for creamy vodka sauceMake a roux: melt around quarter cup of butter in a large saucepan, then add an equal amount of flour. You want to keep it on low heat and stir continuously with a flexible spatula, scraping the bottom of the pan. The flour/butter will be a thin paste. Cook for several minutes, until the roux has darkened slightly. It will be ( Read more... )

[140 points] Peugeot Mixte (completed)
[315000 points] Condo at 54th and Everett (in progress)
[160000 points] bachelor's degree from the University of Chicago (in progress)

- I am done with my BA, just gotta make some minor edits ( Read more... )

Should I buy an abandoned church in Pilsen with Mr. Cone and live there for the forseeable future?

me: `` `entangled folly brings humiliation.' ''
Cone: ``well YEAH.''

How should I approach the remainder of my thesis?

25 days until my BA is due
75 days until graduation

I was looking up Torsten Broden, who was very against Dirichlet's concept of function (y is a function of x if every variable of x coresponds to a definite value of the variable y, by any means whatsoever). Broden, instead, wanted a definite law by which to assign y to x.

In my searches for Broden, stumbled on the portfolio of Fredrik Broden, who ( Read more... )

no, seriously ( Read more... )

I hope everyone had the magical leap day of their dreams. I sure did! My fellow leap-day enthusiast Mark came in from Texichigan.
Together, we saw Guy Ben-Ner's Wildboy show at the Smart Museum. It is basically the best piece of video art I've ever seen---completely captivating and endearing, and thought-provoking in a sweet and subtle way. Altered ( Read more... )

I ran into a girl from one of my classes on the A-level. "What's up?" I ask. She sort of whimpers. "Yeah, me too." "But," she replies, with an increased look of genuine concern, "it's for a completely different reason than mine." "Yes, it always is."