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Ruminations on the terminator that is coming for you
Aweh, Dear Ruminants and Groupies The Oracle has spoken Every month since January, I have received the same automated email. I have known for some time that I will retire at the end of December. I have no objection whatsoever. Indeed, I suspect retirement may be an excellent arrangement for both me and the university.…
Ruminations on Kafkaesque Treacle and the Art of Exhausting a Great Marlin
Aweh, Dear Ruminants and Groupies First, someone abuses their power It starts with someone throwing their weight around. Abusing their authority. An official bullies people, applies rules selectively, or treats public authority as a personal franchise. Someone gets pushed around because the official can apparently get away with it. You object. Perhaps it happened to…
Ruminations on the Guilty Pleasures of Screaming into the Abyss and Pissing into the Wind
Aweh, Dear Ruminants and Groupies, Some people appear to have reached an accommodation with existence. They accept its disappointments, trust its mysterious workings and occasionally post inspirational quotations over photographs of sunsets. I have an internet connection and unresolved objections. There are the compliant and the awkward. People who accept an explanation and people who…
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