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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Religio-Terrorists?
A few weeks ago, the Justice Department caught the attention of cable news programs by announcing the indictments of eleven “eco-terrorists” in Oregon. Their terrorist activites? Arsons and property damage, in which no one died. Now, I’m not coming even … Continue reading
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Pre-term happiness
My trip to Boston and Yale was fun if somewhat uneventful. Got to Boston just in time to have dinner with two Beast alums, Emily and Nnennia (while Nina couldn’t be bothered to ignore her classwork for an hour). Then, … Continue reading
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Runaway Eyebrow
Before I head off to Boston and Yale, I should blog about my excellent trip into the city last weekend. The whirlwind tour started off with a Shabbat dinner at Andy’s. Three orthodox Jewish couples and me–so I stood out … Continue reading
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No Wonder People Go Into Hotline Withdrawl…
As The Note hypothesized, polls really are “crack for the weak.” Scientists asked political stalwarts on either side to watch videos of Kerry and Bush while they monitored the participants’ brains: “We did not see any increased activation of the … Continue reading
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One down, some to go
Finished off “Fall” term yesterday. Roomie had a grand plan to go skiing, and I certainly wasn’t going to get in the way, so I finished off my papers Sunday night/Monday morning and handed them in well before the 5pm … Continue reading
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“If you are male, it may make you barf.”
A Christian’s take on a funny gender-role-reversal ad presentation. (Warning: the presentation itself has some mature, but mostly tasteful, pics.) Procrastinating is fun….
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But I stay for the Jiggy Jugga’s
Random Stuff First funny H*R email to Strong Bad in a while. Was just drunk dialed by a DC Deaniac reuninon…I miss DC. December pics: pinyon haben and West Wing crew dinner. Most obvious article of the month award goes … Continue reading
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Let’s Just Have Princeton Host The ’08 Pres Debate
First Condi, today Hillary. Tickets were gone in a flash, so roomie and I watched the former First Lady on the Princeton cable network. The topic was the Middle East (which was Ms Rice’s topic as well), and the two … Continue reading
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Mazel Tov, Josh
My favorite DC United player, Josh Gros, just re-signed with the team in a deal that triples his salary. After making a paltry $28,000 last year, DC is finally paying him a reasonable wage for the caliber of play he … Continue reading
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Spending, Tax Cuts, Balanced Budget: Choose Two
Courtesy of our Republican government, the deficit is back up in 2006. The federal budget is akin the classic MIT dilemma of of grades, sleep, and social life: choose two. State-side, score a victory for the good guys as pro-Health … Continue reading
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