to Walmart? To the movies?…
Anonymous on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026
"they have never seen a black person." Is this person... projecting? I thought you said your college was largely working…
Clarissa on Good News Q&AMay 14, 2026
I was at a meeting today trying to discuss my plan to move our Italian courses from online into face-to-face…

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