tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post7678210581184005720..comments2024-03-28T01:17:42.336-04:00Comments on The Philosopher's Stone: FRIDAY THOUGHTSRobert Paul Wolffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-25821769188343286792011-06-18T17:08:25.431-04:002011-06-18T17:08:25.431-04:00Let us hope that when she leaves her Louis for you...Let us hope that when she leaves her Louis for you, she and not he gets custody of the girls!Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-85006892138921459022011-06-18T15:39:48.659-04:002011-06-18T15:39:48.659-04:00You wrong me, Professor. I am steady in my convict...You wrong me, Professor. I am steady in my conviction that there is somewhere an Eleanor to whom I can play Henry II!Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692562500798180624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-83691212422358696882011-06-18T14:17:37.556-04:002011-06-18T14:17:37.556-04:00I see not all my readers are romantics.I see not all my readers are romantics.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-13117674712888351022011-06-18T13:53:54.904-04:002011-06-18T13:53:54.904-04:00Of the readings I was able to think up my favorite...Of the readings I was able to think up my favorite is "it is one of those rare things that is, indeed, both true and universally acknowledged - that if you have good fortune you lack a wife!"Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11692562500798180624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-16356414972942049152011-06-18T11:03:54.554-04:002011-06-18T11:03:54.554-04:00Sigh. This is more and more a common story. I wi...Sigh. This is more and more a common story. I wish I knew how to change what is going on in the Academy. These are hard times.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-64816729633249952112011-06-18T10:48:23.962-04:002011-06-18T10:48:23.962-04:00I used to teach that course at a small liberal art...I used to teach that course at a small liberal arts college in New York State. But, being untenured and mightily sick of living in a different zipcode from my spouse, I followed her when she got a better tenure-track job in a large northeastern city. So now I'm teaching just a bit of straight introductory linguistics and a slew of comp (in fact, I'm getting paid 1/5 as much to do more--and less rewarding--teaching than before). Maybe one day I will, like Pinocchio, become a real live boy.English Jerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960822939548263926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-74558761066719062462011-06-18T05:27:42.699-04:002011-06-18T05:27:42.699-04:00English Jerk, that is marvelous. Your students ar...English Jerk, that is marvelous. Your students are well served! Where does this take place, may I ask.Robert Paul Wolffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11970360952872431856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-5629057290141060492011-06-17T12:25:36.021-04:002011-06-17T12:25:36.021-04:00In my Linguistics & Literature course I schedu...In my Linguistics & Literature course I schedule a week to analyze and interpret the first sentence of <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>. At the end of the week, we've usually made enough progress to see that we could easily spend a month on it.English Jerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960822939548263926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5687347459208158501.post-62147376980729227382011-06-17T10:15:00.518-04:002011-06-17T10:15:00.518-04:00I have a similar reaction to the opening sentence ...I have a similar reaction to the opening sentence of my favorite novel, Anna Karenina: "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." It's remarkable how well that sentence sets the stage for the rest of the novel.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12922719871297540449noreply@blogger.com