24 September 2008
no visuals
Curse you blogger! I have this big weird post lined up, plus some more alphabets, but the pretty (and not so pretty) pictures just won't stick.
Keep the apocalypse rolling, by the way. I think this is going to be the biggest and best yet...we'll put all submissions on the site after the event (unless anyone tells us not to, of course).
In other news, here is a video of a pig suckling some tiger cubs (thanks Dave). And a pig goes bad by holding a woman hostage (thanks again Dave). In fact I got sent the story twice (thanks Mark). Actually three times (thanks Paul). It's like there's this whole pig newsfeed system out there!
Rangers say the pig will be captured and taken to a piggery.
Ms Hayes became distressed when council officers tried to take the pig away and asked them to leave her property, a council spokeswoman said.
"This morning, I wanted to go to my toilet, which is outside. I opened up the door and the pig pushed me that hard, it pushed me back into my room, where I fell over," she said.
"I picked up a broom and poked him out with it and he snapped it in half with his mouth."
In not-totally-unrelated news I am reliably informed that Goldsmiths College was overrun by Paparazzi today as Princess Beatrice arrives to take up her History degree. Hopefully she will become a groupie of the silver-voiced Howard Caygill and start writing slightly wayward essays about the history of energy.
And recently someone I know was touched by Perry Anderson! Apparently he really does look like this. As soon as I think of any more unconvincing academic/fame vignettes, I'll be sure to let you know.
And another thing! In a fit of listlessness, I came up with a list of academic types, manufactured by putting an extra letter in front of the word. Thus:
Cacademic - simply, a bad academic
Hackademic - someone who spends much of their time writing articles for non-academic publications (ahem...)
Knackademic - a tired academic, perhaps by about week 10
Lackademic - an academic found slightly wanting/a female Lacanian academic
Mcademic - an academic who writes solely about popular culture
Packademic - a group of academics, such as one might find roaming at a conference, drunk
Quackademic - someone who accepts money from pharmaceutical companies to write lies
Sackademic - an academic who has recently lost their job...as I probably should for even thinking of these...
UPDATE:
Spakademic - an academic filling in for another academic
Blackademic - an academic who is/was a goth
Chiracademic - a corrupt academic [three from Helen]
Yackademic - an old academic so depressed by the state of academia, he/she talks to himself in the staff room alone in a corner, the younger staff no longer listening
Shackademic - all those academics who talk about people living in shacks but never actually go and hang out in shack land and talk to shack dwellers et cetera et cetera...[from anon.]
UPDATE TWO:
Crackademic: an academic who has developed a worrying addiction to the latest Hot Theory or Theorist
Jackademic: an academic who seems to enjoy nothing more than complaining how jack of academia they are* (*Australian usage)
Trackademic: academic on the make who always seems to have the most connections, publications, grants, etc; generally destined for ridiculously rapid tenure/promotion/professoriat
Fracademic: academic who enjoys fragmenting departmental harmony whenever possible, whether through gossip, criticism, white-anting, bullying, legal threats, or other creative diversions
Tackademic: academic who luxuriates in trash culture, obscene jokes, profanities, and general buffooonery designed to impress their students or colleagues.
Yackademic: academic whose primary research activity involves standing around the corridor holding forth about declining student numbers, creative assessment, pro-active learning, falling literacy standards, the Decline of the University, etc.
Faceademic: academic who has spent far too much time on Facebook amassing student friends and joining dubious Theory fan clubs (all from Robert).
Keep the apocalypse rolling, by the way. I think this is going to be the biggest and best yet...we'll put all submissions on the site after the event (unless anyone tells us not to, of course).
In other news, here is a video of a pig suckling some tiger cubs (thanks Dave). And a pig goes bad by holding a woman hostage (thanks again Dave). In fact I got sent the story twice (thanks Mark). Actually three times (thanks Paul). It's like there's this whole pig newsfeed system out there!
Rangers say the pig will be captured and taken to a piggery.
Ms Hayes became distressed when council officers tried to take the pig away and asked them to leave her property, a council spokeswoman said.
"This morning, I wanted to go to my toilet, which is outside. I opened up the door and the pig pushed me that hard, it pushed me back into my room, where I fell over," she said.
"I picked up a broom and poked him out with it and he snapped it in half with his mouth."
In not-totally-unrelated news I am reliably informed that Goldsmiths College was overrun by Paparazzi today as Princess Beatrice arrives to take up her History degree. Hopefully she will become a groupie of the silver-voiced Howard Caygill and start writing slightly wayward essays about the history of energy.
And recently someone I know was touched by Perry Anderson! Apparently he really does look like this. As soon as I think of any more unconvincing academic/fame vignettes, I'll be sure to let you know.
And another thing! In a fit of listlessness, I came up with a list of academic types, manufactured by putting an extra letter in front of the word. Thus:
Cacademic - simply, a bad academic
Hackademic - someone who spends much of their time writing articles for non-academic publications (ahem...)
Knackademic - a tired academic, perhaps by about week 10
Lackademic - an academic found slightly wanting/a female Lacanian academic
Mcademic - an academic who writes solely about popular culture
Packademic - a group of academics, such as one might find roaming at a conference, drunk
Quackademic - someone who accepts money from pharmaceutical companies to write lies
Sackademic - an academic who has recently lost their job...as I probably should for even thinking of these...
UPDATE:
Spakademic - an academic filling in for another academic
Blackademic - an academic who is/was a goth
Chiracademic - a corrupt academic [three from Helen]
Yackademic - an old academic so depressed by the state of academia, he/she talks to himself in the staff room alone in a corner, the younger staff no longer listening
Shackademic - all those academics who talk about people living in shacks but never actually go and hang out in shack land and talk to shack dwellers et cetera et cetera...[from anon.]
UPDATE TWO:
Crackademic: an academic who has developed a worrying addiction to the latest Hot Theory or Theorist
Jackademic: an academic who seems to enjoy nothing more than complaining how jack of academia they are* (*Australian usage)
Trackademic: academic on the make who always seems to have the most connections, publications, grants, etc; generally destined for ridiculously rapid tenure/promotion/professoriat
Fracademic: academic who enjoys fragmenting departmental harmony whenever possible, whether through gossip, criticism, white-anting, bullying, legal threats, or other creative diversions
Tackademic: academic who luxuriates in trash culture, obscene jokes, profanities, and general buffooonery designed to impress their students or colleagues.
Yackademic: academic whose primary research activity involves standing around the corridor holding forth about declining student numbers, creative assessment, pro-active learning, falling literacy standards, the Decline of the University, etc.
Faceademic: academic who has spent far too much time on Facebook amassing student friends and joining dubious Theory fan clubs (all from Robert).
