http://poliblogger.com/?p=10611 A rough draft of my thoughts... Sun, 07 Oct 2025 19:59:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10611#comment-892081 Wed, 30 Aug 2025 13:40:09 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10611#comment-892081 [...] The Sultan over at Poliblog posted yesterday about a PhD candidate who did his thesis on Star Trek. 624 hours of episodes. [...] […] The Sultan over at Poliblog posted yesterday about a PhD candidate who did his thesis on Star Trek. 624 hours of episodes. […]

]]> http://poliblogger.com/?p=10611#comment-892037 Wed, 30 Aug 2025 03:05:45 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10611#comment-892037 I can just imagine you kicking yourself for not thinking of that yourself. It could certainly have a political science angle. I can just imagine you kicking yourself for not thinking of that yourself. It could certainly have a political science angle.

]]> http://poliblogger.com/?p=10611#comment-892023 Tue, 29 Aug 2025 21:53:37 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10611#comment-892023 Ah, yes, but I was a genius early. Every junior in my high school was required to do a term paper on a literary figure. I asked my teacher (hi, Ms. Paulk!) if I could do mine on Gary Trudeau. She allowed that I could, and I spent the semester reading Doonesbury whilst my classmates were reading Thoreau and Hemmingway and so forth. Got an "A" to boot. 'Course, now I can barely stand to read Doonesbury, but back in high school I was sufficiently ignorant to enjoy it. Ah, yes, but I was a genius early. Every junior in my high school was required to do a term paper on a literary figure. I asked my teacher (hi, Ms. Paulk!) if I could do mine on Gary Trudeau. She allowed that I could, and I spent the semester reading Doonesbury whilst my classmates were reading Thoreau and Hemmingway and so forth. Got an “A” to boot. ‘Course, now I can barely stand to read Doonesbury, but back in high school I was sufficiently ignorant to enjoy it.

]]> http://poliblogger.com/?p=10611#comment-892013 Tue, 29 Aug 2025 20:41:57 +0000 http://poliblogger.com/?p=10611#comment-892013 I had a similar reaction to "A Place on the Corner" by Elijah Anderson -- the guy just went to a bar every night for three years and wrote his dissertation on bar patrons' social norms. Pure genius. I had a similar reaction to “A Place on the Corner” by Elijah Anderson — the guy just went to a bar every night for three years and wrote his dissertation on bar patrons’ social norms. Pure genius.

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