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January 27, 2004
Hoth and home
The Flea's spectral antennae have been wiggling in search of employment and adventure these last several months. Academic job applications are a cross between a complex, expensive lottery ticket and a reality tv ordeal so it has been fun, fun and more fun at Flea Mansions. Today's weather reminds me the process is all worth it.
Posted by Ghost of a flea at January 27, 2004 09:23 AM
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"in search of employment and adventure"
Where be the Flea looking?
Posted by: Rue at January 27, 2004 10:20 AM
Perhaps Herr Flee should go to U Tennessee Knoxville and change his name to 'InstaFlea'...
Or UCLA and 'GhostConspiracy'...
the mind boggles.
Posted by: Clayton Barnett at January 27, 2004 11:46 AM
InstaFlea! I like the sound of that. Actually, I am curious if potential employers have taken to Googling candidates as a matter of course and am consequently curious if posts like this turn up on their radar... Consequently, I am not going to be too specific about my prospects in quite so public a context just yet. I can say I have found the perfect job and have fingers and toes crossed for the future.
Posted by: Nicholas Packwood at January 27, 2004 04:58 PM
Dear Nick-
Just don't cut open a bantha and climb inside. The smell is awful.
Oh, no wait a minute. That thing isn't a bantha. Banthas live on Tatooine and are ridden by sandpeople. What is that creature in the photo called, for 150 points?
D
Posted by: David Strain at January 27, 2004 06:03 PM
I just found it. It's called a tauntaun.
Whew.
My geek cred is still intact.
D
Posted by: David Strain at January 27, 2004 06:10 PM
No fair! I was about to dazzle you with my exobiological lore.
Posted by: Nicholas Packwood at January 27, 2004 06:14 PM
Oh, and by the way-
UGA is desperate for grad students who can teach in Comp. Lit, English, and a few other fields.
Athens is a gorgeous, super-friendly, lovely place to live with mild winters.
Just a thought.
D
Posted by: David Strain at January 27, 2004 06:17 PM
Hmm. I checked their job site after your email last week but their frames were not working or something to that effect... I should have another look. Georgia sounds just peachy to me.
Posted by: Nicholas Packwood at January 27, 2004 06:31 PM
Georgia?
I guess the blog would then be 'Flea Rumbles' then... hosted by Ghostman...?
Posted by: Clayton Barnett at January 27, 2004 08:38 PM