Its the time of year to wish everyone a merry, er, er, holiday. Or, as
Bing might have sung were he around today, Im dreaming of a white
holiday.
Sad to say, we Brits seem to be catching the bug.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-939641,00.html
It's a very brr morning down here in South Georgia. I
haven't been out walking yet. I'm doing things in reverse this
morning. Warming myself up with freshly brewed coffee and some warm
thoughts before I go out and risk being quick frozen before I reach the
end of the dirveway.
Title: Social Psychologist: Tenure Track Position
Please pass this on to any potential applicants.
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West Chester University anticipates hiring a tenure-track faculty member in Social Psychology at the Assistant Professor level (pending
And for completeness, here's the second London Times piece, an occasional
article by the paper's classical music correspondent.
God save our merry, gentlemen
Richard Morrison
As the notion of Christmas itself as a Christian festival is all but
expunged, I do grieve for our ever-receding heritage
Annette has reminded me that London Times articles are not available
online outside the UK without a subscription, so here is the first article
cited above. It's on the op-ed page, and is by Mick Hume, editor of
spiked-online www.spiked-online.com
London Times December 22, 2003
These meanies
TIPSters--
As long as we (or at least our esteemed colleague Allen) are in the mood to contemplate things holidayish, here's an article from the New York Times chronicling the latest Santa-based research from this year's Ig Nobel Literature Prize winner, John Trinkaus. It's even mildly relevant to
What a funchity old grouch. Apprently someone who didn't successfully
make the transition out of the 1970s? Newsflash! We don't live in an
overwhelmingly Christian society anymore. The fact that we did 20 or 50
or 100 years ago is relatively immaterial. Especially funny is how the
author tries
Delightful! With that nasty
little edge that makes life worth living. :-)
The music is a nice surreal touch too.
A sure cure for Xmas diabetes.
--
Christopher D. Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M3J 1P3
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
phone: 416-736-5115 ext.
