{"id":139,"date":"2006-11-14T20:38:07","date_gmt":"2006-11-15T04:38:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/14\/grad-student-nuggets\/"},"modified":"2020-10-09T07:29:37","modified_gmt":"2020-10-09T14:29:37","slug":"grad-student-nuggets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2006\/11\/grad-student-nuggets\/","title":{"rendered":"Grad Student Nuggets"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tonight’s nugget of post-class wisdom:<\/b><\/p>\n

\n“Not understanding poetry is just like women’s clothing sizes.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This weekend’s haul at the bookfair:<\/b><\/p>\n

42 books for $8.00 (rough estimate, based on a paper shopping bag with books three layers deep, the top level having 14 books; I hope it is 42, because, as we know, that is the answer to life, the universe, and everything<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Days until Thanksgiving Break:<\/b><\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Days until the End of the Semester:<\/b><\/p>\n

25<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tonight’s nugget of post-class wisdom: “Not understanding poetry is just like women’s clothing sizes.” This weekend’s haul at the bookfair: 42 books for $8.00 (rough estimate, based on a paper shopping bag with books three layers deep, the top level having 14 books; I hope it is 42, because, as we know, that is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":454,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/bradbury-and-authorial-intent\/","url_meta":{"origin":139,"position":0},"title":"Bradbury and Authorial Intent","author":"Jandy","date":"June 6, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been around the web for a while (and I guess the regular news, too, but I'm not a regular news person), but Ray Bradbury has spoken out against the common interpretation of his book Fahrenheit 451 as an anti-censorship novel. 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