PhysioProf is getting a stream of visits from a link in this post on “Ravelry”, “a knit and crochet community”: http://ravelry.com/discuss/lazy-stupid-and-godless/155804/1-25 PhysioProf happens to love knitters and crocheters, and is very distraught at the possibility that knitters and/or crocheters think he is lazy, stupid, and/or godless. But maybe these knitters and/or crocheters are actually posting …

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When AG Michael Mukasey was up for Senate confirmation, I wrote a very sternly worded letter to my Senators, Clinton and Schumer, exhorting them to make sure that they didn’t vote to confirm someone who wasn’t going to uphold the rule of law and the Constitution of the United States. Schumer, a pivotal vote on …

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Zuska and Female Science Professor have both posted in the last few days on writing and blogging while pseudonymous. FSP had this to say about those who bitch and moan about it: Some of the brave souls who rage against us Anonymous Ones say that we are damaging the public image of Academe. According to …

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PhysioProf is neither an artist nor an architect, but he does know that a major difference between art and architecture is that artworks need serve no ends other than the creative vision of the artist, while buildings must serve a broader purpose. Unlike art, many people are forced by circumstances beyond their control to look …

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PhysioProf has been giving a lot of thought lately to the issue of foul language and civility. Many people have commented that PhysioProf’s constant use of dirty words detracts from his message, and turns off many of the very people that he is seeking to reach out to and influence. After ruminating very long and …

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