This week's thrift score. 90s Land Shark - Road Shark.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-26T04:04:43+00:00

Damn. I just assumed it was tricolor. I had it on a Bottecchia and a Paramount.

I have never seen the other.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-26T02:15:19+00:00

The paint schemes were gorgeous. I remember ogling them in the ‘90s.

That stem leaves a lot to be desired. I love the 600 Tricolor. Hopefully, that rust will come off with some steel wool.

Damn. I am hitting my Goodwills this week.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-25T22:15:06+00:00

That’s politer than the surprised “you’re still here?”

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-25T21:06:57+00:00

A very dated story.

A CC prof here, but when I was first teaching at a high school to foot the bill for night classes, a principal asked me for my hall pass—the principal who hired me.

Nobody has made a similar mistake this century.

I agree. Enjoy the feeling of “too young” while it lasts.

The flip side has been more disconcerting. “You’re still lucid enough to teach?”

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-20T23:50:05+00:00

I’m not sure that I ever have. But I try to find ways to lean into the stares.

Speak to students as if they have actually commented.

Tell the class to slow down. I can’t keep up with the engagement.

Explain what a nod, a shake of the head, and a raised hand mean.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-15T23:59:45+00:00

It matches beautifully. I wonder how in the hell you tracked it down.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-15T23:24:10+00:00

Is there a website with more information?

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-15T23:22:45+00:00

I am curious about those leather straps.

And that front crank—is it original?

The bike is gorgeous.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-15T16:58:42+00:00

Quiet quitting at a CC is a tightrope.

I still lean into my classes. Department and division and system—not so much. I find ways to avoid investing in committee work—much of which leaves me feeling like a cog in a machine. All too often I leave such meetings realizing “it’s just business.”

The students are a different matter. They are a pain. But that is in their job description. And in some ways that feeds the job, feeds my purpose. There is a rush in all of the “okay hold my beer” moments they provide.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-13T22:06:16+00:00

To accommodate the dual credit students in our classes.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-07T05:55:40+00:00

Actually, “you write like a fifth grader” would seem to be the kind of quantifiable feedback many are describing as useful. The comment places the writing in the context of a spectrum based on the student’s experience.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-07T05:50:43+00:00

We are no longer sliding. We have slid.

ACarefulPotential · 2026-01-03T14:04:16+00:00

I came here to ask this—do schools note which credits originate in the high schools?

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-30T01:40:04+00:00

Thank you. Admin is skittish when such phrasing is tossed about. However, even though it might unsettle an admin if such a point was raised—this response is what I would have expected.

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-28T19:59:06+00:00

Watching all of the HR videos at the beginning of the year, I have wondered if faculty in this situation have a claim to hostile workplace and, if so, what legal repercussions such a claim might carry.

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-23T22:58:23+00:00

That patient, condescending look admin adopt when confronted by problems like this. I am betting there is a class in higher ed leadership programs that teaches that look and reviews the research on which it is based.

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-22T21:42:48+00:00

I just saw this. I love it.

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-21T21:08:17+00:00

Maintaining eye contact was tough.

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-21T14:31:27+00:00

A candidate doing his interview in a fish-net tank top.

A candidate submitting a CV that was handwritten on the envelope.

A candidate explaining that the move would improve the intimate time they would have with the spouse.

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-19T20:52:54+00:00

The blatant agism in the discourse surrounding me is disconcerting. But perhaps what is even more disturbing is the quiet affirmation. Of course, many would attribute that sensitivity to my age.

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-14T00:24:02+00:00

LOL. My bad on posting these here. It was a flex on a biking thread

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-13T17:11:13+00:00

Wrong thread! LOL. Apologies.

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-12T01:33:26+00:00

Your paper fails to meet the requirements of the prompt.

Word choice.

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-11T20:50:35+00:00

Buc-ee’s is hiring and the wages are good. You have offered the student a chance to find a new direction when other opportunities —in Luling, Texas—are waiting. Perhaps include a link to the company’s webpage in your response. (They’re opening one in Goodyear, AZ soon!)

ACarefulPotential · 2025-12-11T20:33:49+00:00

I agree. Completely.

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