tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post7637459717967820154..comments2024-03-27T21:39:27.170-07:00Comments on The Adventures of Notorious Ph.D., Girl Scholar: You're So Vain, You Probably Think This Post Is About YouNotorious Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-27540715316130280912009-09-14T14:08:40.250-07:002009-09-14T14:08:40.250-07:00As someone who sometimes has to struggle not to be...As someone who sometimes has to struggle not to be that guy, I have to ask: do you think there's any genuine purpose to writing bad reviews? What if something actually is, to one's mind, a waste of paper?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-86167451865712342772009-09-13T00:38:22.640-07:002009-09-13T00:38:22.640-07:00Oh, I love Clive James' poem. Comeuppance, how...Oh, I love Clive James' poem. Comeuppance, how sweet it is.Bavardesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10737120234578385755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-19986196560992257192009-09-12T22:13:43.076-07:002009-09-12T22:13:43.076-07:00In the natural sciences, the vast majority of crit...In the natural sciences, the vast majority of critical commentary of other scholars' work occurs under the rubric of anonymous peer review, where you read reviews of your own and other people's shit and you don't really who wrote them for sure. That fact takes this kind of shit to another level of sinister nefariousness and schadenfreude.Comrade PhysioProfhttp://physioprof.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-54129806847961814952009-09-12T19:11:30.755-07:002009-09-12T19:11:30.755-07:00Hey all:
An anonymous poster just posted the full...Hey all:<br /><br />An anonymous poster just posted the full text of Clive James' poem: "The Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaindered" -- a poem that I actually thought of when writing this post. The full poem is a bit longish for the comments section, but I encourage the more snark minded among us to follow the link below (thanks, Anon!) and go check it out:<br /><br />http://torch.cs.dal.ca/~johnston/poetry/bookofmyenemy.htmlNotorious Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08700875559325201086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-45429946881115055302009-09-12T17:16:16.271-07:002009-09-12T17:16:16.271-07:00You are clearly not the only one to notice someone...You are clearly not the only one to notice someone's reviewing style :)<br /><br />WV: spoodied, which is I think what happened to him.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716705206734059708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-4294120318162881082009-09-12T05:35:02.023-07:002009-09-12T05:35:02.023-07:00I love a little academic comeuppance. It's sat...I love a little academic comeuppance. It's satisfying even if you don't know which Vain Academic (and aren't their hordes of them?) it refers to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6648409483330236099.post-56877906037291423662009-09-11T22:44:03.447-07:002009-09-11T22:44:03.447-07:00I heart this post. No joke: I used to sing that s...I heart this post. No joke: I used to sing that song in my head whenever a certain junior faculty member would saunter along the hallways of my Alma Mater. Oh yeah, baby. Spot on. Thanks for this (and did *you* write the shamefully delightful review?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com