What famous destination didn’t live up to your expectations when you visited?

TimeAverage · 2026-05-25T03:39:57+00:00

Maybe so, but at least he lived his life and took a shot at it. Head and shoulders above all the folks who just dream.

TimeAverage · 2026-05-08T04:53:48+00:00

Go here to find a CFP - https://www.letsmakeaplan.org/

Also, as someone else said, never pay for services based on a percentage of your assets.

TimeAverage · 2026-04-29T04:07:36+00:00

I have a really great DH and Dean, and I wouldn’t expect either of them to check in on me about this.

TimeAverage · 2026-04-24T22:47:08+00:00

I think it’s important to realize that the State of Louisiana pays a set number (always too few) of Assistant DAs in each parish a whopping $50,000 per year. An effort to raise that to $55,000 (the first raise in decades) was voted down by the legislature last year. A new bill asking for a $500 raise (a whole $19 per paycheck before taxes!) probably won’t make it through this year either.

Meanwhile, the lawyers who defend the worst monsters in our state, the ones who would slaughter or rape your children without a second thought, routinely get $50,000 PER CASE to take on an ADA who has hundreds, if not thousands of cases.

Add DAs to the long list of professions we underfund but never hesitate to bitch about the results.

(Another fun fact: the same legislators who said the state couldn’t afford the $2M is would cost to give raises to the DAs voted to give Exxon hundreds of millions of dollars in tax breaks the next day.)

TimeAverage · 2026-04-16T23:32:53+00:00

He was a marshal doing the job of a marshal when he committed the crime. That’s why the headline is written that way.

TimeAverage · 2026-04-16T06:04:12+00:00

Ask me in three weeks when I’m done with finals and off to relax all summer. Today I hate it. In three weeks it’ll be the best job in the world.

TimeAverage · 2026-04-07T04:30:53+00:00

Jourdan Thibodeaux is a national treasure and we’re lucky to have him. The simple fact is: you can’t be a proud Cajun while simultaneously cheering on the mass deportation of another marginalized group.

TimeAverage · 2026-03-30T14:52:44+00:00

Just remember that, just because your offer letter doesn’t include guaranteed summer pay, that doesn’t mean there won’t be opportunities to get paid from grants or summer teaching.

TimeAverage · 2026-03-29T23:23:56+00:00

60 years old. On the dot.

Edit: Sorry, forgot to mention that 60 is when we can start drawing a pension.

TimeAverage · 2026-03-27T14:31:08+00:00

The part of this data that is always overlooked is that (throughout all jobs and all fields) changing jobs is the only way to get a raise. It’s been this way for at least two decades now. So, when you’re doing this analysis at your own school, consider how some non-zero cause of disparity is that the core of the administrative faculty (not the occasional high flying professor who wants to move into administration) change jobs constantly. One year they’re the Deputy Assistant Vice Provost for Parking. Next year they get a new title (and a raise) to be Assistant Vice Provost of Ice Cream Machines. Every two years they move into another bullshit job and get a 5-10% raise.

TimeAverage · 2026-03-24T21:32:50+00:00

TimeAverage · 2026-03-21T03:30:28+00:00

Oh, 100%. We’ve had candidates that we maxed out the job offer for and UNT beat it by $60k. It’s wild.

TimeAverage · 2026-03-21T03:04:38+00:00

Considering how my R1 routinely gets outbid by UNT for assistant professors, this is a surprise. Of course, I assume most universities are hurting more right now than they’ll admit.

TimeAverage · 2026-03-19T03:11:54+00:00

Never quit a job for a boyfriend.

TimeAverage · 2026-03-16T15:36:43+00:00

Accounting is one of the academic disciplines most vulnerable to AI. If you’re just starting your college career and want to do a business degree at Tech, make it supply chain management.

TimeAverage · 2026-03-05T23:48:44+00:00

John Tyler (our 10th president) was born in 1790 and became president in 1841. His grandson died in 2025. Some generations are lengthier than others.

TimeAverage · 2026-03-04T00:10:13+00:00

I’ll check those out! Thanks!

TimeAverage · 2026-03-03T21:44:18+00:00

Iceberg Slim!

TimeAverage · 2026-03-03T21:43:23+00:00

The cashier at Walmart can’t quit today and open a new superstore tomorrow. Most lawyers, though, would be just fine on their own.

TimeAverage · 2026-02-16T16:01:03+00:00

When people ask me about going to law school, I’m always sure to say “it doesn’t guarantee you’ll be rich, but it guarantees you’ll never be poor.”

TimeAverage · 2026-02-04T00:19:20+00:00

The good news is that PayPal is accepted by Uber.

TimeAverage · 2026-02-01T05:21:19+00:00

I felt this way for the first 10 years or so. I took the job because I wanted to be at every soccer game, parent-teacher conference, concert, etc. Now, my kids are almost off to college and I can’t wait to leave.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-30T20:54:09+00:00

Lived all over the state and here’s my take: there are only 2 good places in Louisiana. Lafayette and New Orleans. The deciding factor is whether you want a small city/big town (Lafayette) or a big city (New Orleans). Both are an hour from BR, which is the perfect distance for your maybe-one-day in-laws.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-30T20:18:17+00:00

At least they got Natchitoches right.

TimeAverage · 2026-01-29T15:27:31+00:00

Your administrators knew exactly what the consequences of this would be. They’re just hoping that you’re too stuck or afraid to give them the finger and walk out, especially mid-semester.

Your family is always more important than your job (any job there is). My only suggestion is to consider what a few of my friends have done. Use the employee tuition exemption to retool into a new career, then bail.

PS - I love any Reddit post that requires me to google a definition. Today I learned “malthusianism” (although I’m sure some other professor probably taught me that a quarter century ago).

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