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We are awesome, trust us

By alex | Published: 8/5/2008
I was curious what folks would make of a list of the “The Top 100 Liberal Arts Professor Blogs.” KF writes about it here, and yes (phew!) I made the cut. But it seems to be the perfect mutual admiration society, and the only credence the list receives is in the quality of its in-links. […]
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Eddie Izzard: Stripped!

By alex | Published: 6/29/2008
The spousal unit and I went to see Eddie Izzard’s show Stripped at Radio City Music Hall on Friday to celebrate our 15th anniversary. Before the show, Jamie said she hoped it was decent, and I warned not to set expectations too high. It was, I think, absolutely brilliant, far better than any of his […]
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The Wire as Teaching Tool

By alex | Published: 1/11/2008
I was a big fan of the Wire, on HBO, from its first season, but didn’t keep up with it, and decided to wait and watch it on DVD instead. It’s a complex soap opera of a plot–one of the creator’s former colleagues referred to him as the “Balzac of the newsroom” in a conversation […]
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Not X?

By alex | Published: 8/23/2007
This blog is rated… PG? That doesn’t quite explain why I’m blocked by major filters. The rating changes depending on what is on the main page. I have a feeling that if it slurped up my archives, it would get a different rating, but even my cyberporn category only gets us down to an R. […]
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