Today’s nose cone art is the B-17 “Impatient Virgin” taken on July 15, 1943 in Norfolk, England.
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Academic Insult of the Day- June 30, 2010
If T.S. Eliot had to comment on your latest journal article he would undoubtedly write:
This is the way your text ends
This is the way your text ends
This is the way your text ends
Not with a bang but a whimper.
Academic Insult of the Day- June 29, 2010
Your love of Joseph Campbell and your actions at department meetings have earned you the nickname, “The Scholar with a Thousand Faces.”
Academic Insult of the Day- June 28, 2010
If René Magritte created a painting about you, it would say, ”Ceci n’est pas une scholar.”
Academic Insult of the Day- June 27, 2010
If physicists like Hugh Everett are right and multiple parallel earths true exists, then are you a good scholar on any other them?
Academic Insult of the Day- June 26, 2010
You are to academia what the film Jurassic Park is to paleontology.
Academic Insult of the Day- June 25, 2010
Your writing reminds me of e e cummings’ work. Neither of you follow the accepted rules of spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.
Nose Cone Pin-up Art- June 24, 2010
Today’s World War II nose cone art photo is of F-7A #42-64184 nicknamed “Photo Fanny.”
Academic Insult of the Day- June 24, 2010
After reviewing your qualifications I believe I have found the perfect position for you. You’re intelligent, egotistical, self-absorbed, pompous, long-winded, and a doctor. This combined with the fact that you love to over-explain things during long-winded speeches would make you the perfect comic book supervillain. Please give my best to Dr. Doom, Dr. Evil, and Dr. Death.
