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Re: Is this a laser which I see before me?

Kalev — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:25:08 -0000

Is this a ginormous pupil I see before me, the huge gaping black maw towards my face? Come, let me poke thee! I have thee not, and yet I see thee still creepily staring at me!

Re: Happy Birthday, Soon-To-Be-Dr. Dan!

Kalev — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:42:16 -0000

Screw that! You know there's only very special circumstances under which I drink beer--I think this qualifies. :P

Re: Happy Birthday, Soon-To-Be-Dr. Dan!

Kalev — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 05:41:43 -0000

Uhm... I have absolutely ZERO memory of you EVER telling me this.

Re: Happy Birthday, Soon-To-Be-Dr. Dan!

Kalev — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:00:21 -0000

I will say "naughty" but that's a totally random guess. :P

Re: I Am A Cyborg, Just Like My Car

Kalev — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:02:35 -0000

So what's an IUD?

That's probably the most standardly boy and standardly gay thing I could say, and I know I could Google it (and yes I've figured out what it's for). But I'm wondering I guess why you'd choose it as a pregnancy prevention option if it's so painful. Granted, okay, you're only having to handle it once every five years, but it sounds pretty awful.

Re: http://www.drbethsnow.com/2009/08/11/3473/

Kalev — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:22:28 -0000

I'm not ready for summer to be over either... but anything over 27/28 is too much for me. So I'll take the mid-to-high 20s!

Re: Happy 12:34:56 7/8/9

Kalev — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:29:11 -0000

It's important to realise that this is the day that must be celebrated because mm/dd/yy is the American way of doing things and we all know the American way of doing everything is the absolute worst way there is. :) Everyone knows that just because you can say something one way, you don't necessarily write it down exactly how you say it.

Still, I find it funny that somehow you and Stats Boy continually manage to ignore the "200" in front of the "9". Really you need to go back in time 2000 years to make all these consecutive date numbers work.

I guess 12:34:56 7/8/2009 just isn't as cool. :P

Re: Things That Have Thwarted Me From Eating Junk Food Of Late

Kalev — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:51:17 -0000

And cilantro is still the devil. The DEVIL I say!

Re: Blogathon Debrief

Kalev — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:50:45 -0000

Just to restate: cilantro is the devil.

Re: Things That Have Thwarted Me From Eating Junk Food Of Late

Kalev — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:50:23 -0000

The Haagen Dazs with almonds is DELICIOUS!!!

In other news, yes, you are very picky. :P

Re: Blogathon Debrief

Kalev — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:03:46 -0000

With respect to WP-Footnotes, can you increase the font size of the footnote text? It's a bit small.

Re: Blogathon Debrief

Kalev — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:02:43 -0000

Oh yes, and "birthday."

Re: Blogathon Debrief

Kalev — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:01:30 -0000

I think you mean "archaic," not "archaiac."

I feel all right pointing this out since you're talking about perfectionism. :P

Re: Cheating 2.0

Kalev — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:19:56 -0000

I thought everyone checked their email twice a minute with their iPhones!

Re: Cheating 2.0

Kalev — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:37:08 -0000

Really, UBC should provide a good dropbox-type of software that not only has deadlines but also checks for file openability. Something outside of Vista, I mean, not that Vista checks for file corruption. Plus I've heard people have difficulty figuring out how to use the Vista dropbox.

I think it's a little much to ask people initially to paste their assignments into their emails PLUS attach them. Wouldn't it be simpler to simply check you can open the attachments and THEN ask for the (hopefully) few assignments as in-email text for those people whose files won't open? I mean seriously, how many unopenable attachments have you ever received?

I think you have to accept, as an instructor, that some people cheat and honestly, you are never going to catch all of the cheating that happens. Allowing the existence of sites like these to pre-emptively erode your trust in students is not the answer.

People live up AND down to expectations, and if their instructors all expect them to cheat, I don't think that sets up a very positive environment for learning. I mean, where does it end? Do you require TurnItIn submission from every student on every assignment? Do you stop using online environments at all because they're so difficult to monitor?

I realise that if people have legitimately done their assignments, copying and pasting them into their email submissions is not a big deal (as in, it's hardly going to require tremendous effort on their part or be technically all that tricky). But it's the principle of the thing--you are proposing to require this solely because you've found out about this nasty site, not because this type of cheating has been an issue for you in the past. And what of the people (and you know there will be several) who don't fully read the instructions and attach their assignments but forget to copy and paste the contents into the email? I mean, sure, you can go all hardcore and be like, "Well then they didn't read and follow the instructions correctly!" but honestly, if that's the only thing they miss, is that worth being strict about? Does that improve learning and their mastery of the material? But given the assumption you're going to be operating under, the people who legitimately forget to do this extra step are going to be potential cheaters if their files don't open for you.

Some people's files are going to legitimately get/be corrupted or unopenable occasionally--I don't think these people should have to suffer under a cloud of suspicion of cheating simply because a very few other people are assholes. Innocent until proven guilty. Better 100 guilty people go free than 1 innocent be wrongly jailed. That's the foundation of our legal system for a very good reason. While it means some malfeasance goes unpunished, ultimately it protects people like you and me who actually don't cheat.

And as much as I enjoy being righteously indignant and all, "I will smote all evildoers!", at the end of the day I prefer believing the best of people, not the worst. And my feeling is you do, too.

Re: #22 – All My Stuffed Animals

Kalev — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:53:11 -0000

I think "viruses don't have eyes" is one of the best lines EVAAAAR!

Also, you're correct: Toope is not an elephant. He is, however, an amphibian. Whose name starts with K.

I love how you just casually mention how you were discussing paradoxes while walking through ZELLERS!

Bob and Larry: they must be SO polluted at this point! Especially from that period that Ziba has the good euphemism for.

Frontveggies! So insane! And supposedly the gays have an agenda?!

Also penguins? From the Antarctic... pretty sure they can withstand the cold in a grocery store freezer. Especially with a toque.

Re: #21 – Nail Polish

Kalev — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:29:41 -0000

When I took it, it was called "Typing." On typewriters. Where we learned how to manually centre things. *shudder*

Re: Blogathon: By The Numbers

Kalev — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:54:11 -0000

You forgot to mention that Diet Pepsi Max, in addition to having healthy ginseng, has way more caffeine. No wonder you're "still tired" today: you're cold turkey detoxing!

Re: #47 – Cool Words

Kalev — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:54:23 -0000

Let me architect the actioning of the solution for you!

Re: #40 – Guest Post: The Story of Beth & Kalev

Kalev — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:28:41 -0000

Thanks.

Also glad you like "heinosity." :)

Re: #47 – Cool Words

Kalev — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:27:56 -0000

(I still can't believe DisqUs has no comment preview! Sad, DisqUs, very sad.)

Re: #47 – Cool Words

Kalev — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:27:13 -0000

I love shenanigans... and the word, too. :P

I'm pretty sure I can't hate problematize or hegemony by law as a sociologist. But I definitely prefer hegemony over problematize.

I do like "hegemonic."

One word I hate is the use of "architect" as a verb. As in technobabble management-ese when people say things like, "We need to architect a solution." Like Dear Dumbasses with no language skills, there's already a fucking verb for that: we call it "design."

Re: #44 – Word to Your Moms, I Came to Drop Bombs

Kalev — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:32:29 -0000

I really think the British version of that saying should be, "Word to your mums, I came to fuck bums!"

Re: #41 – Plugins, My Plugins

Kalev — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 05:24:11 -0000

You and your ingenious writings!

Re: #30 – These Are A Few of My Favourite Tweets

Kalev — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:19:10 -0000

Cilantro is the devil. That is all.