Stuff White People Like

I spent like an hour on this today, first being amused, then humiliated, then really thoughtful, then desperately curious as to whether the author is a black or white guy.  All of which should probably be its own post on the site. :)

I'm still trying to figure out exactly what it is that's so great about this.  Here's a list ( Read more... )

It's what I've been dreaming of for years. $300 is SO a good price for something this awesome.

Ladies and gentlemen: the Epoc.

Now you know what to get me for Christmas!

Except this. Ok so, there's this conservative magazine on campus (the only one in fact) that's famous for it's offensive content and basic rudeness and disrespect for anybody who doesn't agree with them. But I read it anyway since I think it's important to be informed about what people think when it's different from what I think. Anyway, this ( Read more... )

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::long whistle ( Read more... )

C.S. Lewis was all set to be my new guru in a way, you know, the guy whose stuff I read all of and totally agree with, get really excited about and quote to everyone.

But, now I read some of his lesser-known works of fiction (his science fiction trilogy: Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength) and of course everything gets ( Read more... )

So I just found out that Urban Academy (which is for all intents and purposes something like my dream school to teach at... especially take a look at the Stance on High-Stakes Testing in the sidebar on A Great Way to Learn), an alternative-education part of the Small Schools Initiative in NYC, has a 2-year internship program that it looks like can ( Read more... )

Acing last problem set of my undergraduate career:

Check.

This LJ has lately become little more than a repository for web links of interest... but that's ok, I think it just means that I'm whining less. :)

Anyway, here's the latest (I mistyped "here's" FOUR times before I got it right, this is the kind of effort ( Read more... )

This post is for people like me who became hopelessly spoiled/addicted by/to TV-links providing me with free TV episodes whenever I wanted them.

Try www.surfthechannel.com ... same idea, let's see if it lasts as long ;)