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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What do you do with a PhD?
In the past three days, I ran across two parodies by people with “Dr” in front of their names. Given the coincidence and the quality of the humor, I felt the need to post. First up, a great video called … Continue reading
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Vote For Seth!
Former fellow 2E’ers really needs help on this NY Post poll, as he’s badly losing the “who should Christina date” race to someone who describes himself as “decent-looking, financially secure, humble but confident and respectful” — i.e., Seth’s polar opposite.
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Behold: the Princeton Undergrad
I was invited to house parties at the eating clubs this past weekend. Most of you (like myself two weeks ago) have no idea what that means so I’ll sum up: 25 hours of partying in a 49-hour window. A … Continue reading
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What Got Into Mike?
Last week, I emerged from my position huddled over my glowing computer, as I turned in my paper on Friday and gave my presentation last Wednesday. The (45-minute) presentation and the inquisition afterward went pretty well. In fact, one of … Continue reading
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Three Seders and A Funeral
I’ll be locked in my room the next day and a half working on my seminar paper, so I figured I’d pop up for air one last time before I submerge myself in ecological inference to tell you all about … Continue reading
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An Inconvenient Truth
Two people have mentioned to me Joe Klein’s article in this week’s Time entitled “Pssst! Who’s behind the decline of politics? [Consultants.]”, and I feel compelled to respond publically. He begins with a vignette of RFK’s speech during the night … Continue reading
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Cannon Fodder
After a year of being down 6 to 1 on the Prank v Hack/Caltech v MIT scoreboard, the current breed of MITers successfully jumped ahead with the requisition of Caltech’s cannon. (My old dorm, EC, is in the background of … Continue reading
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Toliver Twist: Terps Win!
Fear the Turtle, baby: the Maryland Terrapins just won the Women’s NCAA basketball championship! A fade-away three-pointer by Kristi Toliver at the end of regulation sent the game to overtime, and Maryland played excellent defense on Duke’s final possession to … Continue reading
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A Unity Government?
After watching last night’s episode of West Wing, I couldn’t help but think that there was no obvious choice for Santos’s new VP (assuming he wins). Thus, I’ll open it up to the floor: who do you think it will … Continue reading
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Kugel-icious!
Props to Enjanerd for the recommendation to use XnView to upload my pictures from Gulfport. (Make sure you left-right scroll on the first pane to see all the thumbnails.) I’ve added some cellphone pics (see the bottom of the page) … Continue reading
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