I find myself still browsing the old fora for highlights, and thinking of the classic threads (the various MIL adventure sections that always had me in stitches). And people I still miss, like acrimone and crazybatlady.
There was one hilarious poster who left, I think to go teach in the Caribbean (?). Wish I could recall her name to look up her posts.
What were your favorites?
I know who you mean, I'll PM you.
Thanks for starting this thread!
I agree, we had some crazygood times.
I miss John_Proctor, Octo, Anthroid, cgfunmathguy, rowan, one of the other MIL contributors, her moniker began with an "o," and a couple of geologists whose monikers I forget, and of course those who are gone now.
RIP Froggy, Pry, and InfoPri (and any others we may not know of).
And I feel like we need a clubhouse, or cabana system, or some other place to hang out virtually, since meetups won't be happening soon in person!
The quiet room threads are nice, of course, and good for jangled nerves....but when you want to party, you want to party, too.
We'll get there, I'm sure.
Thanks again for this thread!
M.
Oxford Round Table (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php?topic=30869.0).
Caught In Office Looking at Porn (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,57535.0.html)
I don't miss some of the senior members who could be very condescending, but I do miss the trainwrecks.
Things are too serious for trainwrecks these days.
"Caught in Office Looking at Porn" really has everything one could want in a Fora thread. Thank you, thank you for the flashback!
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Every single one of you has looked at porn. everyone. Single. Of. You.
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The poster I was referring to was Annabelle, who was around in the pre-registration days (2005?) and has been missed longer than she ever posted!
Missing Annabelle (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php?topic=14745.0)
If anyone does know her IRL I'd be thrilled.
Has anyone heard about citrine and her nephew?
Citrine posted here briefly, and I think they were doing well...
It runs in my mind she joined the cats thread for a bit.
M.
Some classics:
Annabelle's Colleague Baby Shower (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php?topic=14078.0)
Adjunctslave's Outrageous (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,50787.0.html)
Thanks for this! Some great topics from the old forum and lots of fondly remembered forumites. I have been trying in vain to find one of my favorite posts, but I never did get very good with the search function there. I even tried the google search workaround. I'll keep looking in between reading back through these memorable threads.
Citrine and her nephew are doing well.
Don't forget the old Fora write-up in the Los Angeles Review of Books. A trip down memory lane all its own.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-complainers-online-with-the-chronicle-of-higher-education/ (https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-complainers-online-with-the-chronicle-of-higher-education/)
Quote from: Hegemony on June 02, 2020, 02:45:10 PM
Citrine and her nephew are doing well.
Good to hear.
Quote from: Wahoo Redux on June 01, 2020, 03:12:08 PM
I don't miss some of the senior members who could be very condescending, but I do miss the trainwrecks.
I liked the guy who responded to cgfunmathguy's spirited promoting of the unpaid, required office hour for the part time adjunct, (no room provided) concept with 'faculty can work in substandard conditions but it should never be because of cosseted supervisors.' I'm sure math guy didn't get it, but it was a good moment.
I enjoyed "We Speak Volumes" thread--it had terrific posting mileage.
For me as a librarian, the "Academic Libraries" section had substantive threads. Although posting traffic was lower there, it was a good place!
There aren't as many accusations of cliques on the new fora. I miss the poster whose name I don't remember (maybe Tennis something?) who spent half their time complaining about the cliques, half expounding on X-Files, about which they had a prodigious knowledge.
I might be one of the few people who misses Bread Pirate Naan, whom many found acerbic, I think. But I always appreciated her perspective (although I think half her posts were on astrology).
I also miss Système D (who was also so wise and kind) and Grasshopper (the only person I ever pissed off, although she probably wouldn't remember it).
The interesting thing I've found with the new fora is that I post more, probably because I have to be logged in to read most of the posts. Some days I come here for what Facebook used to provide -- that social aspect, I suppose -- especially on those days when I really don't care to know what my loved ones are thinking. (Sometimes they think appalling things.)
Oh, and MTG.
MTG is doing OK.
I also miss Systeme'D, and like you, while I sometimes didn't understand BPN (and a few times took exception to the underlying contrariness you mention), I appreciated the parallax offered by a differently and carefully considered viewpoint as well.
I think the thing I miss that will just take time is the depth of felted texture that had built up...of personalities, ideas, conclusions worked out over threads and threads of time.
And, reading through some of the very earliest posts (as I was doing for a bit at one point), it was ironic to see folks wondering if the "new" (then) format would work as well as the "old" (listserv, right?) format had for getting conversations going.
I think it did...and I think we'll also get there, hopefully.
M.
Quote from: mamselle on June 02, 2020, 06:46:34 PM
MTG is doing OK.
I also miss Systeme'D, and like you, while I sometimes didn't understand BPN (and a few times took exception to the underlying contrariness you mention), I appreciated the parallax offered by a differently and carefully considered viewpoint as well.
I think the thing I miss that will just take time is the depth of felted texture that had built up...of personalities, ideas, conclusions worked out over threads and threads of time.
Yes, that's it -- it's the texture that had built up.
And you're exactly right about what I liked about BPN -- the parallax view. She always reminded me of that person in my grad seminars who could artfully blow things up with words.
I'm really glad to hear MTG is doing well.
I didn't realise Infopri had passed away. That's a shame. She was very thoughtful.
