I was going to post a photo of the card she sent me, but I can't find it. Her best trick is to insert quotes from Shakespeare, Ovid, Chaucer, etc. (she's a Classics/Renaissance type) that have nothing to do with anything - as students so often do - and then ramble about them in a way that seems like it might explain them but doesn't. You could try that!
I should ask her for a few examples, I'm always short on useless and meaningless words for birthday cards, especially for colleagues I never even met!
I was going to post a photo of the card she sent me, but I can't find it. Her best trick is to insert quotes from Shakespeare, Ovid, Chaucer, etc. (she's a Classics/Renaissance type) that have nothing to do with anything - as students so often do - and then ramble about them in a way that seems like it might explain them but doesn't. You could try that!