I am now officially involved in a War for a Desk. The dirty reality of life as an adjunct means that I share an office with seven other people, and until recently the unofficial culture of our office was that no one claimed one of the five desks as their own. A career adjunct history professor initiated a Change a couple of years back by piling ( Read more... )

Things are about the same around here - my mom got through radiation and is re-learning to walk, though not very willingly. The radiation was a horrible experience for her and the next medical professional who says that there are no side effects is getting a solid kick in the ass from me ( Read more... )

Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?"

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It's early morning, sometime around 3 am. Mr and Mrs Cthulu are watching a rerun of Gilligan's Island, the episode in which the castaways recover a film camera, shoot a documentary of their plight, and win an award at an art film festival. Ginger, naturally, stars. This episode is of especial significance to the Cthulus because it originally aired ( Read more... )