I hadn’t planned to do another musical alphabet post so soon, but I was just taking a preliminary run through the “D” artists in my iTunes. I was thinking about how hard it is to just pick two or three … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2009
© 2009 Lance. All rights reserved.
Free Range Kids and the Hand Formula
I’ve been reading the blog Free Range Kids by Lenore Skenazy for a while, and her book by the same name has been on my “to be read” list for a while. The point of the blog (and I assume … Continue reading
Incompetence as a Signalling Device
Scott has a great short piece at IHE on Gambetta’s book on communication among criminals, which inter alia summarizes Gambetta’s theory of the signalling benefits of incompetence in Italian academia. Gambetta argues that something similar takes place among the baroni … Continue reading
Why the Kennedys Were Awesome
I usually try to steer clear of jumping on the eulogy train, but this seems like an appropriate time to say: I suspect that understanding the Kennedys (and in particular Ted’s generation) is key to understanding the second half of … Continue reading
Musical Alphabet: C (Fads, Family and Fundamentals Edition)
1. I got all into Los Campesinos! for about 45 minutes last year. I still think they’re pretty OK, but I try not to think critically about it because I’m pretty sure the attraction wouldn’t stand close scrutiny. 2. … Continue reading
Muddled Duddled Fuddled Wuddled
Today I learned that one of my very favorite books to read to Sg is one that AT will not read to Sg because AT hates it so much. I guess that makes me Fox and makes AT Knox. Now … Continue reading
Yeah, big deal. Everybody has two.
He probably didn’t even notice.
Writing Your Own Gmail
Brian has a question: Tr.im closed it’s doors for a few days and this caused all sorts of ballyhoo because (it seemed at the time) all those links would soon point to diddly squat. Daring Fireball says, “and people ask … Continue reading
You’re Weird
These things happened today. One: We were at the grocery store, and I stopped to collect a package of small crackers popular amongst your cohort. There is a “pizza”-flavored version in a green bag. You said you liked the ones in … Continue reading
So Deep in the Uncanny Valley it Chafes
Sg, This may have changed by the time you read this, but you are Ms. Christmas all year round. You ask me to read Polar Express way more often than I would choose (and there are other christmas books). You … Continue reading
Musical Alphabet: B (1993 Edition)
The albums containing these songs were released in July and August of 1993, while I was enjoying my last pre-college summer. Also that summer: A magnitude 7.8 earthquake off HokkaidĹŤ, Japan launched a devastating tsunami that killed 202 on the … Continue reading
Musical Alphabet: A
Sg, The idea here is to post 26 entries, one for each letter of the alphabet, in alphabetical order, containing songs by artists whose names begin with that letter. Its an idea I ran across here, and it seems like … Continue reading