The title sounds like the opening to a really odd joke, but in fact it was the concert bill last night in Albany. Bob Dylan is touring as always, and Elvis Costello is along doing a solo set, with Amos Lee opening for both. Kate and I went to the show, and it was… unusual.… Continue reading Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, and Amos Lee
Month: October 2007
links for 2007-10-07
Cognitive Daily: Casual Fridays: Most citizens don’t pass the citizenship test I aced it, how about you? (tags: politics science US) james_nicoll: Where are the collapsed world-states of SF “Isn’t it a little odd,…, how few SF settings ever seem to have an Earth where a world-government has collapsed into contending states?” (tags: SF) Red… Continue reading links for 2007-10-07
After Faking Her Death to Escape the Potter Fiasco, Hedwig Moved to Japan and Took Night Classes in Psychology…
It’s as good an explanation as any for this:
The Healing Power of Beer
As noted here in the past, I had horrible stomach problems for a good chunk of last year. This was diagnosed as “Gastro-Esophageal Reflux Disease” or “GERD,” which basically amounts to “Your stomach hurts.” After a number of deeply unsatisfactory appointments with a gastroenterologist, and some tests about which the less said the better, it… Continue reading The Healing Power of Beer
links for 2007-10-06
Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: Early (Encouraging) Data on Early Colleges If you offer college courses to good high-school students, they do better in college. Also, grass tends to be green. (tags: education academia) Improbable Research The 2007 Ig Nobel Prizes have been awarded. (tags: science… Continue reading links for 2007-10-06
Disappointed by Pop Music
I picked up three new albums from iTunes last weekend (yes, I know, you can buy DRM-free MP3’s from Amazon now, but I have some iTunes credit to use up, and I haven’t steeled myself to download and install the necessary application yet, which I just know is going to irritate me). The three were:… Continue reading Disappointed by Pop Music
Homework for Parents
The New York Times has a story on a novel approach to teaching high-school English: assigning homework to parents: So far, Mr. [Damion] Frye, an English teacher at Montclair High School, has asked the parents to read and comment on a Franz Kafka story, Section 1 of Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” and a speech… Continue reading Homework for Parents
Accountability for Educators, If Not Op-Ed Writers
Inside Higher Ed has a puzzling opinion piece about science and math education by W. Robert Connor of the Teagle Foundation. It’s not his arguemtn that’s puzzling, though– that part is perfectly clear, hard to disagree with: Public and private funders have spent billions of dollars — sometimes wastefully — on education initiatives like those… Continue reading Accountability for Educators, If Not Op-Ed Writers
links for 2007-10-05
Euler’s Constancy A short biography of and tribute to the mathematician Leonhard Euler, who did a bit of everything (tags: math academia physics) Scientists ‘weigh’ tiny galaxy halfway across universe Six billion light years away, 1/100th the mass of the Milky Way (tags: astronomy news science) nanoscale views: Challenges in measurement When expensive equipment blows… Continue reading links for 2007-10-05
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