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"Salty." (Scott McLemee)
"Unvarnished." (Phi Beta Cons)
"Splendidly splenetic." (Culture Industry)
"Except for University Diaries, most academic blogs are tedious."
(Rate Your Students)
"I think of Soltan as the Maureen Dowd of the blogosphere,
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and Soltan isn't. For the life of me, I can't figure out her
politics, but she's pretty fabulous, so who gives a damn?"
(Tenured Radical)

Wednesday, July 21, 2004

UD's SUN-BURNED CREED


Loving the truth, and fain online the truth to show
That the dear They might take some pleasure of my pain,
Pleasure might cause them read, reading might make them know,
Knowledge might insight win, and insight change obtain,--
I sought fit words to paint the status quo;
Studying conventions vile, their wits to entertain,
Oft turning others' leaves, to see if thence would flow
Some fresh and fruitful showers upon my sun-burned brain.
But words came halting forth, wanting Invention's stay,
Invention, nature's child, fled Step-Dame study's blows,
And others' feet still seemed but strangers in my way.
Thus, great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes,
Biting my truant pen, myself about to flog,
'Fool!' said my muse to me. 'Look in thy heart and blog.'
Posted at: 7/21/2004 07:21:00 AM