The Adjunct

Much of what I write on this website, in fact anything that I write anywhere, should be considered for the most part tongue-in-cheek. I have always enjoyed sharp banter and acidic wit, and this has culminated in my personal writings often being what I call sharp-witted but what most other people call snarky or, even more often, assholish*. Know please that no offense is intended, nor do I mean to convey a true superior attitude even though in jest my writings claim one. The key word in that previous sentence was jest.

Yes it is all a joke. Or, at least, it is written jokingly. I do not really feel that I know any answers, nor do I think myself particularly superior to anyone else, least of all tenured faculty or my students. I just happen to find that style of humor very amusing, and it creeps out in my more casual writings.

So please, before you jump to the conclusion that I am a pompous asshole, snarkily sneering at all that you hold dear, remind yourself that there is light humor in my writing. I feel the overall essence of my arguments and commentary is valid, but the manner in which I present it is more often than not, to be taken with a grain of salt, and a smile.

* Which I feel compelled to constantly remind them is not a word.