College Faculty Mugs

'I'm worried -- It's getting harder and harder to qualify for Federal grants!'

"Night of the living adjunct professor" "What's a sabbatical?" "Tenure is boring!" "I have four desks in four schools!" "I have more prestige than a grad student."

Recovering Academics

"I'm in a molting period. I'm shedding all of my French philosophers."

"To torture an insect or not to torture an insect, that is the question."

'I'm reading aloud, Jeremy - My lips are SUPPOSED to be moving!'

Blue Stockings - Woman revealing herself as author

Ed Flanders, Deconstruction Worker

'Hmph. College kids.'

Thinking Gears

"You're going to hate yourself."

'If you were disturbed by any issues raised, please call your mum.'

Frontispiece to the first volume of 'Master Humphrey's Clock'

"Russ had a novel published two hours ago and has a children's book coming out in 20 minutes."

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Captain Ahab searched for a vaccine.

"Not to be a motion picture - will remain just a book'

1599: Shakespeare's Agent knew what the public wanted

"Once upon a midnight dreary / while I pondered weak and weary."

'Hamlet'

"Make a lot of money."

Shakespeare does stand-up comedy in the round.

'Desert island cartoons - and you?'

"Now Playing: One of those Jane Austen movies."

"I know this is not a proper job for a PhD, Mom, but I have student loans to repay."

William Shakespeare a.k.a. Francis Bacon, Earl of Essex....

The Demise of Tinkerbell

U of Debt

Shakespeare was bisexual

The First Draft. . . Moby Duck.

Need Supercomputer to finish my PhD, Please Help.

"So, what does everyone think of XX81's suggestion for increased funding into AI research?"

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

Books: The Wit and Wisdom of Ebenezer Scrooge

"I have a recurring nightmare that I've taken a test, and the professor won't give me an 'A'."