March 22, 2002
You Probably Think This Song Is About You
All happy departments are alike. All unhappy departments are unhappy in their own way. Let me count the ways.
You know it's an unhappy department if it is fissured by quarrels the origins of which no one remembers, in part because the original combatants have long since died. In departments unhappy in this way, dead people often end up having more power (and votes) than the people who claim to be alive.
You know it's an unhappy department if its discussions are conducted in
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