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Okay, so this isn’t so much a blog post as a gin and tonic-fueled stream of consciousness. Blame it on Kathie.
First, I’d like to say, “What is up with people doing crossword puzzles in class?” And not so much, “What is up with that?” as, “I did crossword puzzles in class last year you lame-ass […]

Moacir drops semiotics on the Anheuser-Busch “Applause” ad that ran during the Super Bowl (available from their web site). One assumes that the troops are returning from Iraq, though the ad leaves open the possibility that they’re leaving. The ambiguity gives the ad a more messy and nuanced message that Moacir describes well.

Congratulations to Tim, whose “Mathworld” page for the Dennis Miller Ratio is now the first Google result the phrase.

I like how on TV people can have quiet, meaningful dialogue in a loud environment like a bar or rock concert. If I could employ the same ambient noise reduction technology used in the television universe, the following dialogue would have never taken place (last night, at Uncle Tony’s):
Girl: What do you study?
Me: Mathematics.
Girl: No, […]

If I’m going to post here, I’m going to have to scrape a little deeper in the barrel of my life.
Today I had a toasted sesame bagel with cream cheese and tomato for lunch. I have this almost every day for lunch. At Collegetown Bagel, it used to cost $1.98. I’d step up to the […]