'Shindig'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I love the bit in The Wire S2 where Stringer asks his prof for help with his distribution/channel problems.
I meant to say earlier, but I got distracted by all the academic hookers and blow, that that's one of my favorite bits from The Wire. Doesn't hurt that I was getting my MBA when I watched it.
Etymology plus a certain Dark Chevalier equals greatest T. Rex cartoon of all time?
(Please also note the origins of the word "chevalier.")
Did anyone see (and maybe post) the article in the NYT about how Natalie Portman is a smarty pants? [link]
Eh. The NYT thinks making the semifinals of the Intel competition and having a professor talk you up gives you "serious scientific credentials." I hope that doesn't bleed over into the science section.
She's got an Erdős-Bacon number! I think that's pretty serious.
I was good and went to bed and fell asleep earlier than usual. Which was great until my sweet daughter called me at 11:00. She is so twitterpated, it is adorable.
Once I got off the phone with her, the upstairs folks were thumping around. I have written a note that I will put on their door in the morning.
I am now WIDE awake. I'm about ready to get up, take a shower and fire up the work computer. Might as well be productive. Maybe. Still deciding.
Ooh, a Fuckzall! (You know, like a Sawzall.)
Oh my god, I am never going to look at a Sawzall the same way again. And I use them pretty regularly.
Hookers and Blow!
(In this context, that means 'good morning!')
Wow, some of those then-and-now pictures are creepy in how much people don't change. And is that girl/woman wearing the same pair of boots??
Goodnight, Dune
I sent this to my mom and asked why she didn't read me this version as a kid. She replied, and I quote "Because then you would have turned out even weirder than you already are?"
Dr. Seuss' birthday
Aha, that would explain the PBS Kids marathon then. I guess nobody's bothered to tell them that the new show makes the original Seuss ROLL OVER IN HIS GRAVE SCREAMING WITH PAIN??? Or is that just me?
Live sex toy demonstration held on NU campus
Dang, I clearly graduated in the wrong year.