some of the other administrators took my habits to heart. At the university where I was dean, I noticed that my first provost and that the president started doing the same thing, just walking around chatting with people.
The Unnamed War 2/24/20
The thing about war, though, is that there is always harm.
Test Time 2/23/20
I ran into a student of mine a couple of years after he had taken my class in the grocery store. "You had no idea," he said, "but I was completely wasted when I took your final exam." I replied, "you have no idea, but I know you were."
Sacked 2/22/20
I suppose that makes me a proverbial “sap”. I guess there’s no real harm in wishing karmic kickback to those who deserve it (provided that we don’t actively do anything to cause it), but it’s just not who I am.
Supervillain Bleil 2/21/20
Strength is always seen as heroic. Maybe it’s because of our love of sports; the strong football players, the powerful baseball players, the agile soccer players and so forth are all pictures of masculine strength. And the villains?
Bully Perspective 2/20/20
How do you fight an issue when part of the issue is perspective?
1970 Dodge Dart Swinger 2/19/20
It was a mild-mannered looking car, but Dodge was building muscle cars at the time so even their family cars had bite.
