Archive for September, 2007
Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Who is a Peabody Winner?
Don’t care about who is and who is not a Peabody winner? Don’t read this post! (But if you know any Ephs who have won a Peabody, please tell us in the comments. As far as I can tell, there is not a single Eph who can honestly claim to be a “Peabody winner.” Correct [...]
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Eph Pulitzer Winners
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Friday, September 28th, 2007
Photo ID, #94
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
so,
we were burglarized yesterday. i came home to a trashed house (THAT I HAD JUST CLEANED THANK YOU VERY MUCH) emptied of anything worth a damn, including 3 laptops, a tv, my nano (NO!), and much, much, more.it feels disgusting. we are getting an alarm …
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Boston Globe Article on Financial Aid for the Middle Class
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Gender Disparity in Bicentennial Medal Standards
My friend Jeff claims that I have been “soundly trounced” on the issue of whether or not the same standards apply for male and female Ephs in the awarding of Bicentennial Medals at Williams.
[Previous discussion here. Strictly speaking there are two separate issues. First, are the standards lower for female Ephs and for male Ephs [...]
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Yacht Club
Add Earl Potter ‘68, president of St. Cloud State University, to the list of Eph college presidents. Is this news story a compliment or an insult?
But behind those achievements lie a man whose history is as complex and diverse as the list of schools he’s studied at and led.
Potter grew up in a small, waterfront [...]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Perky
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
The CEO of http://mytherapy.net/ is giving a talk in my area on Friday but, unfortunately, I won’t be able to make it because I have a meeting to attend. But I was glad to receive the e-mail announcement and discover this site. It seems like a good ser…
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
Giving Up
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
slack
is it bad to be happy about the fact that i only have ONE patient to deal with on my infectious disease rotation and get to go blissfully from conference to rounds to home while returning nary a page?because i am. responsibility is nice sometimes, but…
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
“It’s All Right If It’s All White”
Beyond the pale?By Naresh Puri BBC NewsOne of Bollywood’s biggest film stars is being criticised by Asian campaigners for promoting a skin-lightening cream - a product that is now on the shelves of British shops.The 40-second advertisement from India s…
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Williams Connections to the 2007 MacArthur Fellows
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Finished Object: A Tribute to Valerie
I always accuse Valerie of copying me (because she does!), but in reality, she and I simply have similar taste in knitwear and yarn. We are of one mind. I decided that instead of her trying to be me and me trying to be her, I should just WEAR her.Patte…
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Machete Ball
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Amazon’s new MP3 store
I’ve been writing reviews on online music stores for years, particularly those that support independent artists and DRM-free downloads.
And hands-down, Amazon’s new store is the best out there. Period.
Some highlights:
Selection: They say they’ve encoded over 2 million songs so far, and a spot check indicates that the coverage is amazing.
Quality: 256 [...]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
Windowpane
Wick Sloane ‘76 writes about another day in the life of a community college English professor.
“Good prose is like a windowpane,” George Orwell warned the wordy in Why I Write. In the face of a confounding situation, squirt the Windex, wipe the glass, shut up and write. This is one of those times.
Read the whole [...]
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
Crush on Ahmadinejad
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Monday, September 24th, 2007
Eph 400
The Forbes 400 list of the richest Americans is out. How many Ephs are on it? Excellent question! I see:
1) Edgar M Bronfman Sr ‘50 at $3.2 billion. Bronfman never graduated from (was kicked out of?) Williams. Surely there is a story to be told . . .
2) Herb Allen ‘62 at $2.0 [...]
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
blah
well, i guess being exposed to 8,325 slobbering, sneezing, and snotting children over the past 4 weeks has its downside: i am sick. the ‘my head is so full of fluid i might explode!’-kind of sick. i even stood in line at the pharmacy and endured gett…
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Sani ‘08 Scores
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
$5 Million for Sustainability
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Saturday, September 22nd, 2007
Football Webcast
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
Contract Major
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
A good thing, a bad thing, and an other thing
A Good ThingFurry, fuzzy, pink yarn! Sarah sent me some amazing pink angora. “Vintage!” she said. Apparently it is from stash that she inherited from a relative. It came in a little box and I really want to play with it. But it looks so nice in the…
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
Photo ID, #93
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Thursday, September 20th, 2007
“Do You Listen to Music or Do You Just Skim Through It?”
I love a good story. Children’s Story, I Got a Story to Tell, Ms Fat Booty, Coming of Age (original and Da Sequel), Rewind, Renee, Dance With the Devil, and the list could go on and on…I wanted to revisit a previous post and ask you to lend your ear …
