Carnivorous Cow tutted sympathetically. "Spoiled the surprise?" she asked. Mr Timberland protested vehemently that the student in question hadn't been _his_ graduate student, in any sense of the word, and changed the subject. Which was probably as well, as a head popped around the door moments later.
Not a student seeking concessions, this time, but a neighbouring professor, who pounced on the Cow. "You've been blogging!" he accused, "and I've featured in your blog!" Taken aback, the Cow tried frantically to recall the context, the content, the litigability...
She rushed back to her office to brief her legal defence team. "Try temporary insanity," suggested Gramsci, from a safe distance, "the only problem you'll have with that is convincing them it's only temporary!"