tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post6763455282030299714..comments2024-02-23T03:28:33.435-05:00Comments on Culture Industry: 1 week down, 14 to go...Mark Scrogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-41330761364572971122010-08-29T15:56:32.797-04:002010-08-29T15:56:32.797-04:00I'll give you a chili pepper if you give me on...I'll give you a chili pepper if you give me one--anonymously, of course.Brian Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258964922666185002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-63962524088229371352010-08-28T10:20:57.352-04:002010-08-28T10:20:57.352-04:00Have you considered writing an academic satire, Ma...Have you considered writing an academic satire, Mark? Or maybe that was just a bit of grim realism...Norman Finkelsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03673105579717018812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-72508181334650663672010-08-28T10:18:00.700-04:002010-08-28T10:18:00.700-04:00zounds! and gad-zooks!! busy busy and that 'bu...zounds! and gad-zooks!! busy busy and that 'busy-busy' is a <br />tough life to hoe the road in and grounded nose to stone, but, I <br />spose some-boddhi's gotta do it:<br /><br />Absent-Minded Professor<br /> (by Howard Nemerov, 1960)<br /><br />This lonely figure of not much fun<br />Strayed out of folklore fifteen years ago<br />Forever. Now on an autumn afternoon,<br />While the leaves drift past the office window,<br />His bright replacement, present-minded, stays<br />At the desk correcting papers, nor ever grieves<br />For the silly scholar of the bad old days,<br />Who'd burn the papers and correct the leaves.Ed Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775noreply@blogger.com