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You know it’s important when you receive a note from one brother (that is what we called ourselves in the 50’s) passing on a note from another brother.
So when I opened my email and found this note from Bob Buss ‘56 containing this life lesson from Dick Hall ‘54, I knew it was important!
My thanks to Bob and Dick. I share it with EphBlog readers climbing the ladder to help ensure their success.
“What Makes 100%? What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%?
We have all been to those meetings where someone wants you to give over 100%. How about achieving 103%?
What makes up 100% in life?
Here’s a little mathematical formula that might help you answer these questions: Read more
Happy to lend an ear! Read comments on post below …
“Attention, Mister and Mrs EphBlog and all the ships at sea! We go to press …”
Wow! The Sweet Smell of Dave!
J.J.: who commands the minds of sixty million readers of his column – and the bodies and souls of big shots and big names who bask in the sunshine of success
Sid – who’d sell out his own girl if he could stand up there with J.J. – and suck in the sweet smell of success!
http://www.filmsite.org/sweet.html
AND WE’RE BACK !!!
System down from 12:08E to approx. 12:28E.
“You should not be here”: The Oscars 2010 ….
Sorry, Neytiri!
Here we are again at that time of the year when the Hollywood glitterati and the EphBlog flitterati mix in an amalgam of star-lust and sweaty palms to wait for that final vote to come in. The vote that, like Massachusetts, will determine studio production schedules and whether Democrats have lost that all-important SAG-AFTRA bloc.
And so for the third year in a row, EphBlog is excited to announce its contest for prognosticators of the proletarian, salons of the salacious, and boffins of the box-office: Oscars 2010 3D!
Prizes, will there be prizes for foretelling the winners in the major categories even before the votes are announced? Ya, you betcha! Just like the last two years. Real crap souvenirs of Hood River like windsurfer pens and fukitznukin refrigerator magnets. Unknown at this writing because I need a trip to Chatchkes-R- Us.
But the real prize is winning the respect and admiration of your peers here on the blog. This is your chance to show those muscled masticators of metaphor that you are not a 97-pound weakling.
Enter early, enter often! Here are the nominees by category: Read more
DOWNTIME at 11PM EST
Just a warning. Probably down for 45 minutes. This will not be our normal procedure– establishing a baseline/backup.
“It’s the Government, Stupid” …
Caught up as I am in my own underwear and then posting it on this blog, it is refreshing to get a note from a pal in the small town I live in that reflects concisely the problem in the State of the Union speech and the Mass defeat of our own Coakley. There are many small towns in the US.
I had this email this am from my pal Chuck Johnisee up at the rental center. This is one of those that get passed around and I pass it on to you. Read more
Farewell from a generation of Williams students …
Ground Rules: Trolling and Community Control
Offered, again, for the Community’s consideration:
Donath provides a concise overview of identity deception games which trade on the confusion between physical and epistemic community:
“ Trolling is a game about identity deception, albeit one that is played without the consent of most of the players. The troll attempts to pass as a legitimate participant, sharing the group’s common interests and concerns; the newsgroups members, if they are cognizant of trolls and other identity deceptions, attempt to both distinguish real from trolling postings, and upon judging a poster a troll, make the offending poster leave the group. Their success at the former depends on how well they — and the troll — understand identity cues; their success at the latter depends on whether the troll’s enjoyment is sufficiently diminished or outweighed by the costs imposed by the group.Trolls can be costly in several ways. A troll can disrupt the discussion on a newsgroup, disseminate bad advice, and damage the feeling of trust in the newsgroup community. Furthermore, in a group that has become sensitized to trolling — where the rate of deception is high — many honestly naïve questions may be quickly rejected as trollings. This can be quite off-putting to the new user who upon venturing a first posting is immediately bombarded with angry accusations. Even if the accusation is unfounded, being branded a troll is quite damaging to one’s online reputation.[10]”
Susan Herring et al. in “Searching for Safety Online: Managing ‘Trolling’ in a Feminist Forum” point out the difficulty inherent in monitoring trolling and maintaining freedom of speech in online communities: “harassment often arises in spaces known for their freedom, lack of censure, and experimental nature.” The broadly accepted ethic of free speech may lead to tolerance of trolling behavior, further complicating the members’ efforts to maintain an open yet supportive discussion area, especially for sensitive topics such as race, gender, sexuality, etc.
