For academics everywhere

Any of my friends who are in, or who have been in, the academic world, and haven't found "and then I was eaten by a grue" link on Making Light, here it is, with my heartiest recommendation:
http://eye-of-a-cat.livejournal.com/176383.html

Other people may find it funny, but those of us who have actually had to do this with either bust a gut or run screaming, or both.