tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post7303285069707556267..comments2023-06-11T02:19:27.429-07:00Comments on Academic Cog: Other gifts, other registriesSisyphushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-60049560921438623052008-02-25T15:16:00.000-08:002008-02-25T15:16:00.000-08:00What a wonderful idea! It makes me think I should ...What a wonderful idea! It makes me think I should be more positive on my blog and post about exciting things when I start them. <BR/><BR/>I'm with neophyte - what I really long for is an environment that is like that all the time. Academia is nothing but smart people and ideas really, so why don't we get excited about this stuff already?Psycgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13476028853857792495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-28495828225717242522008-02-25T14:42:00.000-08:002008-02-25T14:42:00.000-08:00I'll take some piles of interesting verbs, please!...I'll take some piles of interesting verbs, please! I need them so, so badly. <BR/><BR/>This is a beautiful post -- what makes me sad about it is that I think this is how it's <I>supposed to be</I>, all the time. People supporting and fostering each other's work, celebrating each other's ideas, helping each other out. I think that's the academe that exists inside all of our heads and yet virtually nowhere on the ground. <BR/><BR/>That said, I may be throwing a dissertation shower in not too long, as t.e. suggests. Frankincense would not be wholly irrelevant.moriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12390704103460109691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-65236345383378456442008-02-25T08:05:00.000-08:002008-02-25T08:05:00.000-08:00I love this idea - just as I love the idea of "bei...I love this idea - just as I love the idea of "being pregnant with my next book" - because that would mean that I've finished the first one and have tenure!! Woo-hoo!<BR/><BR/>I would bring frankincense and guacomole...medieval womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457130525946143002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-11025969150324916422008-02-25T07:02:00.000-08:002008-02-25T07:02:00.000-08:00I also think this idea is grand. I would be the on...I also think this idea is grand. I would be the one bearing stickers in the shape of animals.kermitthefroghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15742856153167362749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-78236118270903359032008-02-25T05:42:00.000-08:002008-02-25T05:42:00.000-08:00The reason people celebrate the completion of thin...The reason people celebrate the completion of things like dissertations, graduations, et cetera, is because many more people begin such projects than actually finish them - kind of like first marriages, even though brides typically make a haul on their first try ;o) <BR/><BR/>At any rate, were you to throw such a fete, I'd bring you <A HREF="http://www.levenger.com/PAGETEMPLATES/PRODUCT/Product.asp?Params=Category=322-841|Level=2-3|PageID=957|Link=Img" REL="nofollow"> some of these,</A> and a nice bottle of syrah or four.Dr. Brainiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211219428888730462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-75218864955384414522008-02-25T05:38:00.000-08:002008-02-25T05:38:00.000-08:00can't i just have the magic beans for no reason at...can't i just have the magic beans for no reason at all? i think i really need them at this point.Maudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918488082176862598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-5700730867660977222008-02-25T03:44:00.000-08:002008-02-25T03:44:00.000-08:00_I_ think this is a wonderful idea. And since book..._I_ think this is a wonderful idea. And since book showers are unlikely to catch on in real life, we could throw them virtually. Anybody could announce on their blog "I'm throwing a book shower" (for myself or for someone else) and people could send links to books, procrastinatory software, gorgeous stationery, suitable Cute Overload kittens or puppies - and hey, how 'bout a mockup of the cover of the finished book? With cover blurbs?T.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18054738772022337270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-4811969140301101192008-02-24T22:21:00.000-08:002008-02-24T22:21:00.000-08:00D: Ha!Thank you for bringing me back to my usual r...D: Ha!<BR/><BR/>Thank you for bringing me back to my usual register of cynicism and snarkiness. <BR/><BR/>Your present, of course, would be one of those buttonhole-flowers that squirts water.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880634753539329199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7366909960546184927.post-16256536774557614342008-02-24T21:16:00.000-08:002008-02-24T21:16:00.000-08:00I can't help but think -- and I don't want to be t...I can't help but think -- and I don't want to be thinking it, but I can't help it -- that it seems what you're proposing is like baby showers if they got thrown for masturbators, too. And the guest of honor stands there basking in incipient triumph, trumpeting, "This really could be the start of something!" (term papers soon)Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18261973621703572980noreply@blogger.com