Scholar Of Leisure Gifts

"He walked in, said he was a visiting scholar, and made himself at home."

Bob encounters one of the bugs in the Jean Paul Sartre fan website.

"Finally, after years of work, irrefutable proof that I'm a nerd."

Academic Jeopardy ... 'What Was the Maiden Name of Dante Alighieri's Maternal Grandmother?'

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

Hamish Harris. The boy bon vivant.

'I asked Will if he wrote it. He said he wasn't sure.'

'He usually doesn't follow medical advice, but when the doctor told him to learn to relax...'

"I think you'll find the pen is writier than the sword."

"Hey Scout, isn't ice fishing great?"

"Must be another paradigm shift."

"Have you been working out?"

Wikipedia...

'Read that last part back to me.'

A traveler comments on the red in the sunset. A wine drinker misunderstands, thinking the traveler is referring to the red wine.

How the goat got square eyes.

"Fifty years in academia, studying, researching, writing and teaching. And what do they call me? ‘The Human AI’."

'Thirty years in academia and all I got was this chair.'

To monk showing book entitled 'Brand Spanking New Testament': "I think we may have to shorten the title."

"Mr Newton, we have carefully reviewed your work in alchemy and have come to one conclusion: stick to physics.'

"If history has taught us anything, it's taught us that there have been a ridiculous number of books written about history."

Working from home to-do list.

Petrarch

'Something tells me asking him to delay his retirement may be futile.'

''Et cetera' implies that you know much more than you really do. . .'

"You might have time left for one more book, but only if it doesn't require and lot of research."

The What's-The-Hurry? Institute

Lowbrow Lolita

W. B. Yeats

"Question authority"

Brain Power

"Actually, I'm on vacation, but I enjoy spending it here watching everybody else sweat."

Francois Rabelais

"What does it all mean?"

"In closing, let me tell you that never in the universe have I spoken before such an attentive audience."