For those who may not read it (and in fairness that should be everyone with better things to do), Foreign Times recently published their list of the top 100 thinkers of 2010. It tops out with Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and even includes Barack Obama in it's top 5. This prompted Gideon Rachman, also of the FT, to write a column about the relative ( Read more... )

Why Today is Awesome ( Read more... )

The reports of what happened in Arizona are saddening, and horrifying. Any instance of fatal violence is tragic, moreso when those who receive it aren't criminals or lowlifes, but are instead the nonviolent, law-abiding citizens that we hope all citizens will try to resemble. Make no mistake, the greatest tragedy of those events is the life and ( Read more... )

I picked up my Mom from something last night, since she can no longer drive at night. Since she was hungry, we made the twenty minute drive back and stopped at a fast-food restaurant. After we sat down at the table I noticed a black speck crawling against her white shirt - a speck which I casually brushed off, registering with the tiniest portion ( Read more... )

There's a special place in my heart for country music. The country songs that give you that everything's-all-right, let's-hang-out nowhere-to-be feeling. It's entirely possible that, post-graduation, I'll disappear. My note'll say "Adios and vaya con dios".

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When constructing an experiment in the social sciences (and, I presume, in other sciences) it's presented as necessary that we predict the outcome of our experiments. This has always pissed me off. Predicting the outcome of an experiment really only helps in making your theory more credible when expressed in print. Now, being expressed in print ( Read more... )

Mary Overell : "A merlot sound like a good vengeance wine."

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3am, at the Wendy's Drive-Thru (because it's the only thing open at that hour ( Read more... )

The whole Prop 8 thing is back in the media today. I've largely not talked about the gay marriage debate, mainly because my opinions on politics tend to piss off both sides, something which has proven doubly true on this one ( Read more... )

Me: I hate cover flow. It's the worst part of my iPod ( Read more... )