BPN I met in real life once when I visited her city, and she was great fun in person.
I also heard from Oseph, she's doing well and no longer in academia.
Oseph was the other person with the ongoing sagas on the MIL thread... I was trying to remember the moniker.
Glad to know she's well.
M.
Quote from: hmaria1609 on June 02, 2020, 06:18:47 PM
I enjoyed "We Speak Volumes" thread--it had terrific posting mileage.
For me as a librarian, the "Academic Libraries" section had substantive threads. Although posting traffic was lower there, it was a good place!
That was interesting to me as well. It let me keep an eye on the academic library world I'd left behind.
I miss DvF, among others listed above.
We definitely had some characters over the years. Pyshnov, for example.
Also Sikora. And one of the early fora heroes, Trabb. He was always wise.
Quote from: bacardiandlime on June 03, 2020, 09:24:27 AM
We definitely had some characters over the years. Pyshnov, for example.
Also Sikora. And one of the early fora heroes, Trabb. He was always wise.
Don't remember those. The academic culture is pretty smitten with itself.
Yes, I think someone was asking after Sikora just before or after the transfer.
I think someone had been in touch and said she was also OK.
Pyshnov....yeah....I really never could follow him clearly. I mostly just scrolled past his posts!
M.
Bread Pirate Naan! She was so great, then at some point I think she decided we were all a bunch of shits and left--am I remembering that right?
I do love her contributions on the porn thread, particularly: "I think he should have a threesome with his mother and a horse in the faculty lounge."
BTW that thread occurred during my Jackalope incarnation.
I miss DVF. But I adored Amnirov's way with words. I still have a copy of his pros and cons analysis of choosing a job in Providence or Baltimore. It was amazing!
usukprof (which I first read as u suk prof) and llanfair
I think I'm correct in saying UsUkProf transferred here, but died shortly thereafter.
I'll look that up to be sure.
We had an airport meetup once.
M.
Yes, I am afraid usukprof passed away.
Zharkov? did I spell that right? Vanished suddenly.
BPN, yes.
And Marigolds, I was fond of her
I believe Zharkov is still around and about...maybe awhile ago I heard from him.
I also miss D.v.F.
He was a good character in both senses of the words.
M.
Remember this one: "Hey barkeep! I need a new recipe."
I know you mentioned Pry, but she was my hands down favorite. The saga of her love life, her wry take on academia. I stayed engaged with the fora for years because of her. It broke my heart when her son came on to tell everyone that she'd passed away.
Hi! Thanks for asking about Nephew and me.
Nephew is 11 (12 in September) and just finished his first year of middle school (sixth grade around here), where he made honor roll for three quarters (before the pandemic happened and his school abandoned that grading schema temporarily). His teachers told me that he was creative and respectful and enthusiastic about learning, which made me wonder just what child was getting off the bus and coming home to me at certain points... Pre-pandemic, he started volunteering at the shelter in their Junior Volunteers program and immediately wanted to take home all the animals. He is almost as tall as I am and is pretty sure that he wants to be an engineer of some sort. He is a great kid 90% of the time and then 10% of the time he's displaying age appropriate but annoying behaviors and I roll my eyes behind his back and remind myself to thank my parents for putting up with me at that age. He now has a little half-sister who is two and a half and also being raised by her extended family on her mom's side.
I am doing okay given the interesting times that we're living in. Still chairing our Academic Integrity Board, still teaching the same courses, still enjoying my job and grateful to have it.
Another classic: Drunken, Angry TA (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,56861.0)
The CHE site says they are shutting and archiving on July 1? (or is that note from last year?)
Quote from: bacardiandlime on June 20, 2020, 08:41:19 AM
Another classic: Drunken, Angry TA (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,56861.0)
The CHE site says they are shutting and archiving on July 1? (or is that note from last year?)
Same question, plus, does that mean I will be able to still read everything after July 1, i.e., what's the difference between now and post-archival period then)?
Quote from: ScaredAdjunct on June 20, 2020, 09:00:24 AM
Quote from: bacardiandlime on June 20, 2020, 08:41:19 AM
Another classic: Drunken, Angry TA (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,56861.0)
The CHE site says they are shutting and archiving on July 1? (or is that note from last year?)
Same question, plus, does that mean I will be able to still read everything after July 1, i.e., what's the difference between now and post-archival period then)?
That's the same wording as last year's note and I've not seen any change in that note over the past year during the handful of times I've ended up on the old fora for something.
Thus, I don't think anything changes this 1 July.
Quote from: polly_mer on June 20, 2020, 09:55:34 AM
Quote from: ScaredAdjunct on June 20, 2020, 09:00:24 AM
Quote from: bacardiandlime on June 20, 2020, 08:41:19 AM
Another classic: Drunken, Angry TA (https://www.chronicle.com/forums/index.php/topic,56861.0)
The CHE site says they are shutting and archiving on July 1? (or is that note from last year?)
Same question, plus, does that mean I will be able to still read everything after July 1, i.e., what's the difference between now and post-archival period then)?
That's the same wording as last year's note and I've not seen any change in that note over the past year during the handful of times I've ended up on the old fora for something.
Thus, I don't think anything changes this 1 July.
They seem to have shut it down. I tried googling for an old thread and got a page saying the forums are gone, and suggesting people come here.
Yeah.
I saw it, too.
I started a discussion on it, efforts are in progress.
M.