Robert W. Gehl @robertwgehl@scholar.social

will catch up to you some day

prove that Satan exists and that he hates us

sort it out, boffins!

it's sabotage

just read in the news that there is outrage on social media... wow! never heard of that. great reporting. That person/organization/animal ought to be ashamed! We need to pass a law.

it's that time of year, when people hang red, white, and blue Chinese flags in front of Walmarts and car dealerships

Author happens to be a Big Name and I doubt my review will derail the book, but someone has to hold senior scholars up to high standards.

Update: it does not get any better. Author introduces a topic, then says, "I wrote about this topic," cites self. Ignores *a lot* of people who also have written about it.

An argument could be made that the book is in a journalistic style, but then an academic citation appears and... it's the author

reviewing a book for a press, a book in which at least 50% of the citations are of the author's own work. It's good work to cite, but... c'mon, other people have written about this topic, too...

Is it ok if every time I read "zeitgeist" I say it in my head "zit ghost" and giggle?

Watching DS9 all over again on some larger screens than I did originally, I notice the detail of the Ferengi teeth... whoa.

A question: did they get the actors to dub their lines? Or did they just get so good at pronunciation with those teeth?

"You will need to do revisions to make this paper conference-ready," says the reviewer for the ginormous conference.

No, I won't, I think. I will be put on a panel with 8 other people and have 5 minutes to talk about two significant cultural practices.

Unless by "revision" you mean chopping the heart out of the paper and presenting its empty husk to an indifferent room

I still can't decide if I like the Ezri Dax character or not, but here's to trying

sometimes when I get on a roll with my writing, I hear the announcer in my head say "he's heating up!"