Stephen Colbert interviews Paul Simon (<3!)
Colbert: If you were going to write, like, a protest folk song now about the credit crisis, could you... Do you think you could rhyme "credit default swap"? Or "negotiable"?
Simon: Unsociable.
Colbert: Ooh, that's not bad! You are the master.

SO MUCH LOVE (it's at 15:33). There's also Stephen's beef ( Read more... )

I checked my mail today! (my irl mail)
Guess what I got while I was in England?

EEEEE a real letter from Steffi. It has ILLUSTRATIONS and everything and it's written on lovely paper and and it's ever so pretty and ALL MINE

♥steffi_sy

Only now I really want hot chocolate.

But seriously, this is epic fail.

Greg Mankiw linked to this, guys. SO MUCH <3
(no srsly. checks it out)

Apparently, I think monetary policy is super exciting. I even went to Macroeconomics lecture for the second time in my life. It was pretty cool.

Is this normal? Possibly I'm in the wrong field. :/

edit:
Somewhat but not really related- you know the tax system is too complicated when politicians AND lawyers can't do it correctly. PALIN TAX FAIL.

So, this weekend when we were in New York for debate, we met up with Adam's parents for dinner. Adam's mother, being the kind of person who believes that the way to a person's heart is through baked goods, baked us a honey cake for Rosh Hashanah (Jew food for the Jewish New Year for the uninformed). Unfortunately when we were driving back to Boston ( Read more... )

AND ALL OF IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.

(If you are at all a BSG fan, check out the link for more awesome than you can handle)

I'm so glad that my brother is here! Two samples of his ridiculousness for yall:

Sharmin: I'm full.
Fahad: Oh really? Do you have a small stomach?
Sharmin: Yeah.
Fahad: Weak! Does Adam eat a lot?
Sharmin: Yeah, so much oh my god... he never stops eating.
Fahad: Good! Except, he eats vegetables, doesn't he? Oh no, he'll turn into a plant ( Read more... )

Amanda Palmer's cover of "I Google You" courtesy Neil Gaimain:

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I google you
late at night when I don’t know what to do
I find photos you’ve forgotten you were in
put up by your friends…
I do, I google you
When the day's done and everything is through
I read your journal that you kept that month in France
I've watched you dance
I'm pleased your name is ( Read more... )

from tdj...

E.coli is awesome and evolves to eat citrate! Also, gotta love the petri stacking video. Go forth! Witness evolution!