Saint James Infirmary 359: Orientation.

[Daphne]

You've already asked this and Daphne said, "Breadth requirement."

And, you know, that was the heyday of keyboard synthesizers...

[jmundt29]

Y'know, that I'd believe more easily than just "breadth requirement."  Usually a science breadth requirement is biology or chemistry or geology.  Intro to Electrical Engineering is more for first year science majors to begin the process of sifting the wannabes from the diehards.

However, if Dyann Cannon could "convincingly" portray a soccer mom with a hit pop single in a 1989 TV movie, with her preteen son in her backup band playing whatever that vertical accordion-looking synthesizer is (I swear this is true), then Pat could definitely take an electrical engineering course to learn how to improve the tools of his trade.

I'm still not sold on the idea of Ezra and Jakob first crossing paths in an engineering faculty lounge (or staff meeting) in Wilmot.

Concerining the pop-up text--that particular pop-up function doesn't activate on smartphones (or it never has on mine).

[elenchos]

Concerining the pop-up text--that particular pop-up function doesn't activate on smartphones (or it never has on mine).

Try tapping and holding the image. Works on iOS.

[jmundt29]

Nope!!!  Save, copy or print.  No pop-up.

[GodWilling]

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[kmorea]

I'm still not sold on the idea of Ezra and Jakob first crossing paths in an engineering faculty lounge (or staff meeting) in Wilmot.

Yes, it is a bit of a stretch, but ...

• A pov from Jakob really makes no sense here, it's a complete non-sequitur, as I think you yourself pointed out. :-) Who's he telling the story to? Why? How are we privy to it?
• Johannes, who is also about to talk about Jakob in #357, is also a stretch ... I don't think it likely they were both teaching at Wilmot at the same time.
• It could be someone else entirely, but I then have no clue who it might be! And that seems like a waste of the two perfectly good lead-ins in #357 & #358.

[jmundt29]

But couldn't that be the point of the pop-up text?  With Cherry dead...or almost dead (she might be too pretty to kill just yet) this is our opposing perspective to Adrian and Rain.  This is Jakob's version of things.  Also, if he gets an opportunity to speak here, it's possible that he can Roger Akroyd over some secrets that Johannes and Ezra know (depriving the reader of crucial information for later) while providing us with some entertaining images of some things that perhaps neither his brother nor Ezra know, so that the audience is at a deficit, yet simultaneously privileged.

The "Good Soldier" narrative rope-a-dope.

ETA--something I should have mentioned earlier.  That seems like an astonishingly large class for Wilmot.  We know Wilmot's small because no one who goes or works there uses their car even in winter(if they even own one).  I'm amazed that his class as an adjunct for one division of an intro course is that large.

[Tony]

Nope!!!  Save, copy or print.  No pop-up.

I'm getting the Save, Copy, Cancel and the pop up text as my choices. Thanks

[kmorea]

But couldn't that be the point of the pop-up text?  With Cherry dead...or almost dead (she might be too pretty to kill just yet) this is our opposing perspective to Adrian and Rain.  This is Jakob's version of things.  Also, if he gets an opportunity to speak here, it's possible that he can Roger Akroyd over some secrets that Johannes and Ezra know (depriving the reader of crucial information for later) while providing us with some entertaining images of some things that perhaps neither his brother nor Ezra know, so that the audience is at a deficit, yet simultaneously privileged.

The "Good Soldier" narrative rope-a-dope.

Well, based on #360, I guess you're right. But a POV from Jacob here still seems more than a bit odd to me. :-)

[jmundt29]

I think the strangeness is part of the plan at the moment.