March 2010
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The Instant Art Critique Phrase Generator →
“I’m troubled by how the sublime beauty of the figurative-narrative line-space matrix seems very disturbing in light of the accessibility of the work.” peterstichbury: hydeordie: As an advocate of the Big Mac Aesthetic, I feel that the disjunctive perturbation of this website endangers the devious simplicity of the substructure of critical thinking. -artfortune With regard...
Mar 1st
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Mar 1st
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Powdered sugar, then glaze
accuwxboston: Tonight: Cloudy and increasingly windy; periods of snow late, accumulating a coating to an inch with a low of 32°F Tomorrow: Very windy; periods of snow in the morning, Tr-1” followed by a bit of drizzle in the afternoon with a high of 44°F Get details at AccuWeather.com
Mar 1st
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February 2010
listening to "The Specials - Ghost Town (TOTP)" →
Ah, those 2 tone days. “Why must the youth fight against themselves? Government leaving the youth on the shelves.” (More 80s music for deviance class)
Feb 28th
listening to "The Clash - Police and Thieves" →
More 80s music for the deviance class.
Feb 28th
listening to "The Pretenders - Back on the Chain... →
More 80s music to prepare for a class on deviance (recidivism, get it?)
Feb 28th
listening to "Fun Boy Three - Our Lips Are Sealed" →
Gotta love Terry Hall’s hairdo. (80s mood)
Feb 28th
listening to "Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love" →
“Whatcha gonna do when you get out of jail?” Talking about deviance in intro soc tomorrow. Watch out when I get in an ’80s mood.
Feb 28th
listening to "GIVE ME LOVE - GEORGE HARRISON -... →
I didn’t get to blip anything for the birthday of “the quiet Beatle,” which we observed Thurs. 25 Feb. http://bit.ly/cYb45w A sweet old song.
Feb 28th
Full moon comes February 28, 2010 →
The February full moon f […]
Feb 28th
Feb. 28, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Sunday’s Poem: “Ground Waters” by Alison Apotheker, from Slim Margin. Sunday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of the novelist who won last year’s National Book Award for his book Let the Great…
Feb 28th
listening to "Van Morrison - Moondance" →
Full moon is actually tomorrow during the day. So the Snow Moon would look equally full tonight and tomorrow night—if it weren’t snowing. Aptly named
Feb 27th
listening to "R.E.M. - Exhuming Mccarthy" →
Not sharpening stones or walking on coals, but pressing tofu, actually. Cheaper if I bake it myself. http://bit.ly/9icAfK
Feb 27th
listening to "Carrie Rodriguez - Seven Angels On A... →
Not a big fan of country, I find her alt.country “high and lonesome sound” beguiling.
Feb 27th
Some names for the February full moon  →
Although the moon won’t be full until tomorrow, it falls during the morning daylight hours for much of North […]
Feb 27th
Feb. 27, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Saturday’s Poem: “Ocean” by Jason Shinder, from Stupid Hope. Saturday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, born in Portland, Maine (1807). Longfellow wrote many…
Feb 27th
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Define breezy
accuwxboston: Tonight: Mostly cloudy and breezy with a bit of snow, accumulating a coating to an inch with a low of 34°F Tomorrow: Breezy with rain and snow showers, accumulating a coating to an inch with a high of 41°F Get details at AccuWeather.com
Feb 26th
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Things that go “Whumf!” in the night.
Feb 26th
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“I regard myself as a soldier, though a soldier of peace.”
– Gandhi (via zenofblogging)
Feb 26th
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I’m at Endicott College’s Center for Teaching Excellence and about to hit the road. About an hour ago, I got word that power had been restored at home. We were without it for about 12 hours, and I was starting to worry. Things that go Whumpf in the night: The largest limb fell off the willow tree in the backyard last night, just before the power went out. I’ll post photos...
Feb 26th
Stars in the daytime →
People often ask if stars are up there, beyond our blue sky, during the day. The answer is surely yes, becaus […]
Feb 26th
Feb. 26, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Friday’s Poem: “For Our Anniverary” by Jason Tandon, from Give Over the Heckler and Everyone Gets Hurt. Friday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of a woman considered by many to be the greatest…
Feb 26th
Feb 26th
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Professors Find Ways to Keep Heads Above... →
noosphere: infoneer-pulse: “We may already be in the red in terms of our ability to store information,” said Christopher L. Greer last week to an interested, and vaguely intimidated, audience of scientists and other academics. Gene sequences, distant pulsar signals, YouTube videos, e-mail — it’s all too much to keep track of. Or perhaps not. Mr. Greer, who works on networking policy for the...
Feb 26th
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listening to "William Ackerman - →
Listening to it both figuratively and literally. The figurative is no more melodic, but it’s more pleasant.
Feb 26th
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Eka Pada Koundiyanasana II- Pose Dedicated to the... →
Got a little closer to this one today.
Feb 25th
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Listenspeakingoffaith: Einstein on Race » download...
