tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post661205501694911083..comments2024-03-12T22:31:46.500-04:00Comments on What Would Phoebe Do?: Dissertation Pasta-gatePhoebe Maltz Bovyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-56203129614761853092013-06-04T13:42:04.003-04:002013-06-04T13:42:04.003-04:00Hell, he said "stop eating carbs", not &...Hell, he said "stop eating carbs", not "be skinny".<br /><br />I guess that means if you're reasonably-sized (or even only slightly maybe overweight a little), but still eat carbs at all, you're Not Ready For Grad School.<br /><br />This sort of thing makes me glad I never even considered a graduate degree.Sigivaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16152366541957466049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-17525194902145378072013-06-04T10:56:35.654-04:002013-06-04T10:56:35.654-04:00Caroline,
It does seem likely. Then again, the pr...Caroline,<br /><br />It does seem likely. Then again, the presumed alternative - an office job that pays enough to allow you to order in when staying at work till 10pm - might be worse. And teaching, assuming you stand when you teach, is almost athletic, or so I told myself when I stopped jogging the semester I was teaching. <br /><br />Caryatis,<br /><br />Good point.Phoebe Maltz Bovyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17996039330841139883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-35648026919529600882013-06-03T23:55:14.130-04:002013-06-03T23:55:14.130-04:00Um, you fail to mention this is an evolutionary ps...Um, you fail to mention this is an evolutionary psychology professor. Not a coincidence.caryatisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-36278712859271405282013-06-03T19:18:12.355-04:002013-06-03T19:18:12.355-04:00re: dissertating as sitting on the couch in pajama...re: dissertating as sitting on the couch in pajamas<br /><br />I decided not to go to grad school, so I can't say whether or not this is true, but at my departmental graduating ceremony (Classics), they warned us that a continued pursuit of the life of the mind would be accompanied by the cultivation of some "serious Sitzfleich"! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7146512.post-6933100265687291172013-06-03T18:41:10.528-04:002013-06-03T18:41:10.528-04:00"This tweet has caused the internet to explod...<i>"This tweet has caused the internet to explode."</i><br /><br />Stop the fat-shaming already!Peteynoreply@blogger.com