Does anyone else find it annoying that everything in March is now "mad?" Among many others that I can't remember, here are just some examples of things that have (locally) gone crazy in the third month:
Starch Madness (at the local dry cleaners)
Legends Madness (new rent specials and events at a nearby apartment complex)
Tech Madness (something to do with something at the campus bookstore)
I really wish I could remember even more, but I'm losing my mind. At first, I thought it was due to our culture's fascination with alliteration (March Madness), but then some of the examples only work because of internal rhyme or a vague reference to the NCAA tournament. Either way, my rationalizations have yet to stop this "madness" madness from annoying me.
Can we just let March go back to the same normal month it used to be? Or, at the very least, personify other months--"Jacked January"(a big hit with the Monster Energy crowd), "Fucked February," "Appalling April" and so on--so this annoying sales gimmick can at least be consistently annoying?
While the BCS has its own problems, one thing that can be said about it is that it isn't mad--and I kinda like it that way!
3.27.2009
What are you looking at?
Our good friend Joe Burke is getting married in October. Below is one of his engagement pictures.
I highly recommend setting it as your desktop background as I have. It's a gift that keeps on giving.
I highly recommend setting it as your desktop background as I have. It's a gift that keeps on giving.
3.17.2009
Get Rid of the Payroll Tax
I haven't read enough about the nuances of getting rid of the payroll tax, but this article from the New Yorker makes a very persuasive argument.
3.08.2009
3.03.2009
Recession Woes?
A good example of how the rich keep getting richer. I think, J, this is a perfect example of the "ol' boys club" that you and I were talking about the other day on the phone.
Setting a house on fire, only to buy the charred remains and resell them. These are the same people who contributed to this situation, but because they still have money (most likely from the huge bonuses they took right before their companies collapsed) they can continue making more of it. It's simply sad to think about this while there are those who can't find ways to stay in their own homes or buy groceries for their families.
Setting a house on fire, only to buy the charred remains and resell them. These are the same people who contributed to this situation, but because they still have money (most likely from the huge bonuses they took right before their companies collapsed) they can continue making more of it. It's simply sad to think about this while there are those who can't find ways to stay in their own homes or buy groceries for their families.
2.27.2009
Great Moments in Composition
If these four documents do not comprise the greatest corpus of a student's writing ever, I'm in the wrong profession. Some highlights:
On Walt Whitman: "He is over 3,000 years old and remembers the names of all the gods."
On US Foreign Relations: "America is now president of the world, and some people aren't cool with that. In the War of 1812, Osama bin Laden declared Jihad on the West Coast and killed Tupac."
Just read them in their entirety. Unbelievable.
On Walt Whitman: "He is over 3,000 years old and remembers the names of all the gods."
On US Foreign Relations: "America is now president of the world, and some people aren't cool with that. In the War of 1812, Osama bin Laden declared Jihad on the West Coast and killed Tupac."
Just read them in their entirety. Unbelievable.
2.20.2009
2.18.2009
Dear Sully & Crew
I'm no longer impressed. In Chicago, we do that shit when it's frozen!
Sincerely,
cw
ps: get off my TV!!
Sincerely,
cw
ps: get off my TV!!
2.16.2009
Global Warming?
This is a rather long article, but if you have the time, it's a very interesting read. (I don't link it here because I agree with it, only because I found it interesting in its contradiction.)
There's a story to how I came upon this: Stanley Fish's blog on the NYTimes referenced this "radical" professor at the University of Ottawa. The article dealt with the definition of "academic freedom" and Fish was using this professor, Rancourt, as an example of academic freedom run amok (he refuses to give grades, teaches a course where he and the students engage in activism, etc.). Anyway, I was checking out a few of Rancourt's websites and found that James Inhofe (R-OK) used Rancourt's argument to oppose the idea of global warming (http://climateguy.blogspot.com/). I thought this was rather comical because I'm assuming that Inhofe wouldn't support Rancourt's teaching methods, despite his praise of his scientific research. Conservatives certainly love the normalizing function of education.
A complicated world. The more I read about things and hear different opinions, the more I think there is really never consensus on any single issue. EVER.
There's a story to how I came upon this: Stanley Fish's blog on the NYTimes referenced this "radical" professor at the University of Ottawa. The article dealt with the definition of "academic freedom" and Fish was using this professor, Rancourt, as an example of academic freedom run amok (he refuses to give grades, teaches a course where he and the students engage in activism, etc.). Anyway, I was checking out a few of Rancourt's websites and found that James Inhofe (R-OK) used Rancourt's argument to oppose the idea of global warming (http://climateguy.blogspot.com/). I thought this was rather comical because I'm assuming that Inhofe wouldn't support Rancourt's teaching methods, despite his praise of his scientific research. Conservatives certainly love the normalizing function of education.
A complicated world. The more I read about things and hear different opinions, the more I think there is really never consensus on any single issue. EVER.
2.10.2009
O'Reilly
A great report for those who think O'Reilly's tactics are less than fair (or perhaps even inconsistent?).
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