Smoked pork shanks can be a little tough to find, so when I do see them in the store, I stock up and throw them in the freezer. The flavor is unbeatable. Low, smoky ham flavor. Ham hocks are way more salt, less meat, less smoke.

I lose it every time Steve says, "I'm sick of these fucking dolphins."

It's a date!

No other Anderson movie recaptures that magic (though the Life Aquatic gets close at moments).

He's definitely a specific vibe. But I'll watch Royal Tenenbaums every day of the week and twice on Sunday just to see Gene Hackman. Humorously, he hated that role. Begged Anderson not to write it for him. He and Anderson fought each other relentlessly on set. And it's what makes the film so great.

And how.

But I also thoroughly enjoy watching him teach his grandchildren to bet on cockfights in the Royal Tenenbaums and to beat the soul out of Richard Harris in Unforgiven (another Oscar win). Mainly, I love Gene Hackman.

No idea. I once suggested to a colleague that Mississippi Burning was a good movie and was then informed it perpetuated white savior stereotypes, but I was like, "Man, I just like watching Gene Hackman beat the shit out of a Klansman or two."

Okay, on a subsequent Google, he got hooked on drugs in the *sequel*. He won the oscar for the original. Thank you for your attention to this matter!

Gene Hackman won an Oscar for it!

Btw, the reference was that in the social sciences, some types of experimentation would be unethical. For example, we definitely shouldn't randomly choose people at random, force them to get addicted to drugs, and see what happens as a result. Like Popeye Doyle!

I've been on a 3-3 teaching load since I started the tenure track in 2016. I'm proud of the amount of scholarship I've produced since then, but the last year has been pretty demoralizing.

I think I've had something like 8 submissions this year with so far just 1 R&R to show for it. Easily the worst year I've had in at least 7-8 years.

I've said it recently, and I'll say it again. This year has been brutal on the review front. Desk rejected after months of nothing. Rejected after closer to 6 months of initial review. Getting ghosted by journals. Getting 2 positive reviews from a top-3 and still being rejected.

I worked in an environment like that once before. I had a dean who made requests for revisions to my course syllabi. Hated it. Resigned. Not doing that again.

If I got a dismissal notice because I changed slides/assignments/syllabi without some admin's approval, that's where I get off the train. Sure, I'd probably file a lawsuit on the way out. But that will be it for me and higher ed. It ain't worth it.

I laughed out loud. Blast from the past!