gee, when did "boredom" become a major criterion for deciding what to pay attention to? Alas, boredom is part of my job (especially when grading), though sometimes my willingness to suffer from boredom pays off (as in research).
On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:07 AM, Carrol Cox <[email protected]> wrote: > Eugene Coyle: I'm bored with the financial crisis. Is anybody writing about > the economic crisis? > > I think I'd go a step further: I'm bored with "crisis," particularly _crisis > of capitalism_. When talk of a general strike becomes the staple of chit > chat in the whole population, _then_ the word "crisis" might begin to mean > something. -- Jim Devine by the Clash: Yankee soldier He wanna shoot some skag He met it in Cambodia But now he can't afford a bag Yankee dollar talk To the dictators of the world In fact it's giving orders An' they can't afford to miss a word I'm so bored with the USA I'm so bored with the USA But what can I do? Yankee detectives Are always on the TV 'Cos killers in America Work seven days a week Never mind the stars and stripes Let's print the Watergate Tapes I'll salute the New Wave And I hope nobody escapes I'm so bored with the USA I'm so bored with the USA But what can I do? I'm so bored with the USA I'm so bored with the USA But what can I do? I'm so bored with the USA I'm so bored with the USA I'm so bored with the USA But what can I do? Move up Starsky For the C.I.A. Suck on Kojak For the USA _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
