Eh. I swear like a drunken sailor who’s just lost his month’s pay on a bad hand of cards in my personal life.

You find ways to keep it out of the classroom—because, surprisingly, even college kids can be offended by profanity (and, when it’s needless, it can detract from the message at hand). I’ve actually gotten more…

Yeah, dick moves like that are indicative of professors who may well be brilliant in their respective field(s), but really have no business being anywhere near a classroom.

The primary reason I bridle every time someone trots out that old “those who can’t, teach” bit of bullshit is that teaching—if it’s done…

...I never do, because being snarky with a student, even at the college level, can damage the learning process—but still, I admit that the thought is sometimes there.

I gotta be that guy: TL;DR: using the Old Testament to impugn evangelical Christians won’t mean much to them and might mark you as ignorant of their faith. Many of the religious right are evangelicals. According to them, (generalizing, I’d couse) the New Testament is the authority over the Old Testament. They’re…

I find editing poorly written things from people I don’t like savagely enjoyable.

no, actually i don’t.

Speaking as someone who’s been on both sides of that process, be prepared for said feed to include copious amounts of whiskey, scotch, or very good beer.

...possibly all three, depending upon the manuscript.

Hey now. We have never claimed to have a soul.

We tend to have several; you can tell by the number of freckles on our faces/arms—as we accumulate the wailing, terrified souls of our enemies, we mark their consumption with a freckle.

Particularly well-traveled/aged gingers can sometimes appear to be nothing more than a…

I’m not really sure they care what gets published, so long as it brings in the money. Now watch his asshat say that S&S and the editor(s) who worked on the book were politically biased and unreasonable.

This was my question, too. Being of Scotch-Irish heritage, I’m both a ginger, and white as the driven snow—and while I have no qualms with Islam, I have about as much desire to convert to it as I do to Christianity, Judaism, or any other organized religion.

That is to say: none.

Some of these editorial comments contain the force and “good lord, do you read the things you type” sentiment that I sometimes dream of including in responses to student essays.

...I never do, because being snarky with a student, even at the college level, can damage the learning process—but still, I admit that the…

My adviser was going through the last stage of the tenure process when I was submitting my dissertation. I honestly don’t think she did more than skim it. The upshot was that passing was a very straightforward process.

I would watch a live feed of this editor working in real time. Seriously.

“have you ever seen the people at a trump rally?”

If your dissertation director was as, um, honest as mine, then these comments are mild to slightly stinging. My favorite: “This sentence is merely words vomited upon the page. It doesn’t even qualify as a sentence. Sentences have structure even if the grammar is poor. This ‘thought’ resembles a piece of gum sticking…

“This doesn’t make sense or pass intellectual muster” is A+++++++ and will become my new default retort to bullshit peddlers of all stripes.

Someone should write a book about Trump and call it “ Citation Needed”.

Handy reminder that having a British accent doesn’t mean you’re smart.

Remember when pedophilia was a deal-breaker for the right?

Holy shit, and I thought my dissertation was poorly written. Maybe it’s not a good idea to give a huge advance to someone who is only famous for being an asshole?