Bookroll
- Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish: A Novel
- David Rakoff
- 3 wds: Rhythmic Raw Rakoff
- The Signal and the Noise
- Nate Silver
- 3 wds: accessible, insightful, broad
- The Casual Vacancy
- J.K. Rowling
- 3 wds: captivating, political, believable
- The Black Banners: The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War against al-Qaeda
- Neil Shah
- 3 wds: Captivating, informative, redacted
- The Blank Slate
- Steven Pinker
- 3 wds: Rant, lengthy, correct
- The Trial
- Franz Kafka
- 3 wds: Disheartening, linear, skippable
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Members of Congress Eating Ramen
The Food Stamp Challenge: Progressive elected officials are going on food stamps for one week. That’s the equivalent of $3/day; Rep. Jan Schakowsky’s solution was plenty of Ramen. NPR stories here and here. Kudos for Oregon Governon Ted Kulongoski for … Continue reading
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Saying Goodbye to Paul Anka
The last Gilmore Girls ever was on Tuesday. Even thought they were still negotiating contracts when they wrote the episode, it’s clear that they knew it had a high probability of being the last adventure in Stars Hollow. Other than … Continue reading
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Generals Celebration
Saturday, I celebrated being done with Generals by taking the train to NYC and seeing friends. Chicklet and I headed over to Queens and toured the hands-on NYC Hall of Science (where my BoA card got us in for free). … Continue reading
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American Generals: Done!
American down (I think I passed); methodology to go. It’s on Thursday. Celebration dinner on NYC on Saturday (email invites out soon).
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One more day…
American Generals tomorrow. I created a game to help me study: now you all can have an idea of what I’ve needed to learn. There are (or will be soon) a bit over 100 entries that I need to learn/commit … Continue reading
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Helped me procrastinate for 10 mins
I don’t have much to blog about since it’s the end of term and Generals are in a few days (yikes!). But, I did find this week’s cartalk puzzler quite enjoyable. RAY: This was sent in by a fellow named … Continue reading
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