Professor here. Weak employees don’t win tenure. We have to hit high marks in scholarship, teaching, and serve on committees (‘governance’ means doing a bunch of work to keep the university running), while also donating our time for peer reviews and other service.

I worked on a trail crew in the late 90s with a woman who had scurvy. What a mess. She also drove a Hondamatic motorcycle that was so underpowered she’d have to push it up hills sometimes.

Unfortunately, the US Supreme Court rules that cops don’t need to know the law. This, in response to a case in which a NC cop stopped someone for an infraction that didn’t exist. Supreme Court said it was reasonable for the cop to think the law might have been real.

Same. Maine winters require good winter tires, and I don't skimp on that. Regular maintenance ftw.

They can wear them like necklaces.

Cruz's mother might have renounced her US citizenship. People are saying that.

Today, I learned that Charlotte Bass ran for Vice President on the Progressive Party ticket in 1952.

For all the moralizing and handwringing over rap and hip hop, country is way more objectionable in my book. 

Hmmm. Klanton, you say?

I voted Warren in the primary. I DO NOT want a republican appointed to fill her seat. 

UArizona is vastly better. But not even a bisexual Indigenous anthro gets to teach just anywhere she wants (or has to start out at a shitty waystation like ASU).

Well, there is always Elaine Chao, that turtle-humping grifter. And Betsy DeVos of course.

I think election fraud is one good reason to bar someone from voting in future elections.

thoughts and prayers for the officers.

People have a lot of trouble with the idea of whiteness. Clearly, judging by your replies here.

Ha! I had that sticker on my car!

My TDI routinely gets 55 mpg+. On a recent camping trip across New England (hilly!) with 4 people and a dog, and a car topper, fully loaded, we got 53 mpg.

Low divorce rates, ironically.

My grandparents told the story of how they tried to abort my mother, at a family gathering the day after my wedding. 

But do I need to choose between 6 brands of sliced kalamata olives? I'd happily let them reduce those options and expand into some new olive types, or other foods altogether.