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We Win, Gracie
A few bullet points on recent demongin.org action items (including the advent of "Outlawed Pipes"); an anecdotal account of scholarly arrogance.
Wednesday, 2004-09-22 | Classic Gin, demongin.org, Language, Literature, On the Internet
I remember with great fondness those frequent occasions on which I would commiserate with my fellow undergrads when a particularly odious TA did or said something in either a.) poor taste or b.) utter stupidity. I was afraid that once I became one myself, my chances for hurling bricks at 'grad students' would be severely diminished. Not so.
As a kind of follow up to last nite's advectio in involutus, I thought I'd mention a funny conversation I happened to overhear this morning. A certain teaching assistant said '...and, well that's the reason that these guys are enduring--they don't write in the popular way. They leave a certain amount for scholarly reading.'
Keep working on that ivory tower guys--see how high you can get.
In other news, I've got some house-keeping announcements to make:
- [UPDATE 2009-10-27: the content described below no longer exists on this website.] If you look below this post, you'll notice that the third picture ('NIGHTRAIDER!') is now an active link. It corresponds with the text below that reads 'Outlawed Pipes.' Outlawed Pipes is a new element of DemonGin.org. The idea is that since I simply cannot abide increasingly Draconian intellectual property laws and the hypocrisy/greed that inspires their proprietors to make attempt after attempt to defile one of the few things I hold sacrosanct--the internet as a publishing medium--I'm going to find whatever material I can that has caused its creators to receive a 'cease/desist' order and host it here. Look ma--I'm political and stuff.
- The only content available now in 'Outlawed Pipes' is the world-famous G.I. Joe PSA parodies that are currently ('but for how long?') available on EBaumsworld.com. I've got a few up now, and I've still got to sort through the rest. I'll post some kind of announcement when I get things sorted out on my end. Oh, and don't tell Hasbro--I hear they're in the business of threatening their fans who are not making a profit from harmless derivative works with serious legal injunctions.
- In the future, if you see something about to be made unavailable by its host, by all means, let me know so that I might host it here--I've got space enough, I reckon.
I've been trying to put handles on something that I want to write about the 'prepositions of Rhetoric,' that is to say that I'd like to address 'Complete Proofs, Probabilities and Signs' as such.
It's once again worth noting that I can't seem to shake the fetters of classical philosophy and philology.
