Rejoice! Undergraduate writing assignments are coming in!

Because I know you love them: here is an exchange between colleagues on the latest undergraduate writing gaffe:

Professor A

Homework answer: "Women bust learn to make full use of their rights and

to stop being timid or diffident."

Professor B
I never thought of Russia's social problems being linked to women not
making full use of their busts' rights.

Boy, this could revolutionize the place!

Professor A
Busts of the World, Unite!

A tale of two pictures

Recently I put a long ago purchased in Russia painting into a frame and hung in the hallway outside our bedroom. It looks like this:

Craig said it gave him the creeps but it wasn't until one of his fellow bandmates saw it and reacted so strongly that I learned it had to go. It turns out, my Russian subject bears an uncanny resemblance to Joseph Smith, founder of Mormonism. Here is a portrait of him:

These two middle-aged former Mormon men told me in no uncertain terms that I just couldn't have a picture hanging in my house that EVERYONE IN UTAH will understand to be Joseph Smith. "uh huh" I kept saying, but didn't actually take the thing down. I didn't realize how dire this was until today I found my Russian in the garage. Craig felt compelled to take matters into his own hands.