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Jim Coudal explains the perfect martini recipe.
U of C researchers confirm extended adolescence phenomenon.
There’s an article in today’s Maroon about blogs in academics. See Jacob Levy’s posts on The Volokh Conspiracy and Michael Green’s site.
Mark your calendars for the Digital Genres Initiative, at U of C May 30. It’s organized by Alex Golub.

Holy crap.
“The rear door of a Russian-built cargo plane burst open as the aircraft was flying across Congo and 129 passengers were sucked out, airport officials said Friday.”
Imagine how hard it would be to keep your cool as a pilot knowing that half your passengers just fell out of the plane.

My statistics midterm just kicked my ass. Hopefully it kicked my ass less than everyone else in the class.
Yesterday was a big day in Chicagoland. There was a fire in a garage full of trucks (Trib article). Coudal intern Anthony Vitagliano video-taped it. Miraculously, nobody was severely hurt. Also, some high school girls got drunk […]

The Dante’s Inferno Test has banished you to the Sixth Level of Hell - The City of Dis!Here is how you (meaning I) matched up against all the levels:

Level
Score

Purgatory (Repenting Believers)
Very Low

Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)
High

Level 2 (Lustful)
Very High

Level 3 (Gluttonous)
High

Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)
Low

Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)
Low

Level 6 - The City of […]

I saw X2 last weekend. Fucking incredible movie. I was seriously flipping out at how good it was. It was over two hours long and I was one the edge of my seat the entire time.
In middle school, I read X-Men and Spider-Man comics, which gives me dork-cred regarding such matters. Spider-Man is the coolest […]