Thrift Shop-Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz

Sunday morning funnies

Cab Calloway on Sesame Street. Famous act cleans it up for the kids:

SNL short: Pee-Wee Herman and Anderson Cooper. Famous acts break out of their clean personae:

A blast from the past.

When Reagan was president, we used to engage in futile debates about whether he was stupid or evil. It didn't matter as the effects were the same, but this SNL skit was recently posted in connection with Bush's book tour. Stupid? evil?
Here, Phil Hartmann portrays a Reagan who is in total control.

(via @iescolar)

The jaded mentor

This one is making the rounds of the higher ed blogs and even sites like mefi. I should note that none of this is new. When I started grad school in Comp Lit in 1980, there were no jobs. I don't see that the situation has actually changed that much, just shifted.

So you want to get a PhD in the Humanities?



But don't despair! the "practical" professions have their own versions.
So you want to be a lawyer?

World Cup highlights of yore

Tomorrow Portugal plays Brazil. Will the match be as epic as Germany Vs. Greece in Philosophy Football?