Really, there are a lot of professions that are way oversaturated via higher education. PhD jobs could be filled just by the Ivy League PhD programs - obviously there are a lot more produced than all that, hence the ugly, vicious, political process that some times (many times) marks the acquisition of a tenure track…

Whew, thanks! I know it's ridiculous, but I had a former philosophy grad student give me a prescient warning about pursuing an advanced degree in that field - and I've kicked myself for years after presuming I was an exception to the problems he cited. So, I'm a bit superstitious about such warnings now and take them…

Whew, thanks! I know it's ridiculous, but I had a former philosophy grad student give me a prescient warning about pursuing an advanced degree in that field - and I've kicked myself for years after presuming I was an exception to the problems he cited. So, I'm a bit superstitious about such warnings now and take them…

Probably too late. But I'm not paying for it and it's better than the piles of shit i'd have to eat to be a relatively securely employed philosophy professor…

Probably too late. But I'm not paying for it and it's better than the piles of shit i'd have to eat to be a relatively securely employed philosophy professor…

Right on, I start law school next month.

Right on, I start law school next month.

Tucker & Dale was quite a nice surprise for me as well - put it on in the background a few weeks ago and promptly got nothing done.

Tucker & Dale was quite a nice surprise for me as well - put it on in the background a few weeks ago and promptly got nothing done.

Panik: I had a similar, though less overtly bloody, idea of the BB final ep. Walter definitely offs Jesse, slips through the noose of the DEA (thanks unwittingly to Hank, whose suspicions are aroused), and burns out the newest competition after violence brought home drives off Skylar and the kids. Ending with Walt in…

Really the only weak point has been their power play, which the PK has made up for by getting Brown the puck so he can rack up a few more SHG

I'm not an Abrams fan at all, but that trailer looked pretty awesome. Awesome enough for me to wonder why it wasn't picked up by a cable network that could show blood and have the occasional swear word.

nice catch!

fuck, I love oban, but I haven't found it at $50 a bottle in the last 5 years…

yes I did watch the whole season, unfortunately.

Guess you'll have to find the worthwhile experiences in watching Mob Doctor!

you're trolling, right? How was the show not just cobbled together and made up on the fly? What in the world would lead you to assume it was a tightly conceived and well thought out show?

You, and all the other Pollyannas out there can cite as many examples of other authors as you like. We are talking about one author, who has consistently slowed down his output on one project - it would be nice if he renews his focus and finds himself cranking out novel after novel at an noticeably increased pace.…

I'd be more inclined to agree with you if it had been a few pages earlier, or even in the previous relevant chapter when Tyrion was putting it all together in his own mind. But a few paragraphs ahead isn't much of a wry twist, nor is it really indicative of Tyrion's belief, since he doesn't uniformly think of Young…

I'm not saying that your example doesn't have any traction at all, but King knew that he wasn't going to be doing DT stuff for awhile and was clear about it and continued to crank out his other very popular books. Martin continuously worked on his books  and still took a really long time. In a bit of baseless…