January 2013
4 posts
What is an iPad Doing a Chinese Art Museum? : The... →
“The Spite House” in Alexandria, Virginia →
325 square feet on 2 floors. Love it.
First Baby Names of 2013: Name Candy's... →
I’m cool with Daffron, but which syllable gets the emphasis?
December 2012
3 posts
October 2012
1 post
Flavorwire » Kids’ Halloween Costumes That They’re... →
September 2012
1 post
August 2012
1 post
“Footnote 44 on page 925 of 92 Boston University Law Review reads, in its...”
– Mark Tushnet at Balkinization: Some Praise for Law Review Editors
June 2012
1 post
May 2012
4 posts
Video of Campbell University's Spring Commencement... →
Oh goodness, was I wrong. General Suter was boring and then he started in on some conservative ranting. He spent a bunch of time repeating tall tales about George Washington and leadership; he told the graduates not to change the world or to try and be great; and then he warned the graduates about “culture warriors” and opined that Wall Street Occupiers are “lazy, pampered,...
U.S. Supreme Court Clerk Delivers Commencement... →
I know nothing about him, but I bet the Clerk of SCOTUS is a decent Moneyball-type choice for commencement speaker - probably has a lot of interesting stuff to talk about it yet is probably not in much demand. I thought it was weird that the press release referred to him as “general,” but it turns out that he actually is a retired major general (cite: wikipedia), so referring to him as...
April 2012
2 posts
A Chicago Sojourn: Mexican Grocery Store signs →
This guy never fails. Great little investigation into the curious sameness of signs at Chicago’s Mexican groceries.
March 2012
26 posts
Instapaper Placebo →
All the pleasure of saving a page to read later without the pain of actually reading it later. via Murketing.
“A thing that ought to be cleared up is the “Encyclopedia Britannica” situation....”
– E. B. White and Helen McKelvey, Comment, New Yorker, June 21, 1930
351 books by Supreme Court Justices : SCOTUSblog →
I especially love the painstaking, lawyerly discussion of what counts as a “book.”
A Mustache for My Son by Etgar Keret - NYTimes.com →
Architizer Blog » ‘Street Furniture’ Reclaims... →
Guerilla public seating!
“We proudly endorse Leslie Knope for Pawnee City Council. Knope’s public service...”
– AFSCME Pres. Gerald W. McEntee (via afscmeforknope)
donothingfor2minutes.com →
I have failed every time so far.
Have you had that baby yet? →
Nixon's Enemies List - Wikipedia, the free... →
I just learned that Paul Newman was on Nixon’s Enemies List. Impressive.
Clean Currents - The Mid Atlantic's leading wind... →
I can get wind power? Why hasn’t anyone told me about this before?
Analysis: Rights groups try to avoid US high court... →
Some backstory on the City of St. Paul’s decision to take back its cert petition in Magner v. Gallagher.
“I will miss him, but I won’t abandon him to mortality. I will think of him as...”
– Mike Nesmith on Davy Jones.
February 2012
13 posts
Espresso Black Bean Chili - Mark Bittman →
Interesting.
Chocolate Sauerkraut Cupcakes →
I am willing to try this. Here’s a pretty similar recipe.
First Listen: The Magnetic Fields, 'Love At The... →
