tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post1838267054079412105..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Taking Scholarship SeriouslyJonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-48876458252839897572011-10-06T13:46:26.083-05:002011-10-06T13:46:26.083-05:00Yes, this is what pisses me off, too.Yes, this is what pisses me off, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-1173140925140779442011-10-05T23:03:05.794-05:002011-10-05T23:03:05.794-05:00Right. I don't expect anyone to be perfect, my...Right. I don't expect anyone to be perfect, myself least of all. I do expect some effort beyond the perfunctory. I read got through reading a book ms. that I wouldn't have passed as a dissertation. I wouldn't have approved a single paragraph of it. The director of the dissertation was someone whose book I recently trashed in a review. Coincidence?Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-63651444279287246382011-10-05T23:00:01.447-05:002011-10-05T23:00:01.447-05:00Going for quality is not the same as being perfect...Going for quality is not the same as being perfectionistic / obsessive / neurotic / etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-49091250273144447022011-10-04T02:30:06.862-05:002011-10-04T02:30:06.862-05:00One of my writing maxims is: never do something th...One of my writing maxims is: never do something that would piss Jonathan Mayhew off.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.com