Via Kate, a story from a legal blog about a decisions in the case of a messy professor: “Clean your room or get out!” Words from a frustrated parent to a messy teenager? Not quite. The mess-maker in this case was a chemistry professor at the University of Texas, who ignored repeated warnings to clean… Continue reading Dorky Poll: Cleanliness is Next to…?
Month: November 2007
America’s Best Churches
This could easily be a Links Dump item, but it’s so good that it deserves more prominent placement. Inside Higher Ed has a spoof Editor’s Note from an imaginary US News & World Report ranking of churches: In thanking those who took the time to write, I would remind all in the community of believers… Continue reading America’s Best Churches
Stochastic Global Awareness
One of the strangest things about reading a lot of blogs is the way it’s broadened my view of the world. Which is “more or less at random.” I don’t follow a lot of mainstream news sources any more, because they mostly just piss me off, so I end up getting most of my news… Continue reading Stochastic Global Awareness
links for 2007-11-30
Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education – Inside Higher Ed :: Spray-Painting Pynchon “The quality of them is not the greatest. This is obviously not a professional tagger,” he said. “English majors and graffiti artists generally don’t seem to be the same demographic.” (tags: silly literature books academia)
Maryland vs. Illinois
The first half of Maryland’s 69-61 win over Illinois was as ugly a half of basketball as you’d ever want to see. It actually resembled our lunchtime pick-up games in some ways– lots of really clever passes being throw to guys who weren’t ready, weren’t able to catch the ball, or just weren’t on the… Continue reading Maryland vs. Illinois
Notable Science of the Recent Past
In comments to my earlier cranky post about the New York Times, Carl Zimmer pointed out that they hadn’t released their “Ten Best Books” list, so there was still an outside chance of a science book turning up. They posted the list today, and there’s nothing on it that wasn’t also on the Notable Books… Continue reading Notable Science of the Recent Past
links for 2007-11-29
Lucas: More evidence of the talent gap between the Big Ten and ACC “Instead of the annual bloodletting, otherwise known as the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, maybe a Big Ten/MEAC Challenge would help bolster the ego” (tags: basketball) Spoof London Underground Announcements – Emma Clarke Voiceover and Writer “We’d like to remind our American tourist friends… Continue reading links for 2007-11-29
Experimental Physics for Complete Morons
Today’s lesson: Lead bricks are really heavy. That is all. Carry on.
Non-Dorky Poll: The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection
You may have thought you saw some other posts here earlier in the day. You didn’t. Pay no attention to the vanishing posts about things I wasn’t supposed to post about. This means, though, that I don’t have any content on the blog, other than a cranky note about an idiot radio host, so, ummmm….… Continue reading Non-Dorky Poll: The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection
Hateful Talk Radio Update
I generally listen to ESPN radio in my office in the morning, because I like the Mike & Mike show. Unfortunately, they’re followed by Colin Cowherd, who is a world-class pinhead. He’s currently holding forth on the death of Sean Taylor, with his basic position being that Taylor had it coming because he had a… Continue reading Hateful Talk Radio Update