Not long ago, parenth_blog blogged about a talk given by William Zinsser called "Writing English as a Second Language." This post started out as a comment on that blog post, but it is mostly about the article. It got a little overheated, and a little overlong, and isn't about what Sam said, so I decided to post it here, instead. It turns out that teaching ( Read more... )

I just made really good dinner. And I thought I'd share. For a few reasons: I'm obsessed with braising, I want to teach you about a point of traditional French cuisine, and I have successfully and satisfyingly substituted something for bacon in a recipe that usually calls for it.

( Foodie wankery, plus a recipe I'm calling Hipster Brussels Sprouts, the reason for which will remain obscure for several paragraphs. )

holy shizzle, you must watch this NOW: "how bread was made in the 80s."

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from a right-wing talk radio station's website:


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i'm a bad localvore for a bunch of reasons. i like bananas. and i eat green things all winter. i'm better than most americans, sure. i have a local, organic farm share. our first winter veggies arrived yesterday. (i haven't seen them yet, but i bet they're great ( Read more... )

lolz: this 100 foods no environmentalist should ever eat is stoopid. like really stoopid. some of it's good advice, i suppose. my favorites ( Read more... )

i kind of hate the word "bleg," but i suppose it's technically what i'm about to do ( Read more... )

i'm not sure how to embed google finance charts in other webpages. and i'm still feeling bewildered & spooked enough, i'll just say it out loud ( Read more... )

it's funny you should post that, anna. i was just about to repost here an email i sent to my "affect publics" research group's listhost ( Read more... )

so i just can't stop saturating myself with politics. i wish i knew how. i think i need at least one day in which i'm not at least somewhat plugged into the blogs.

( Liberal Elite Blowhardy Grad Student Political Analysis and Autobiography, not without jargon and with highly inconsistent capitalization. )