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Category Archives: random
Pi Day
My method of celebrating Pi Day (March 14) did not involve pizza (“pizza pie” as it is sometimes known in this area), but if it had I could have deployed the Second Pizza Theorem to calculate how much I was eating. A friend points out that since I’ll be living in Europe this summer, I [...]
The man with the golden pen and lighter and cigarette case
Some interesting facts I learned this evening from the program (yes, program!) I got at the Loew’s Jersey theater where I saw The Man with the Golden Gun: Roger Moore was the oldest starting Bond; his did his first film in the franchise, Live and Let Die, when he was 45 (he’s actually older than [...]
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Am I considered a person of good character?
These are some of the questions I had to consider when applying for a UK visa:
On a road trip
On a road trip Originally uploaded by thatgirl I’m currently in Wyoming, and although gas prices are hitting record highs, we’re really glad we drove instead of flying. This country is so wide and full of sky and space.
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NJ-Penn.-Ohio-Ind.-Ill.-Iowa-NB-WY-Mont.-etc.
So we’re leaving on a crazy road trip this weekend, which involves the states above, plus some others on the way back. The initial goal is the 36th annual meeting of the Society for Exact Philosophy (hah hah, yes, Grice, is there any “inexact philosophy”, implicature, etc.) and then who knows. Yellowstone, visiting our friend [...]
The schizophrenia of “free” trade
The amazing thing about the NYTimes is that you can, in one day, read this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/opinion/16landsburg.html “All economists know that when American jobs are outsourced, Americans as a group are net winners.” and also read this article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/us/16ohio.html “Middle-aged men moving in with parents, wives taking two jobs, veteran workers taking [...]
“Jersey City’s Little India Kicks Jackson Heights’ Ass”
Don’t just take my word for it — the trustworthy Robert Sietsema of the Village Voice says so: “Little India has bloomed like a rosewater lassi, so that now the thoroughfare and surrounding streets form a South Asian business district more impressive than either Jackson Heights or Iselin, New Jersey.”
“Of all the Russias” (well, actually NYC-area airports)
From the New York Times: The Federal Aviation Administration will also create a ”czar” for New York City air travel, hoping to solve some of the confusion and headaches with a new position. Can we please put a moratorium on non-Czar related uses of the word czar? Whence this trend of calling U.S. government officials “czars”? Although [...]
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