Classes start tomorrow

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   irisvanderpluym

   21 August 2012 at 11:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Cheers, PZ!

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   Suido

   21 August 2012 at 11:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   If I recall clearly (which I don’t), drinking starts at when the uni bar opens. 10am, perhaps.

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   Alukonis, metal ninja

   21 August 2012 at 11:37 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Just a little nip in your morning coffee before lecture, right?

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   chigau (違う)

   21 August 2012 at 11:59 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Give ‘em hell heck, Professor!
   (the poor wee things)

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   Jadehawk

   22 August 2012 at 12:12 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   my condolences.

   from the other side, my classes started today. with the discovery that one of my classes is on the 3rd floor of a building that’s currently being rebuilt, so I’ve no idea how to get to that floor without having to use at least some stairs, because I’ve not yet found where the fuck their temporary “accessible” entrance is. (and I only found the elevator on the way down, too *sigh*)

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   Zeno

   22 August 2012 at 12:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   As much as I love my job, the start of each semester fills me with dread. I’ll probably settle down okay by the second week. Sort of like my students.

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   Hurin, Midnight DJ on the Backwards Music Station

   22 August 2012 at 12:22 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I feel you. They start next week for me.

   I am not ready to go back to being the only thing stopping 60 new pre-meds from blinding themselves with nitric acid.

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   StevoR

   22 August 2012 at 1:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Drinking starts tomorrow night.

   Why wait so long?

   Avoid hangovers – stay drunk! (Joking. Kinda.)

   Cheers!

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   Amblebury

   22 August 2012 at 2:16 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Chin-chin.

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    shockna

    22 August 2012 at 4:33 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Why bother with coffee?

    I say substitute it for 1.66 glasses of wine; as Mitchell and Webb taught us, everything is easier when you’re just ever so slightly drunk.

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    Louis

    22 August 2012 at 5:03 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Oooooh drinking!

    {Cue montage of Louis skipping through grassy fields holding hands with an anthropomorphised pint of real ale and a rum chaser}

    {Cue romantic sweeping violin music in rising chords}

    {Cue sunset on a deserted beach, Louis and anthropomorphised drinks staring into each other’s eyes lovingly. Louis drinks the drinks…}

    Wait…that just got suspiciously sick didn’t it?

    Cheers PZ!

    Louis

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    cethis

    22 August 2012 at 5:23 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Good luck, and thanks for writing this blog. You’ve opened my eyes to many things. :)

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    neal

    22 August 2012 at 6:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Sympathy, brother. Sympathy. (I’m writing a syllabus right now.)

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    mouthyb

    22 August 2012 at 8:10 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Way ahead of you. *hic*

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    Antiochus Epiphanes

    22 August 2012 at 8:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I have another week.

    I have the big botany class (which counts as two)! And one other. Not so bad.

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    Jerry

    22 August 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    My first thought upon reading the post was “Did PZ mean himself or the students? Probably both.”. :)

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    Brad

    22 August 2012 at 11:23 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    You have tenure, right? Why not drink during class?

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    anubisprime

    22 August 2012 at 12:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    This is just to cheer you up a tad with the banality and innate intelligence of presumably well intentioned xians…

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921

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    Wes F.

    22 August 2012 at 1:22 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Right there with you, PZ. (Literally, as a matter of fact, as I am now teaching at your institution!)

    WF

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    prfesser

    23 August 2012 at 6:57 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Keep the positive thoughts, PZ. You and I are now actively saving lives, both human and animal.

    Yesterday’s gem, in a class of 48 freshmen chemistry students. I pose the query, “What, then, is the volume of this 10x10x10 cm cube? Let’s see a hand.”

    Blank stares. Silence. But I smile inside as I save lives. Twenty-four years now, dedicated to keeping another sack of idiots out of medical school and veterinary school.