The Ad First we secured the line. Then we wrote the job ad. Like most things decided by committee, it ended up a miscellany of priorities and desires—a cross between an eHarmony mash note and a letter to Santa Claus. Please, Santa, bring me the perfect colleague, someone who can teach competently in several incompatible [...]
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Update from Madison
Sixth day of peaceful protests against Governor Scott Walker’s attempts to bust labor unions. Go cheeseheads!
Bonus playlist Wednesday: soul food (leftovers edition)
(Catch up on the Soul Food Mix series here.) Some things have to be enjoyed fresh. Others are even better the next day. These tunes have been kicking around the “soul food” folder since the beginning. It’s time to clean out the fridge. Find the whole meal here. 1. Chocolate Chip (ft. Chip Wickham)⎯The New [...]
Help! I’ve been eaten by a snow monster!
Two feet, 40 MPH gusts, five-foot drifts, -10 wind chill. More to come after the snow monster chews me up and spits me out.
Not to be reproduced: New Year’s open thread
Rene Magritte, La Reproduction Interdit / Not to be Reproduced (1937) On January 1, 2011, I was lucky enough to wake up in the home of dear friends, with whom I had joyfully celebrated the night before (at a party complete with bicoastal buddies, disco dancing, and a “gorgeous gateau”). As we eased into the [...]
Amuse yourself for hours
with the book ngram viewer. Just type in any words/phrases and graph their incidence in print over the past 500 years. Amazing!
Bonus Playlist Wednesday: (possibly premature) best of 2010 edition
…I’m in love with the hook upon which everyone hangs… Rolling Stone magazine is kind of a joke these days, less relevant than ever, but I keep the subscription out of nostalgia. It’s followed me from my parents’ house to the dorms, to every apartment I’ve ever had, and now to my first home. More [...]
Nerdy and beautiful
This is awesome and I want one. Busted all previous funding records on the Kickstarter site, too.
Bonus playlist Wednesday: soul food redux edition
(Links to previous soul food mix posts here and here.) Enjoy! 1. Hot Dog⎯New Mastersounds 2. Burnt Biscuits⎯Triumphs 3. Grits & Gravy⎯The Fame Gang 4. Broasted Or Fried⎯Willie Bobo & The Bo Gents 5. Bar B-Q⎯Wendy Rene 6. Chitterlings Con Carne⎯Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers 7. Cuchy Frito Man⎯Cal Tjader 8. Hot Dog⎯Four Shells [...]
