Confessions of a Community College Dean

In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990's moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care. Comments are welcome. Comments for general readership can be posted directly after the blog entry. For private comments, I can be reached at deandad at gmail dot com. The opinions expressed here are my own (or those of commenters), and not those of my (unnamed) employer.

Monday, September 19, 2005

Talk Like a Pirate and Stop Global Warming

Avast, ye scurvy swabs. This be National Talk Like a Pirate Day.

According to the Pastafarians, the flying spaghetti monster likes pirates, and has subjected us to global warming as a direct consequence of the decline in the number of pirates. Talking like a pirate will appease his noodly highness, and buy us some time. Aarrrr!

Speaking of guilty pleasures...

# posted by Dean Dad @ 3:48 AM

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