Doctor J's Words, Words, Words

So, I haven't posted here in a while.  Part of the reason-- fatigue and general business-- is old and well-known, while the other is ver...

I have been reluctant to comment openly about the Democratic and Republican nomination campaigns for a number of reasons, not least of which...

Just a few short notes, writing from one campus before I set out for another, on the Academy Award nominations announced today: Conspicuo...

One of the odder things about the English language is the panoply of words that act as collective nouns .  Some are still in common use-- a ...

So Christmas has finally come and gone, and with it the end of first term at New Institution.  My workload has briefly subsided, but the pos...

It's all too tempting to use this space to rant about the insanity of things: the lunacy of trying to mark piles and piles of assignmen...

So you can share my addiction: herewith the YouTube links for the most recent episode of QI:  part one , part two and part three .  It...

Consider this an update more in theory than in fact.  As ever of late, I'm whelmed by marking that seems only to worsen with each passin...

Although I should note that XP never, ever rebooted so quickly before.  And Vista, well Vista, the less I say about that intrusive piece of ...

And this time, she's got company .  Gawd help the Internets-- and all of us.  ;-) (Historical side-note: It was Christie and RK that we...

Sorry, everyone, but I haven't had any time whatsoever in the past-- has it really been? -- two months to write.  Such is life at New In...

Someone clearly needs a life--- and a little disassociation therapy.  And probably a island's worth of sedation.  (Link courtesy Christ...

Just when you thought television couldn't get any worse ....  At least it won't feature Ben Mulroney.

Subtext?  SUBTEXT?!?!  We don't need no stinkin' subtext ....  (Key quote:  "This is hurting...."  Indeed.)

Now this is what you call "dramatic irony." 

Hard as it is to believe, the NSG Doc has finally caught up with the times.  Well, kinda.  I'm writing this entry from my long-wanted bu...

And it's about effing time  .... 

Wow, it has been a long time since I updated here:  have been crazy-busy lately with various things (writing, editing, reviewing medical br...

Sheesh: lately it seems every time I go to update this blasted blog, I feel I should apologize; same, in fact, for finally answering any o...

Yes, yes, yes:  I have been delinquent in updating this blog, so my apologies to those of you who keep checking it so inexplicably dutifully...

You must be cautious. And yes, he does do a better job than Ewan.

Something to remember from Alan Watts , with a little help from Stone & Parker. Key words: "And it was a hoax...." Yup. On...