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Twice in the past week I’ve been surfing sites that seemingly have nothing to do with the University of Chicago, and I’ve come across pictures of U of C students. The first was via Jesica Davis, who posted some pictures on Gapers’ Block. On Jesica’s site, I found a picture of this kid from my […]

Some hilarious redubbed G.I. Joe public service announcements
What a tangled Web we weave… A compilation of quotes from the Bush administration stating that there are weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
Ari Fleischer, Jan 9. 2003:
“We know for a fact that there are weapons there.”
And that, unfortunately, comprises all the cool stuff that’s happened on the […]

I have a crush on Abby Ryan, the woman who does the Shadow traffic report on WBEZ.
I’ve never seen her, but I hear her voice about 5 times every morning.
Update: Thanks to an anonymous poster, I have seen her…and I know a suprising number of details about her family and life history.

I would like to make everyone painfully aware of the fact that Alan Alda is still alive. If somebody bets you money that Alan Alda is dead, take that action.
That’s right, Alda, most famously known for his role as Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce in the television series MASH (I’m not going to bother with all […]

Jen Bekman’s gallery got a write-up in the Times. Jen was Margaret’s boss at Meetup. I went to her gallery last time I was in the city. For the record, Jen called me cute.
Liz Spiers, who wrote the article, is the author of Gawker.
Jen was also the Gawker stalker who saw Chloe Sevigny and Jim […]

CNN.com readers submit 3,000+ WTC proposals.
Paul Krugman’s article The China Syndrome elicited quite a response Fox News’ Neil Cavuto.

Do you want to know what makes me hate Americans? That Fox News is the most-watched cable news network. Back in April, when the war in Iraq was in full swing, Fox News dominated the rankings with […]

Tim, a friend from my Econ class, invited me to the Jazz Showcase, where Jack DeJohnette, Danilo Perez, and Jerome Harris were playing. The Showcase has a good tie-in with Maggiano’s where you get a five-course meal and reserved seats at the concert for $38. Good deal. Tim also invited our Econ professor, Grace Tsiang, […]

I think the peanut butter bender I’ve been on the past few months is waning. I’ve eaten one big jar of peanut butter per week for since January. Last night, as I ate peanut butter by the spoonful while surfing weblogs, I thought, “Peanut butter doesn’t taste as good as it used to.” (Sometimes my […]

After watching American Idol, Evelyn and I both tried to vote (for Clay) on our phones.
Evelyn and me: “Ugh, the lines are busy.”
Margaret: “That’s because you’re both trying to call at the same time.”
Update: I’m a big fucking idiot. When I quoted the above dialogue, I realized that it had taken place a long time […]

Slate has a good article about career mathematicians, focusing on Perelman, who may have proved the Poincaré Conjecture.
Long Bets puts future predictions on the record. Paul Hawken predicts that “by 2050, we will receive intelligent signals from outside our solar system.” Technically, I think the Voyager satellites continued to send signals back to Earth after […]

Overheard from two sorority girls as I walked past:
“Yeah, I’m totally bummed because I really wanted to go to the Jack Daniel’s tasting party tonight.”
First, it’s Thursday. Second, may I ask, what the fuck is a Jack Daniel’s tasting party? Is there any college student that doesn’t know what Jack Daniel’s taste like?
I wondered to […]

Barnes & Noble Cafe employee: “What can I get you?”
Me: “Grande coffee.”
Employee: “Dude…dude, you know who you look like?”
Either Ashton Kutcher or Evan Marriott. I hope you say Kutcher. (A picture of me, by request)
Employee: “That dude from That ‘70’s Show, doesn’t he?
Other employees: “Who?”
Employee with head up ass: “Which one?”
Employee: “You know, the funny […]

Dudes, I nailed my math midterm. Holy crap, algebra is my bitch.
The stumper question was, “If a is an element of the algebraic closure of Z5 and also a primitive cubic root of Z5, what is the degree of a over Z5?
The answer is 2. How do you like them apples?
In other news…
A Little League […]

So, math is pretty awesome. It’s my major. Tomorrow I have my second algebra midterm. On the first midterm, I scored 3 points below the mean. I haven’t scored below the mean in years, so I’m kind of pissed. Tomorrow, I hope to redeem myself.
The midterm covers Zorn’s Lemma and Galois Fields, which is some […]

My friend, Alexander Whitsett Pile, has produced a claymation film entitled The Unicorn. You may watch the film on the web site Mook Farm, or you could watch it for free at DOC, 10:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 14 (tomorrow fools).
Alex advised me, “Don’t watch the movie on the web site. Watch it at DOC; it’ll […]

Jon has a priceless chronology of pulling an all-nighter to write a paper. I lived with Jon in the dorms first year, and I can corraborate that all-nighters were frequently pulled that year. But, upon realizing how much they suck, time management skills were substituted.
(I had a good time at the FOTA party, Jon)
Here’s the […]

Feel free to interact with the bear. Via Rebecky.
Did you know that one horse can plough twice as much as a pair of oxen, and that a horse is a much better military asset?

First, some links:
Foreigners visiting the Gaza Strip are now required to sign a waiver absolving Israeli forces from responsibility if they shoot them. (TMN)
JFK had a sexual affair with a teenage intern.
Saffire has an Op-Ed about Jayson Blair, the deceitful NY Times journalist.
This post on Ben’s blog still cracks me up.
Ok, I have to read […]

A NY Times reporter fabricated and embellished information for dozens of stories. (Via Margaret)
William Saffire’s column references Gawker.
I hope you like the redesign. I still need to add a lot of features, such as the about and contact pages, a search form, a stylesheet switcher, and public referrer logs. Let me know (in a comment) […]