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Need Something on the Front Page of this Thing

2009-11-17T19:54:06Z

You know you have been doing the web logging lately when there are no more posts left on the homepage due to inactivity.

Oh, Weddings

2009-03-29T23:58:19Z

So my friend Wilderness is getting married at the end of April and his wedding invitation contained an innocuous question: favorite song. Now, this is, at first glance, an innocuous question. For me, it should be obvious. My favorite band of all time is Simon and Garfunkel. My favorite Simon and Garfunkel song is The Boxer. Hence, that should be my favorite song. Yet, that question is insidious because you just can’t answer using the preceding methodology. One’s favorite song needs to tell everyone one’s musical sophistication and pretension (i.e. the listeners must at once be overwhelmed by the goodness of the music and stupidity for not having the same great taste of knowing that song) and cut across genres, moods, motifs, themes, and playlists. For example, I know what my favorite Simon and Garfunkel song is, my favorite Portland indie song, my favorite Beethoven piano sonata, but favorite song? Can it include opera arias? Vietnamese music? Musical scores from movies?

Anyway, since nobody reads this thing anymore, I am longer in shame of revealing my terrible taste in pop music and so, until Wilderness’s wedding, I shall be generating lists and trying to choose a worthy yet pretentious song as a non-bias point estimate of my favorite song. Incidentally, I started off with 10 songs for Wilderness’s Wedding (i.e. 10 songs having to do with l’amore (which, incidentally isn’t the same as the top 10 songs I would want played at my wedding) and had a really hard time populating it while the Top 10 Songs for breaking up was done in about 10 minutes.

WWC Podcast 2: Hot and Sour Soup

2009-02-20T19:20:26Z

So here's the 2nd WWC podcast. A little better this time and much more banter! Oh, genetic epistemology!

Oh, Projects that Never Get off the Ground!

2009-02-11T15:22:07Z

So, Dave and I have been talking about doing a podcast for WWC for the longest time. Thankfully, sheer laziness has saved the world.

Lodge and I, however, seem to have plenty of free time these days. Hence, the first WWC podcast! Like the first episode of anything, this one is riddled with errors (forgot the garlic!) and we'll probably nervously change the subject when speaking of it years from now. That being said, enjoy!

Note: Note: Full recipe available at http://www.phooeyhoo.com/cookbook/ginger_shrimp.pdf and full WWC cookbook available at http://www.phooeyhoo.com/cookbook.

Attention Raleigh Drivers ...

2009-02-09T20:14:33Z

... for the love of God, please turn off your brights!!!

That is all.

Snowtoro!!!

2009-01-07T17:12:56Z

Oh, dear God. This is the cutest thing ever! Thanks, Sho

Six More Days and I Wonder ...

2009-01-06T21:27:01Z

... why aren't I on a road trip in Spain with Mario Batali, Mark Bittman, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Claudia Bassols?

Seven Days Left ...

2009-01-05T05:47:05Z

... of comprehensive exam hell for me. With one week to go I can honestly say that the act of going through a Ph.D. program is something that no normal sane human being should ever want to subject themselves to. It's like volunteering to jump through a series of flaming hoops, each one more fiery and dangerous than the last. Did I mention that it's all self imposed as well? And that the rewards are minuscule and don't even translate into more financial gain? That if anything, you're losing money because you're not making money during the best money making years of your life?

So what great insights on educational research, learning theories, educational psychology, epistemological and ontological realty, or hierarchical linear modeling did I have today? None, only that the Beethoven opus 133, the so called grosse fugue may possibly be the greatest thing ever written. More tomorrow night.

Harambee!

2008-12-31T21:32:16Z

Harambee!

That is all!

Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?

2008-11-05T07:09:14Z

Because the United States of America, only fifty years removed from the civil rights movement and 143 years removed from slavery, has elected a black man to be its next president. I am stunned, awed, and proud. And to think that only two years ago I told Nicole that I did not believe a non-white male would be president during our lifetimes.

Two Things

2008-10-05T17:25:56Z

1. God still hates the Cubs.

2. The election is as good as over as Barack Obama has captured the only demographic that has eluded him: the pretentious insouciant well-educated liberal east coast vote. Huzzah! Onward to victory, my friends, onward to victory! Oh, wait. Ginny just reminded me of this. Hooey I say! Our 95 percent confidence intervals will lead us to victory!

Just Another Fact to Consider

2008-09-12T17:35:06Z

Thus, chicken displays may be a useful tool in identifying those with manic psychosis. However, the results suggest a complex process of chicken imitation formation. Female psychotics produce more displays than their NC-State female peers, but male psychotics produce poorer (more disorganized?) displays than NC-state males. Thus, different variables will be needed to identify male and female psychotics….

Rogé Federé

2008-09-09T00:29:18Z

In the words of Andy Roddick:

"Yeah, I mean, the guy has only made two Grand Slam finals this year. I would love his bad year. I would love it. It would be great. I'd be really happy with right now."

Hanna

2008-09-05T21:05:17Z

No, not Hannah May- .... never mind. I'm not even going to entertain that. (Besides, one has an "H" and the other doesn't.) I'm talking about my first hurricane: Hurricane Hanna (now downgraded to Tropical Storm status) which is due to hit the southern North Carolina Coast at 2 AM and then roll into Raleigh before noon. 50 mph winds are the estimate in this area which I think are actually slightly less than the top minds from the '96 Oregon storm.

Update: Well, that was a letdown. I think we may have gotten a few showers this morning but that's it. Back to work, I guess!

Vijay Wins Again

2008-09-03T01:47:30Z

So having used Chrome for one hour I think it may have just replaced Firefox. It's faster, seems just as good, and doesn't crash my PDFs. If Google lives up to their word of one tab crashing not causing the other tabs to crash, I think Firefox is out and Google and Vijay's blue pastoral colors win again.