That’s the absolute truth. Regulations that protect my wealth? GOOD. Regulations that prevent me from destroying the planet and other people to make more money? BAD.

I’m sorry. I have been there and I’ve been told I’m overqualified, too. I started out trying to teach and realized it was a dead end. I will say that one of the best pieces of advice I ever received was “just because you have advanced degrees doesn’t mean you have to put them on your resume.” You can’t claim degrees…

Okay, you win. 

I’m the opposite. Politics, religion, and abortion are off the table in my class as writing topics. I’ve never read a student essay on any of those topics that was well-reasoned (it’s always “I believe what I believe because I believe what I believe”), I don’t need arguments breaking out during peer review, and I just…

Told my wife the exact same thing about my mother-in-law coming to live with us. I’ve never said the word “divorce” in 32 years of marriage, but I stared her straight in the eye and told her with absolute sincerity that I would divorce her. No negotiation.

This. This right here. I’ve dealt with rich people all my life, and it’s insane how many of them will pay $2,000 to save $500 in taxes. They fucking hate taxes with an irrational fervor. I’ll never understand it. But they get bilked like this? It’s like, eh, no big deal. 

Ha! As adjuncts, we don’t get offices, so that’s not likely to happen to me. But you have to wonder, at some point, this had to work or she wouldn’t try it. So then you start looking at the other professors and thinking ...

It’s always us, bud. Always. Dunno why we attract the kooks, but there it is. And I live in Florida, so I’m part of another group where weirdos end up. 

Co-signed. I’m an adjunct teaching writing, but I have spent most of my career getting paid to write, and therefore I’ve got a unique perspective that most writing teachers, even full-time faculty, do not have. Not to mention a massive portfolio of paid work for major corporations. If you want to actually see how…

I see the same. I’m a dilettante, teaching one class per semester while working at my regular job, but I’m the outlier. Most of these folks are trying to scrape by, teaching as many classes as they can at as many colleges as they can reach. As I posted above, a few of them seem like the kinds of people who can’t get…

Yes. We have adjunct meetings at the beginning of each semester, and most of my colleagues seem highly qualified. But there are always a couple who seem remarkably ... odd. Not being in their classes, I don’t know how well they teach, but I’ve heard a lot of disconcerting questions and seen some strange behavior.

To be fair, I’ve had attractive young women come in wearing highly suggestive clothing and engage me in discussions about their grades. I don’t believe there’s a transactional component (I’m not anybody’s fantasy) but I do think there’s a “hey, I’m hot, give me a good grade because I’m hot” thing going on. The young…

I can’t bring myself to check mine. My dean told me, “I don’t get any complaints about you,” and that’s good enough for me.

Fucking Martians. Hate those guys. 

Fair point. 

That’s why I think a curved hallway might allow more ricochet. Seems like a curve would take less of the impact than a flat surface.

I doubt most mass shooters have the skills to curve bullets. I could be wrong, but it seems unlikely. Ricochets would seem to be a bigger problem to me if the shooter is just firing indiscriminately.

I’m telling you, there’s a contract that specifies everything Melania gets. This is a business transaction. Her biggest problem was believing that Trump was actually a billionaire. She’s going to find out (actually, I think she has found out) he’s not worth that much, he never keeps his word, and yes, chunks will go…

I’m not saying Melania is a good person at all. I’m just saying her buffoonish blundering doesn’t fall under the umbrella of nepotism because she’s not collecting a government paycheck. Ivanka? Yes. Jared? Yes. But Melania just became “First Lady” by default. 

I’m stealing “dollar store Eva Peron.” That’s gold.