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02:48 am
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The joys of proofreading..
Last night I proofread a student's attempt to write a Beowulf-esque story. It featured a line along the lines of:
They found his body in the morning; he had been attacked and emboweled.
I noted to the student that traditionally monsters are known for removing their victims entrails, not installing them.
Current Music: M83
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02:25 am
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Bad writing kills
( Discussion of poor scientific and journalistic writing )
Current Music: Whining server fans
Tags: idiocracy
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09:30 pm
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Life imitates Python (Monty)
"The Guardian is prevented from identifying the MP who has asked the question, what the question is, which minister might answer it, or where the question is to be found."
Source
For some reason I can't read that without hearing it in the style of the Blackmail (NSFW) sketch.
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06:12 am
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Morning in San Jose
It's a lovely sunrise over the hills of San Jose as the truck makes its early departure for Reno. The amber in the distance was lovely as the tom drums pulsed. "And I will hang my head, hang my head low."
(edited 'cause thumbpads and bumpy trucks lead to errors)
Current Music: Now Carbon Leaf
Tags: burning man
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05:19 pm
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And something a little more highbrow
Atticus Finch and Southern Liberalism
An interesting article combining literary analysis and the history of racism and classism. Not flawless but thought provoking enough to pass on.
Reconstructing Atticus Finch - the more scholarly article referenced in the NY article.
Tags: scala - with or without you
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03:51 pm
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Even more Leonard Cohen touring
The Fall 2009 USA tour was announced today:
Sat, Oct 17, 2009 Ft. Lauderdale, Fl - BankAtlantic Center
Mon, Oct 19, 2009 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum
Tue, Oct 20, 2009 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre
Thu, Oct 22, 2009 Philadelphia, PA - The Wachovia Spectrum
Fri, Oct 23, 2009 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden
Sun, Oct 25, 2009 Cleveland, OH - Allen Theatre
Tue, Oct 27, 2009 Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
Thu, Oct 29, 2009 Chicago, IL - Rosemont Theatre
Sun, Nov 01, 2009 Asheville, NC - Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
Tue, Nov 03, 2009 Durham, NC - Durham Performing Arts Center
Thu, Nov 05, 2009 Nashville, TN - Tennessee Performing Arts Center (Andrew Jackson Hall)
Sat, Nov 07, 2009 St. Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
Mon, Nov 09, 2009 Kansas City, MO - The Midland by AMC
Thu, Nov 12, 2009 Las Vegas, NV - The Colosseum® at Caesars Palace®
Fri, Nov 13, 2009 San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion at San Jose
If it's like the previous tour, expect tickets to be $60-200. There's likely to be secretish presales available again, so if interested, drop me a line and I'll poke you when the time comes.
[Edit]: It appears that some of the venues are _much_ larger than the previous tour so the ticket prices (for the cheap seats at least) might be much lower.
Current Music: Fleet Foxes
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01:36 am
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Security: You're doing it wrong
One of the exterior doors to my office's building has been broken for about two months now - as in it sags open and cannot be shut all the way. Yet campus security dutifully comes by and locks up the one next to it, leaving would-be intruders with no other option than to ... open the broken door beside the locked one.
(Yes, I realize the problem is not that they continue to futilely lock the non-broken door but that they don't fix the broken door.)
Current Location: Safely back from Ireland
Current Music: Fan whirling
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10:58 pm
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Coheney goodness
Video of the London performance. Link will only work for one week.
Current Music: Tindersticks - Until the morning comes
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12:13 am
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Leonard Cohen US/CA tour dates announced
There will be special sales for all of the shows early next week. Limit 2 tickets/order, willcall only with photo ID and the credit card used to buy the tickets required for pickup (to cut down on scalpers). The presale will require a password for purchase. If you're interested, let me know ASAP.
( Dates behind the cut )
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12:03 am
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Very well done stop motion video
Scintillation
Despite the title, safe for work. The video is made up of stop motion photography of objects that are being projected on.
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