Six-figure existentialism

Stephen E Philion philion at hawaii.edu
Fri Oct 19 09:20:41 PDT 2001


Doug, I didn't see that. I went through a 32 step to wean myself off of O'Reilly...Can Fish provide us with a transcript of that show? If he did that well, he might wanna publicize the exchange. (beyond the already how many millions of viewers who haven't completed their 32 step...)

Steve

On Fri, 19 Oct 2001, Doug Henwood wrote:


> Dennis Robert Redmond wrote:
>
> >Stanley Fish on the impact of the recession on higher ed, after his
> >department had to slash 49 planned hires to 18:
> >
> >"And what about me? How do I feel about operating in a regime of scarcity
> >(temporary, I hope) after almost three years of entrepreneurial frenzy?
> >Well it has its pleasures, rather like the pleasure (on the
> >obsessive-compulsive side to be sure) of cleaning up your desk after a
> >bout of intense and almost narcotic writing, or the pleasure of pruning a
> >manuscript of self-indulgent length, or the pleasure of finally getting
> >through that pile of mail and identifying the debts and obligations it
> >brings even if you can't quite take care of them."
> >(http://chronicle.com/jobs/2001/10/2001101901c.htm)
>
> Wow. Will Stan sell one of his Jaguars too, just in the spirit of the times?
>
> By the way, he was excellent the other night on the O'Reilly Factor.
>
> Doug
>



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