After Academe: Monday Morning AcademiCat

Monday, August 22, 2011

Monday Morning AcademiCat

Hobart says: "Kittehs as handsome as I is don't need to be smart. Teh peoplz luuvs you even if you does dumbstupid tings like eat sandalz (Mmmmmmm!). But I iz handsome AND smart (even if I duz dumbstupid tings sometimes), and I like you to pleaze tell me so many times every day."

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Spanish profAugust 22, 2011 at 3:35 PM
What can you say in front of such a cutie? They have the power, and they know it.
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recent Ph.D.August 22, 2011 at 3:49 PM
Totally! The little bastards frequently leave me speechless, though the other one, Lucky, doesn't like his picture taken much. Hobart poses without any prompting.
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recent Ph.D. started graduate school as an idealist with lofty goals for research and teaching. She has since become a pragmatist, no longer believing — given the bleak job market and the structural problems with higher education causing it — that she could have a future in the academy. "All the world's a stage," said the Bard, but recent Ph.D. doesn't know what role she is to play in the next act. Her posts reflect her adventures trying to figure it out.

LuckyZzz is a deceased cat whom recent Ph.D. was privileged to know. He inspired her to appreciate the value of friends, good food, potent catnip, and full days of napping. He occasionally visits to share his unique perspective.

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