From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V6 #243 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Saturday, December 2 2006 Volume 06 : Number 243 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: [loud-fans] cultural studies query ["Michael Bowen" ] Re: [loud-fans] cultural studies query [2fs ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 06:42:26 -0500 From: "Michael Bowen" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] cultural studies query On 11/30/06, 2fs wrote: > It's not so much that it's daunting (although it may be that to some) as > that it's terribly cliched. Somewhere online, there must be a > Postmodernizer(tm), which automatically creates fragments of academic prose. 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I'm a firm believer in prayer and/or sending out positive thoughts into the cosmos for someone, so, if you would, please send out one for me, because I have an interview on Monday, and I really want the job, even if it is math, and in a middle school. It would be so definitely me to get this, since I failed Algebra II twice in high school (but Algebra I was okay) and I took College Algebra my last semester of college to finally graduate. I've delivered food off and on for over 14 years, and I have no natural sense of direction or mechanical ability, so there you go. I can do it. Cheers, and have a good weekend, - --Mark np Damien Rice 9 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 16:18:53 -0500 (EST) From: Paul King Subject: Re: [loud-fans] cultural studies query On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Michael Bowen wrote: > On 11/30/06, 2fs wrote: > >> It's not so much that it's daunting (although it may be that to some) as >> that it's terribly cliched. Somewhere online, there must be a >> Postmodernizer(tm), which automatically creates fragments of academic >> prose. > > Something like this: > > http://www.brysons.net/generator/textonly.cgi > > MB > It seems to be OK, except that it really just generated words around the author and title from my experience. The bafflegab only tangentially suits the books and authors. For example, I entered a book that didn't exist by a nonexistent author: "Quarry Blues" by Phred Phlintstone. Out of 3 or 4 tries (15-20 titles), the closest I got to witty was the title: "The Proletariat: Mediating Sexist Protest". So, it appears as if what the programmers had achieved was to create a Po-Mo word salad generator which does the same thing around any title by any author. While the thesis titles are never exactly the same, I guess the point gets across that Postmodernist theory is very jargon-laden to the point that the same words can be used anywhere to apply to anything. Paul King ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 17:29:55 -0600 From: 2fs Subject: Re: [loud-fans] cultural studies query On 12/1/06, Paul King wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Michael Bowen wrote: > > > Something like this: > > > > http://www.brysons.net/generator/textonly.cgi > > > > MB > > So, it appears as if what the programmers had achieved was to create a > Po-Mo word salad generator which does the same thing around any title by > any author. While the thesis titles are never exactly the same, I guess > the point gets across that Postmodernist theory is very jargon-laden to > the point that the same words can be used anywhere to apply to anything. My problem with it is that it presumes that "literature" is the primary object of postmodern studies. Ha. Or perhaps I should just make up titles. "The Missing Panty Signifier" by Britney Spears, say. - -- ...Jeff Norman The Architectural Dance Society http://spanghew.blogspot.com ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V6 #243 *******************************