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Comment on Japan is weird… by Dan

Dan — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:39:55 +0000

Damn straight we do. I have seen this show two times. Neither of those times were as good as what I just saw though.

Comment on Quakes win! Quakes win! by Dan

Dan — Tue, 13 May 2008 11:31:22 +0000

In Nihongo they’d say, “Yata!” meaning along the lines of hooray!
So here it goes, Yata!

Comment on Quakes win! Quakes win! by Andre

Andre — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:47:30 +0000

Right on!!!

Congratulations!

Comment on Sophie could do this– yeah, right… by Andre

Andre — Sat, 03 May 2008 23:07:39 +0000

You need to get on that. I want to see your dog doing that by September!

Comment on 2007 IP issues to remember by k8

k8 — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:40:34 +0000

Thanks for the link! I look forward to reading these as IP and OA are issues I do care about.

Comment on Japan is weird… by Andre

Andre — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:11:14 +0000

It seems like a pretty cool game, but I don’t understand why they get pushed into a vat of pee.

Maybe Elizabeth and Dan watch this show… I can ask them.

Comment on “The Dumpster” by Steve Krause

Steve Krause — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:07:04 +0000

Hey, it worked on you! ;-)

Comment on “The Dumpster” by Annette

Annette — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:17:24 +0000

I remember that you used to call your car “the dumpster.” Oooh, that 1979 Impala Station Wagon — what a babe magnet.

Comment on PhD program advice yet again by Steve Krause

Steve Krause — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:28:56 +0000

On the WPA-L discussion, it also seemed to me that a lot of “quality” was actually tied to “quantity” and longevity: That is, schools like Purdue and Penn State and UT Austin and Ohio State get mentioned because they are big and because they have been around for a long time. These are all good programs, don’t get me wrong, but how are you going to distinguish in a top 10 list between them and (for example) Texas Tech, Syracuse, Michigan Tech, Kent State, Michigan State, or even my own humble Bowling Green State?

Comment on PhD program advice yet again by Mike

Mike — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:43:41 +0000

Yeah, I resist such lists not only for the reasons mentioned in the WPA thread, but because 10 is just way too small of a number. Tons of very good programs wouldn’t make the list.

Besides, such Top 10s seem to be compiled by people acting on their own without any deep knowledge of most of the programs — they’re often based on personal preferences, secondhand rumors and other flimsy factors. For example, there seems to be a belief out there that my school’s program has “declined.” But that’s all the further the discussion goes — no other information is available. In terms of publications, job placements, awards, etc. the past three or four years have been our strongest ever. The best I can figure is that our *undergraduate* comp program is (allegedly, not really) tied to the expressive tradition, which has fallen out of favor. This doesn’t really connect to the PhD program in any way, but it’s enough of an association to make some people adjust their lists, I’m guessing.

Again, with such a short list, it wouldn’t take much more than a stray remark or assumption for a school to jump on or off.