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abortion, rudolph, roberts

bram Jul 21, 2005 22:03

Returned the Yiddish book to the library and skimmed a book about the Eric Rudolph case. Not only has Eric Rudolph recently been sentenced to life, but the case is also timely because another man with two first names, John Roberts, may actually turn out to reverse Roe vs. Wade, although this time through means other than pure evil ( Read more... )

Dancing report

bram Jul 19, 2005 02:38

The hardest song in the world to dance to, in a lyrically appropriate way, is "Stand" by R.E.M ( Read more... )

I try vainly to amuse you before I fall asleep

bram Jan 23, 2004 05:39

Help me, I'm addicted to this damn internet web thing! A crumb of work to do that involves anything that's hard, and I'm Doctor Surffingers. To paraphrase King Henry II's inadvertent death sentence upon Thomas Becket: Will no-one rid me of this troublesome DSL connection ( Read more... )

Dance of the Seven Coats

bram Jan 11, 2004 20:28

Jan. 11, 2004 | BOSTON (AP) -- Temperatures dropped well below zero Saturday across the Northeast, making it the coldest day in a decade for some cities and keeping all but the hardiest people indoors.

I was one of the hardiest people last night. I went out to a sculpture exhibit at Man Ray and then danced like a fast-forwarded dervish ( Read more... )

humor, art, dancing

Politics (no trivalent networks, no excrushes)

bram Oct 17, 2003 02:21

Up late. Went to an internet cafe/bookstore, a place I kind of like, but on the way back I felt sick. Luckily my office was just there--went to the bathroom, found myself sweaty. I think something's going around ( Read more... )

Dodge and Burn, Giordano

bram Aug 11, 2003 01:14

A quickie political post, to be followed by a quickie science/philosophy post.

This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor. That a man can take pleasure in marching in fours to the strains of a band is enough to make me despise him. He has only been given his big brain by mistake; unprotected ( Read more... )

Heroes of Creativity

bram Mar 22, 2003 23:13

I'm not sure why, but recently I decided to explore those I considered "heroes" in my life, although the word "heroes" seems maybe too monumental. And to see how I've changed in my life, and what lessons biographies of the famously accomplished might have for me ( Read more... )

Up War

bram Feb 03, 2003 23:05

Peter GabrielI'm reminded of one of my stranger housemates over the years--SC--who was a Peter Gabriel fanatic. Listened to LPs of the old Genesis albums over and over. Meanwhile, he would rock back and forth old this old dilapidated rocking chair (he'd really made it his--it carried around the identation of his body). Every once in a while, while ( Read more... )

The Ethics Entry

bram Feb 01, 2002 20:20

Did some Chandra work today--stuff needed for the paper to get done, but not to advance the scientific understanding. You know, "We used the Chandra X-ray telescope, which has these features and is described in this other paper... we detected 600,000 photons or so after rejecting the sucky ones ( Read more... )

Spin networks: some continuous physics background (to be revised)

bram Dec 25, 2001 14:35

Happy birthday, Sir Isaac Newton!!! You were a devious jealous joyless little prick but you gave us the tools to understand and create the modern world!

Some parts will be review, some will swoosh over heads:

( The first of, I hope, several entries on spin networks before classes resume. )