It is what it is. I'm glad you and Molly didn't get the job. I think we are suffering enough from the leftovers of wishful thinking.
On 15 Sep., 06:34, ornamentalmind <[email protected]> wrote: > QC....sounds about right.....may it be what you want! > > On Sep 14, 8:15 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Had the interview (suitably farcical) and have to wait until Friday > > for the decision. Job itself looks typical of the area, so no > > illusions about that! Accommodation on the eighth floor of the campus > > with a view of the sea and wireless internet. All seems in place > > except students - they seem to have overlooked this component of the > > university. Sheik Faisal gave me some kind of vague assurance this > > will be looked into in the five year strategic plan, but seemed smart > > enough not just to swap bank accounts with me and let me run the job > > from the Bahamas. The mission, should I be put in a position to > > accept it, is quality control, broadly conceived as signing off on any > > old crap. I may be built of the right technology. > > > On 14 Sep, 01:27, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I'm sure someone of your caliber will easily secure a position, rots > > > of ruck! > > > > Hint: Don't act smart and you'll get it! > > > > Over qualification can sometimes be threatening and present underlying > > > fears of salary requirement. > > > > On Sep 13, 6:50 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have a job interview later today - if there is any creativity left > > > > in my circuits I could do with discharging it before that! > > > > > On 13 Sep, 07:34, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Probably a test of virtue every now and then might not be entirely a > > > > > bad thing unless one fails miserably, there is motive behind the > > > > > coquet of one's wiles to consider when ladder climbing is essential > > > > > for career success. Thinking can become a bit difficult when blood > > > > > flow to the brain suddenly decreases so preparation is advisable and > > > > > can keep one cool at the water cooler. I feel it has become > > > > > increasingly difficult with the shift in gender ratio at any workplace > > > > > environment. It's easier now to be snagged and taken down, it's not > > > > > something to overlook or trifle with. As you say, if we can't get it > > > > > right on the lower level we'll never make it to the top. > > > > > > On Sep 12, 12:56 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Spot on Slip - not what we should be in the game for. Bad enough > > > > > > being a young Lothario, yet alone a Grecian 2000ed one! There is a > > > > > > certain sexual madness in any workplace -worth knowing it is there > > > > > > so > > > > > > one can keep it at arm's length! If we can't spot this behavioural > > > > > > stuff (many can't or get it all wrong) I doubt we can ever deal with > > > > > > racism, sexism and general power-freaking. > > > > > > > On 12 Sep, 18:37, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Yes, So are the days of our lives. > > > > > > > > On Sep 11, 11:22 pm, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The most creative program I watched this week was "Warplane" on > > > > > > > > PBS. > > > > > > > > Utterly amazing and inspiring!// Who is being "used"- the > > > > > > > > professor or > > > > > > > > the student? Academia reminds me of Hollywood sometimes. > > > > > > > > > On Sep 10, 5:14 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Very interesting my friend. It's not that I don't concur but > > > > > > > > > there > > > > > > > > > are some areas of gray and, as you well know, shadows > > > > > > > > > sometimes > > > > > > > > > represent images that do not formulate the actual instance. > > > > > > > > > Pat of > > > > > > > > > course can have us dancing about the galaxy in search of > > > > > > > > > substance but > > > > > > > > > that does not negate the fact that we are still here in ME > > > > > > > > > tossing > > > > > > > > > about speculations. Students do have their delusions of > > > > > > > > > achievement, > > > > > > > > > some beyond logical comprehension. I'm just wondering how many > > > > > > > > > voluptuous students passed your elevated bar via the path of > > > > > > > > > libidinous satiation. Let's be real, for those of us who > > > > > > > > > have been > > > > > > > > > there, the opportunity for preferential treatment at certain > > > > > > > > > levels > > > > > > > > > can present a special challenge to the cerebral section > > > > > > > > > usually > > > > > > > > > designated to be lobotomized. Creativity is a method to > > > > > > > > > achieve what > > > > > > > > > one desires and sometimes one's desires can achieve what one > > > > > > > > > wants to > > > > > > > > > create. > > > > > > > > > > On Sep 10, 4:22 pm, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I've appreciated the stuff on consciousness and other > > > > > > > > > > subjects we are > > > > > > > > > > never going to 'disentangle' of late. Someone was > > > > > > > > > > 'threatening' more > > > > > > > > > > on universes 'sprouting all over the place' from curved > > > > > > > > > > space-time > > > > > > > > > > (pace moi or a string necktie party round at Pat's > > > > > > > > > > perhaps). All in > > > > > > > > > > favour ... yet what about practical creative issues? > > > > > > > > > > I used to teach a module called Creative Organisational > > > > > > > > > > Practices and > > > > > > > > > > Analysis (where we could all come a croppa) - students from > > > > > > > > > > long ago > > > > > > > > > > often remind me it was an oasis in the desert of business > > > > > > > > > > teaching. > > > > > > > > > > There were no rules other than to produce a 5,000 word or > > > > > > > > > > equivalent > > > > > > > > > > project that I could feasibly fit with my own rules of > > > > > > > > > > scamming the > > > > > > > > > > bureaucracy. One story about the 'no rules' concerned the > > > > > > > > > > leisure > > > > > > > > > > studies lecturer who considered hammock sleeping on the > > > > > > > > > > beach as a > > > > > > > > > > clearly excellent project in leisure, though I did mention > > > > > > > > > > he was > > > > > > > > > > finally sacked after fourteen years of practice. Some of > > > > > > > > > > the work was > > > > > > > > > > so good it made Channel 4 television, some so bad I was > > > > > > > > > > reduced to > > > > > > > > > > marking the laughs of derision. The bull in the syllabus > > > > > > > > > > was silver- > > > > > > > > > > tongued and highly academic - an excellent cover for the > > > > > > > > > > FOFO teaching > > > > > > > > > > style and deconstruct the penguin ethos. No one ever > > > > > > > > > > failed, but a > > > > > > > > > > mark of 43.5% was covertly known to indicate my > > > > > > > > > > displeasure. One > > > > > > > > > > survivor even wrote her final dissertation as a comparison > > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > > management and the Dancing Masters of the Wu Li (high > > > > > > > > > > energy physics > > > > > > > > > > meets organisational aesthetics). Some said I was swooned > > > > > > > > > > by her > > > > > > > > > > prettiness, but she married a real physicist. The external > > > > > > > > > > examiner, > > > > > > > > > > agreeing my mark, spluttered this was the most dangerous > > > > > > > > > > work he had > > > > > > > > > > ever witnessed. Another did a photographic comparison of > > > > > > > > > > company > > > > > > > > > > mergers and marriage - presented at an International > > > > > > > > > > conference, > > > > > > > > > > topped only by another on the same theme by a Norwegian > > > > > > > > > > academic. > > > > > > > > > > Teaching, such as it was, varied from presentations of my > > > > > > > > > > own papers > > > > > > > > > > and people dragged in from the street, including Spike > > > > > > > > > > Milligan and > > > > > > > > > > Hovis Presley, a prostitute and some amateur magicians. > > > > > > > > > > I wonder what our views on practical creativity are? My > > > > > > > > > > course was > > > > > > > > > > inspired in part by a Peter Anthony book 'The Foundation of > > > > > > > > > > Management', opening with an assertion that the last place > > > > > > > > > > to send > > > > > > > > > > talented young people to learn about business was a > > > > > > > > > > business school - > > > > > > > > > > maybe they should spend time with scientists or Bohemians.- > > > > > > > > > > Hide quoted text - > > > > > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
