The Shadow Scholar – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher Education “I’ve written toward a master’s degree in cognitive psychology, a Ph.D. in sociology, and a handful of postgraduate credits in international diplomacy. I’ve worked on bachelor’s degrees in hospitality, business administration, and accounting. I’ve written for courses in history, cinema, labor relations,… Continue reading Links for 2010-11-15
Month: November 2010
Bonus Autumnal Toddler Blogging
We had freakishly good weather today, so I went outside to get some raking done. SteelyKid came out with me to help: We also got some video of the Dinosaur Leaf Attack game we were playing, but YouTube is struggling with the file for some reason or another, so I can’t post that. The important… Continue reading Bonus Autumnal Toddler Blogging
Short Story Club: “Stereogram of the Gray Fort, in the Days of Her Glory” by Paul M. Berger
I just realized that I haven’t posted anything about this week’s Short Story Club entry, “Stereogram of the Gray Fort, in the Days of Her Glory” by Paul M. Berger.This is largely because I don’t have a great deal to say about it. This is another “After the magic apocalypse” story, only this time the… Continue reading Short Story Club: “Stereogram of the Gray Fort, in the Days of Her Glory” by Paul M. Berger
Links for 2010-11-14
Baubles vs. Hard Truths | Mother Jones “Here’s the problem: most plans to reduce the long-term deficit consist of three things: shiny baubles, smoke and mirrors, and actual deficit reduction measures. You want to minimize the former and emphasize the latter, and on that score I don’t think Simpson-Bowles does very well.” (tags: economics politics… Continue reading Links for 2010-11-14
Books for Reading Out Loud?
SteelyKid and I are currently on our second pass through the Winnie-the-Pooh book my parents got her (which is identical to the one I had as a kid). We read one story every time she goes to bed, so that’s one every night, and one at weekend nap times. She only sort of pays attention… Continue reading Books for Reading Out Loud?
Links for 2010-11-13
slacktivist: Fix the deficit: Cure diabetes “My grand scheme for long-term debt-reduction would improve the lives of tens of millions of people while saving everyone else a ton of money. It’s an attempt to solve problems, rather than to luxuriate in enduring them and savoring the suffering they produce. And that goes against everything the… Continue reading Links for 2010-11-13
Relativity on a Human Scale: “Optical Clocks and Relativity”
As mentioned in yesterday’s post on
Crowd-Source Your Physics Questions
There’s a new physics Q&A site from the folks at Stack Exchange, this one on physics. If you’re not familiar with the format, it’s a bulletin-board style site where you can post questions to be answered by other users, and people vote the answers up and down, so you can get a decent feel for… Continue reading Crowd-Source Your Physics Questions
Links for 2010-11-12
Why Making Dinner Is A Good Idea | Wired Science | Wired.com “Why does the microwave and frozen dinner inexorably lead to obesity? According to the economists, the cheapness of calories (both in terms of price and time) has led us to dramatically boost consumption. Food stops being something we make and create — it doesn’t… Continue reading Links for 2010-11-12
Thursday Toddler Blogging 111110
Here we see SteelyKid kicking back with Appa, among some of her many, many toys: Navigating the living room is getting to be kind of difficult, what with all the blocks and cups and balls and other things strewn all over the place… In other news, SteelyKid is in training to be a genius. Don’t… Continue reading Thursday Toddler Blogging 111110