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Two-Year in Hell
Inside Higher Ed goes to hell.Job Listing #666. University of Hell at Seventh Circle. Visiting Assistant Professor, two years (with possibility of converting to tenure-track position at culmination of two-year appointment). Beginning September 2009. Teaching load of forty-three courses per...

Sibling Affection and Paternal Abstraction as Drawn By a Six-Year-Old; or, Aren't My Daughter's Drawings Cute?
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Go Ahead, Steal My Car
The Chronicle Review ponders the effects of Grand Theft Auto IV:You need to be honest with yourself. Go outside and find a locked car -- or go to the back alley where missile launchers hover in a glowing light waiting for...

Paul Bunyan and the Spambot
An amusing bit of neo-folklore.Well, Paul Bunyan was always a sucker for a bet, and anyhow lumber futures were down, all the rivers he knew of had been tamed, there was no room for new Great Lakes, and frankly, life...

High flatulent language
An amusing post from Language Log, about the ill wind that blows for people who trust their spell checkers too much.As you might have guessed, what Edwards actually said in the debate was "Highfalutin language is not enough." The word...