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Gainfully employed for thirty years, including as one of those high paid college administrators faculty complain about. Earned Ph.D. late in life and converted to the faculty side. Those damn administrators are ruining everything.

Uncouth Preview

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: I like that Keep Calm font a lot.  Can we use it here maybe?

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Preview of Coming Attractions Fonts

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: Have you noticed the font style for previews of coming attractions has changed? The old: The new: This article notes the difference. The article quotes a font person who said it looked like Gotham, but that’s not right. … Continue reading →

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Atheism, Anti-theism and Apatheism

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: There’s been an open moderated thread running at Andrew Sullivan’s blog on various approaches to atheism and their overall relation to belief.  It was kicked off via a link to an article by Thomas Wells on why he … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy and Religion | 1 Comment

Westboro Baptist Founder is Sick

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: In the news: TOPEKA, Kan. — The Rev. Fred Phelps Sr., who founded a Kansas church widely known for its protests at military funerals and antigay sentiments, is in a health care facility, a church spokesman said. Phelps, … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy and Religion | Tagged | 4 Comments

Knickers Watch

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: So many interesting cross-cuts on the creepshot issue. Massachusetts passed a law with practically no objection that creates a reasonable expectation of privacy with respect to private parts.  I don’t doubt your average constituent, male or female, thinks … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Photography | 8 Comments

Going Deep

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: David Brooks is more open than the next pundit to considering the world in terms that go beyond the political, and to endorse the notion that while culture and politics are symbiotic, the former often trumps the latter. … Continue reading →

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Fenster Gets Upskirted

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes:

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UR as Pogo

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: As you may have surmised from my avatar, my last name is Moop, and I am a small, green tree frog that hangs out from time to time with the swamp critters in Pogo. What you may not … Continue reading →

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Notes on “Passion”

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: As soon as I heard the news about Brian DePalma’s legal problems in the making of his latest film Passion, I ran out to see it. Nice butt, Miss Tragenhöschen! And then there was the rest of the movie. … Continue reading →

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DePalma Legal Trouble

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Fenster

Fenster writes: When it rains it pours.  Just as UR gets its knickers in a knot–privately, of course!–over the issue of creepshots, it turns out that Brian De Palma, a sainted presence for many of us here, finds himself in … Continue reading →

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