A gross misuse/misinterpretation/misrepresentation/missed-reality of statistics - this is how we attract grad students! Whee!

(while some people have Mathematica chugging to do real work, I have R chug along for way too long for foolhardy silliness)

I realize there are a variety of opinions about Valentine's day. But, I have to admit, hipster e-cards are kind of fun.

I know a number of you have read and enjoyed Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dileman (I admit, I have not), but y'all should check out his piece in today's Times. I'm a fan, as he really takes an ecological perspective.

Perhaps what we need now is a broader, less reductive view of what food is, one that is at once more ecological and cultural. ( Read more... )

WANT!!!

(Also, now is an opportune time to point out the existence of this little piece of silly.)

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VAMPIRE BIRDS!

Creepy.

This also deserves an emoticon (I mean, I LOVE /|\';;'/|\ for bats). Hrm. Let's start with a bird ( Read more... )

If you have not yet had it, run to your nearest well stocked grocery that might still have some Celestial Seasonings holiday teas and get thyself a box of Candy Cane Lane. This stuff is magical, and not just because it has silly polar bears playing with candy canes on the box, but it literally astounds me with its awesomeness - so smooth, so ( Read more... )

Look! The truth!

(for an explanation, see here)

And if you want to contribute, put this code in your lj or elsewhere - anywhere!

truth

OK, this could get a little addictive.

More interesting might be to put together "academic" families or somesuch.

Other ideas?

This one goes with a shout-out to statistique and her similar problemsSo, ever since everyone returned from break, the grad student cubes at the lab have been positively frigid. Someone did finally turn up the temperature a little bit the other day, so we're not longer in hats, scarves, and gloves, but it's still damn cold ( Read more... )