People keep keep interviewing me for articles on academic blogging. I'm always giving the same answers. I've got to start getting more creative—next time, I'm going to have to say something about cults, groupies, and pie.
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Pie, pie, me oh my,
Nothing tastes better, wet, salty and dry.
Apple and pumpkin and mince and black bottom,
I'll come to your place every day if you've got 'em.
Pie, me oh my, I love piiiiieeeeeee
-Michael, 1996
Pie! That's raspberry pie, I hope.
Link's not loading for me. We need a Pharyngula-esque term for "slashdotted", maybe..
And let me guess -- was one of your "groupies" ever hauled onto a New Zealand fishing boat?
Groupies will go a long way to improving the image of being a professor, and of being a blogger.
Also... see if you can work in "my brain is hung like a horse".
Best ;)
Groupies! Hm. Who would that be?
"Groupie" or "grouper"?
Hmmm, "cults, groupies, and pie..."
why, that sounds like Fafblog!
[See here( http://fafblog.blogspot.com/) for a humorous illustration of cult-like devotion -- and who knows, maybe groupies. The Fafguys haven't posted anything new for almost a solid year now, and last I looked , there were NEW comments from just over the weekend! As for pie, well... .]
Mmmmmmmm.........pie......
Rhubarb pie! We grew rhubarb in the alleys of Burley, Idaho. Spring rhubarb pie can't be beaten -- Bebop-a-reebop Rhubarb Pies cannot compare.
But here, in Texas, the stuff bolts before we can get a harvestable stock.
P.Z., you may have one of the few administrations that realizes what a benefit a blogging professor or teacher can be. Among the public school blogs, most of the bloggers are anonymous or partly so. Can't let the public see what you do . . .