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[oldfullprof]

Marigolds:  What is Seinfeld about, anyway?  I watched five minutes of one once.  Does it have to do with dasein?  Is it about post 1970s ambivalence?  I don't get it.

[larryc]

The McCallum tag is fun:  thedickinsonpress.com/event/tag/tag/richard%20mccallum/

[marigolds]

Marigolds:  What is Seinfeld about, anyway?  I watched five minutes of one once.  Does it have to do with dasein?  Is it about post 1970s ambivalence?  I don't get it.

It's a show about nothing.

"JERRY: What do we got?
GEORGE: An idea.
JERRY: What idea?
GEORGE: An idea for the show.
JERRY: I still don't know what the idea is.
GEORGE: It's about nothing.
JERRY: Right.
GEORGE: Everybody's doing something, we'll do nothing.
JERRY: So, we go into NBC, we tell them we've got an idea for a show about nothing.
GEORGE: Exactly.
JERRY: They say, "What's your show about?" I say, "Nothing."
GEORGE: There you go.
(A moment passes)
JERRY: (Nodding) I think you may have something there."

[oldfullprof]

It's a show about nothing.

Very painful.

[aandsdean]

Can one send in the CV of one's own dean in the hope that they will be offered the job?

Sure. When there's a national search, the job ads usually request "applications or nominations." That's when you nominate your dean. S/h/it may be flattered.

That's a time-honored way to get rid of people: shift them to someone else.

The Fiona

S/h/it flows downhill.

[aandsdean]

Can one send in the CV of one's own dean in the hope that they will be offered the job?

Sure. When there's a national search, the job ads usually request "applications or nominations." That's when you nominate your dean. S/h/it may be flattered.

That's a time-honored way to get rid of people: shift them to someone else.

The Fiona

Redacted to obliterate the double post.  D*mn crappo internet connection.

[oldfullprof]

Uphill, too.  Sad to say.