Feb 25th
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Feb 25th
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Watch out!
accuwxboston: Today: Winds becoming strong; rain, heavy at times; coastal flooding can occur with a high of 43°F Tonight: Periods of rain mixing with snow; strong winds can down trees and power lines with a low of 34°F Get details at AccuWeather.com
Feb 25th
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Public Sociology vs the Anger Industry (or Why... →
It’s amazing that we should have to “contend” for the right of public discourse. icancstructures: by pj.rey Cast deep in recession and with unprecedented political polarization inside the halls government, it’s no shock that the American public is angry. Perhaps, this frustration is…
Feb 25th
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Moon and Mars close together on February 25 →
The waxing […]
Feb 25th
Feb. 25, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Thursday’s Poem: “In the Alley” by Ted Kooser, from Valentines. Thursday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of George Harrison, born in Liverpool (1943), known as “the quiet Beatle.” He was the lead…
Feb 25th
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Infographic: ChatRoulette, "Nexting" by the... →
This week, my students are talking about ChatRoulette the way they were talking about Facebook five years ago. This is the latest “weird,” “creepy,” “sketchy” internet technology and the Casey Neistat video, while a little crude in spots, about sums it up. Caveat nextor! BY CLIFF KUANGToday Ladies really do have all the luck, and the perverts are a sizable...
Feb 25th
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“Let’s face it. We’re undone by each other. And if we’re not,...”
–  Judith Butler, (books by this author) (1956-), author of Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1990), who currently teaches Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at Berkeley. The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor
Feb 24th
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“I would trade all of my technology for an afternoon with Socrates.”
– Steve Jobs (Happy Birthday!) The Writer’s Almanac with Garrison Keillor
Feb 24th
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Fact-checking the GOP on healthcare reform →
Apparently, it ain’t reconciliation until the crocodiles have cried. TUESDAY, FEB 23, 2010 20:20 EST Senate Dems adopted 161 amendments and key GOP planks while soft-pedaling the public option. That’s not compromise? BY ETHAN SHERWOOD STRAUSS AP/J. Scott Applewhite Rep. John Boehner, with other Republican congressional leaders, talks to reporters outside the White House. As the...
Feb 24th
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Bringing the hate for Scott Brown, RINO →
Scott Brown is bearing political costs for his support of the Senate jobs bill, but he could be in worse company. TUESDAY, FEB 23, 2010 20:24 EST Scott Brown says voting for a Democratic jobs bill just proved his honesty — but the wingnuts are feeling the hate BY JOE CONASON Reuters/Kevin LamarqueMassachusetts Sen. Scott Brown smiles after his ceremonial swearing-in in Washington Feb....
Feb 24th
Moon near Mars, Castor, Pollux on February 24 →
The big and bright
Feb 24th
Feb. 24, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Wednesday’s Poem: “Travel Directions” by Joan I. Siegel, from Hyacinth for the Soul. Wednesday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of a woman who has been called “one of the superstars of ’90s…
Feb 24th
Feb 24th
politicizing parenthood →
BBC News recently reported on the concept of “parental determinism,” as discussed by Kent University (England) sociology professor Frank Furedi: There was a pervading prejudice that…
Feb 24th
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Why so little attention to Vernon Hunter? →
Remember the victims… MONDAY, FEB 22, 2010 22:23 EST JOAN WALSH IRS bomber Joe Stack captured the news for days, but his African American, Vietnam vet victim has gone unheralded BY JOAN WALSH KTVT-TVVernon Hunter I traveled this weekend and missed the identification of the only person killed by Joe Stack in his unsettling attack on the Internal Revenue Service office in Austin...
Feb 23rd
Moon highlights Winter Circle on February 23 →
This evening, the wax […]
Feb 23rd
struggling Americans blame those with less →
The Philadelphia Inquirer recently examined Americans’ tendency to turn on the poorest members of their society during hard economic times: Last month, Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer of South Carolina…
Feb 23rd
Feb. 23, 2010: The Writer's Almanac →
Tuesday’s Poem: “Failing and Flying” by Jack Gilbert, from Refusing Heaven. Tuesday’s Literary Notes: It’s the birthday of composer George Handel, who wrote the great oratorio Messiah, born in Halle,…
Feb 23rd
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For those minds inquiring about the weather tomorrow.
Feb 23rd
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Wintry mix
accuwxboston: Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a low of 34°F Tomorrow: A mix of snow and rain, accumulating a coating to an inch with a high of 40°F Get details at AccuWeather.com
Feb 23rd
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The Bankruptcy Boys →
By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: February 21, 2010 O.K., the beast is starving. Now what? That’s the question confronting Republicans. But they’re refusing to answer, or even to engage in any serious discussion about what to do.
Feb 23rd
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The Future of the Internet, Where Everybody Knows... →
BY DAN NOSOWITZThu Feb 18, 2010 Is anonymity online coming to an end? The pervasive attitude says yes. The Pew Research Center teamed up with Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center to survey 895 experts on the future of the Internet—and at the forefront of the discussion is the sticky topic of anonymity. Experts were nearly split down the middle, with 55% agreeing that...
Feb 23rd
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In other weird news: Belarus declares Rammstein... →
Belarusian authorities, apparently with the approval of President Lukaschenko, have declared German Shock Rockers Rammstein enemies of the State in an effort to ban them from performing in Minsk on March 7. Here’s a very quick paraphrase of the gist of the case from a German article on the matter: “German rock band Rammstein would undermine ‘the order of the Belarusian State,’ ruled the...
Feb 23rd