Comments on: Academic blog roundup: I know what you did this summer edition

By: Historiann

Historiann — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:59:04 +0000

Wow, Rose–sorry about that mistaken attribution to Tom. (The post just sounded so totally “village grouchy,” if you know what I mean!) You have been married to long, my friends.

And I hear you about the shut-ups. Every year I think the discourse can’t get any dumber, and every year I’m horrified to see that it manages that, and with sizeable margins of stupid on the side.

By: Rose

Rose — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:18:44 +0000

Hey, thanks for the shout-out, Historiann, even though our blog probably isn’t “academic blogospere” kosher. We talk about Bob Seger, after all (I, incidentally, am the Seger-hater; Tom maintains some nostalgic 80s-boy affection for him).

And I hope I’ve now exhausted my “shut up”-derived blog titles. But with so many more weeks left until the election, I won’t make any promises.

By: ortho stice

ortho stice — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:46:50 +0000

Historiann, interesting roundup. Thanks for sharing!

By: Historiann

Historiann — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:33:21 +0000

Sorry, Roxie–I just thought the beagle or daschund or whatever it is cake was creepier–as Sq. says, “puppy salad?”

Sq.–I’ll look forward to seeing whatever snaps you managed to get. You must be on the quarter system–enjoy your last few weeks of summer!

By: squadratomagico

squadratomagico — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:23:16 +0000

I think the creepiest aspect of this cake is that the puppy appears to be sitting on a bed of lettuce: puppy salad?

I have yet to check my BM photos to see if any of them came out — I’m not much of a photographer, and with all the dust at BM, it’s sort of a pain to tote a camera around and to try to protect it. However, I did try to get a few shots one day of my favorite art pieces. Walked by Barbie Death Camp (somewhere around 3:30 or 4 and Corvair, I think), but didn’t go in.

By: Roxie

Roxie — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 16:13:37 +0000

Speaking as a dog, I have to say that I find this cake a little creepy, but I’m also a little wounded that you didn’t put up a picture of a terrier cake. C’mon, Historiann! I thought we were friends, and terriers are way, way cuter than the vaguely beagle-ish critter featured on this cake. Don’t you agree?