For Roslyn, but all mothers and fathers can relate. Fear is all in one’s point of view.
Fear is all in one’s point of view.
(HT: Leah Stone via FB)
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How cold is it in Iowa City this spring? THAT just happened!
Posted on March 22, 2013 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)
How cold has it been this spring of 2013 in Iowa City? Well, this is how Dept. of Classics Chair, Dr. John Finamore, gets to work in the Jefferson Building in the morning.
AT-AT snow walker on the Ped Mall in Iowa City, March 18, 2013.
Filed under: humor, iowa city, University of Iowa | Tagged: AT-AT, cold, iowa city, Jefferson Building, John Finamore, Pedestrian Mall, snow walker, star wars | Leave a Comment »
Discovered on my U Iowa office door this morning, the day before my 40th birthday
Posted on February 21, 2013 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)
I arrived at my University of Iowa Jefferson Building (JB) office this morning (the day before my 40th birthday), and discovered this taped to my door.
It is supposedly the text of “1JB40Car (the Tye-Dye Scroll)”, a newly-discovered Dead Sea Scroll. It purports to be a list of things I’ve said during various classes at Iowa (with the most incriminating words conveniently lost to lacunae :).
Much of it appears to be corroborated by a textual congruency with a particular Twitter site, which I’m guessing was authored by the same students.
Anyways, I can neither confirm nor deny the accuracy of the statements below.
But I CAN say that I love teaching, I love my students, I love the University of Iowa!
Thanks guys!
(And NO, I shan’t be supplying the missing words…)
The text of 1JB40Car (the Tye-Dye Scroll), discovered posted on my University of Iowa Jefferson Building (JB) office door the day before my 40th birthday. It is a list of things I’ve apparently said during class (with the most incriminating words conveniently lost to lacunae :)
The text of 1JB40Car (the Tye-Dye Scroll), discovered posted on my University of Iowa Jefferson Building (JB) office door the day before my 40th birthday. It is a list of things I’ve apparently said during class (with the most incriminating words conveniently lost to lacunae :)
The top half of 1JB40Car (the Tye-Dye Scroll).
The bottom half of 1JB40Car (the Tye-Dye Scroll).
Filed under: humor, thank yous, things that rule, University of Iowa | Tagged: 1JB40Car, 40, awesomeness, birthday, dead sea scrolls, Jefferson Building, old, students, tie-dye, Tye-Dye Scroll | 10 Comments »
hurt puppy
Posted on February 16, 2013 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)
lol.
Filed under: dead sea scrolls, humor | Tagged: hurt puppy, John Leland, lawrence schiffman, norman golb, NY Times, raphael golb, ron kuby, sympathy | 2 Comments »
BWAHAHAHA! How to write a praise song (in 5 minutes or less)
Posted on February 6, 2013 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)
This is such a perfect (and unfortunately, true) satire of what passes today for Christian praise music, it must be viewed by all.
The beauty (and power) of this brilliant and clever video is that it’s dead on the money. The unimaginative, grammatically ignorant, theologically defunct tripe that passes for “worship music” today is parodied perfectly by Garrett Vandenberg.
Watch it and lament what has become of contemporary worship music.
Filed under: christianity, humor | Tagged: Garrett Vandenberg, music, parody, praise, satire, worship, youtube | 7 Comments »
My Opinion of the New UC Logo: It Sucks
Posted on December 13, 2012 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)
The University of California has a new logo. It’s supposed to be better for online icons (especially small ones).
The problem is, it sucks. I mean, it’s really bad. NPR did a story. Even the stylish Lieutenant Governor, Gavin Newsome, thinks it’s bad. HuffPo has a good article and a slide show that depicts some of the fun people have been having with this abomination of a logo.
At first I said: “The new University of California logo is a sad corporate healthcare logo whose yellow toner cartridge ran out. http://bit.ly/RKIVcn #UC”
The new University of California logo is a sad corporate healthcare logo whose yellow toner cartridge ran out. bit.ly/RKIVcn #UC—
Dr. Robert R Cargill (@xkv8r) December 08, 2012
So as a proud alum (UCLA MA 2007; PhD 2008), I first thought I’d express my displeasure with a simple meme. (I even used Comic Sans to highlight how unprofessional and unscholarly it looks:
But I think I’ve got a better analogy, one that captures the essence of the logo as some form of bad personal hygiene logo:
The new UC logo is awful. It looks more like a condom logo than the icon of a prestigious university. Mashup by Dr. Robert Cargill.
For those that remember the UC Davis pepper spray incident, I thought this was clever:
UC Davis Pepper Spray logo
Enough said. It’s bad. Logo FAIL! Or to put it in academic terms, rewrite and resubmit.
Filed under: humor, things that suck | Tagged: awful, condom, design, fail, Gavin Newsome, huffington post, huffpo, logo, npr, safe sex, sucks, uc | 4 Comments »
Horses and Bayonets
Posted on October 23, 2012 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)
Wouldn’t it be an intriguing news story if President Obama’s “horses and bayonets” line during the third presidential debate became THE line that stopped the slide in the polls and turned things around for President Obama?
Here’s my mashed-up contribution to the “horses and bayonets” meme.
President Obama as Gandalf with bayonet: You shall not pass!
Filed under: humor, politics | Tagged: gandalf, horses and bayonets, obama, Romney, you shall not pass | 5 Comments »
in celebration of finals week
Posted on May 6, 2012 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)
A short video montage of Simpsons clips mocking grad students. Enjoy. (And try not to weep.)
Filed under: humor, scholarship | Tagged: grad, humanities, school, Simpsons, student, youtube | Leave a Comment »
the end is near: world peace has been suspended for a week
Posted on April 25, 2012 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)
The headline says it all. It is this week’s sign that the apocalypse is upon us.
(Click on image to enlarge.)
World Peace Suspended for 7
World Peace is suspended the same day that Mad Cow Disease is confirmed in California. Coincidence?? Or the 1st sign of the Apocalypse??
(Either way, I’m guessing Giorgio says ALIENS!!!)
Filed under: humor, sports | Tagged: aliens, apocalypse, cnn, ESPN, Giorgio Tsoukalos, headline, Mad Cow Disease, Metta World Peace, NBA, Ron Artest, suspended | 3 Comments »
the science news cycle (via phd comics)
Posted on April 21, 2012 by bobcargill (@xkv8r)
Yep. It’s a lot like this.
Here’s a quick illustration from PhDComics.com originally published on May 18, 2009 that encapsulates what I described yesterday.
The Science News Cycle (from PHD Comics)
HT: Justin König
Filed under: humor, science | Tagged: cycle, Justin König, media, news, PHD Comics, phdcomics.com, science | 3 Comments »