Mac Rx: Take 2 Tablets and call me in the morning …
There are two major events scheduled this week:
1. An announcement that will shake-up the world and effect our economy and way of life.
2. The State-of-the-Union address
Edited to post actual tablet/Jobes shot from The New York Times
Comment Guantanamo
Ground Rules (prologue)
I invite all participants in this forum to consider the example of the Ground Rules of Deep Springs College, as they may pertain to our personal conduct herein:
The Ground Rules
The Student Body has maintained two self-enforced ground rules since 1917: the first prohibits the use of drugs and alcohol; the second prohibits leaving the valley during academic terms except for ranch or college business, religious services, or emergencies. The two rules are intended to preserve the intensity and integrity of a student’s experience at Deep Springs. Besides forcing serious and often difficult discussion among the students over the merits of a seriously sober and intensely focused educational experience, the ground rules represent a long tradition of making difficult sacrifices for a cause that all who come to Deep Springs believe in.
The Student Body discusses and votes on the ground rules each year, forcing serious consideration of the purpose of Deep Springs, the nature of the community, and the importance of civil law. The ground rules are demanding, but in following and enforcing them the Student Body protects the purpose of Deep Springs.
I am not going to withdraw from this Forum because of the behavior I have seen– I am going to change it. We are all, capable of better than this.
The Canon at Clark …
(received this am and published here as requested)
Dear Prez of EphBlog:
This weekend I had what Jungians might consider an experience of synchronicity. I thought you & EB readers might be interested because it relates to an Eph.
I finally went to see The Red Book (J.C. Jung) . For those not familiar with it, here’s a link to a NYT article.
The NYT link also has other related links, including one about its history, a recently published facsimile, and the exhibit at the Rubin Museum, where I saw The Red Book.
Accompanying the exhibit was a red hand-out, a chronology of Jung’s life. As I read through the years, remembering what I know about him, I noticed this entry for 1909: “Jung visits the United States on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Clark University….”
What? No mention of Freud. Granted they became rivals. (Think Oedipus Complex) But, I thought the journey to Clark was really because of Freud. Maybe, it was another year. So, I head home to double check.
Surprise: 2009, of course, is the centennial of that 20th anniversary, and Clark University has a great commemorative web page. Yes, Freud was honored, as were many other famous scholars. And, he gave a series of famous lectures during that visit. There’s also a famous photo.
http://www.clarku.edu/micro/freudcentennial/history/
So, what does this have to do with Eph-dom? Well, the organizer of the conference was the first president of Clark University, G. Stanley Hall, who was also the first president of the American Psychological Association, and graduated from Williams in 1867.
I originally learned about Hall’s connection to Williams unexpectedly because I once wandered around the Math Library in Bronfman, which is adjacent to some psychology department offices. By the offices I found a display case filled with artifacts related to Hall. He earned his doctorate under the tutelage of William James, another bigwig of psychology, philosophy too, also the brother of James and Alice.
I, and probably anyone who’s taken the equivalent of Psych 101, should recognize Hall’s name. I associate him primarily with being a pioneer or “founder” of psychology in America. I guess it shows what one can learn in a large lecture course with a classic textbook and supplemental reading. Does anyone know how he’s presented in Williams version of this course?
Regular Reader of EB,
Parent ‘12
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As long as Frank Rich mentions it …
“Theater’s impact on the news and politics is more and more pronounced than it’s ever been. It’s almost all theater. This is something I’ve written about a lot. Whether it be the propaganda, in my view, used by the Bush administration to sell the war in Iraq and declare victory as a “Mission accomplished” playlet, you might call it or Barack Obama setting up those Greek pillars to give his acceptance speech at the Democratic Convention in Denver in 2008“
from http://record.williams.edu/wp/?p=1732 ,
Roman Scandals (1933) MGM, Frank Tuttle-director, Busby Berkely-choreographer, story by George S Kaufman
Notice the similarity to the Denver acceptance set when the long shots begin about 3:32.
Cantor in black face. Real blacks shown as slaves and mostly in non-integrated shots. This was true into the 40’s. Bing Crosby being the first who did ‘integrated’ long shots and two-shots.
The bad old days, But still available for reference today.
And furthermore:
The Goldwyn Girls – look for Lucille Ball and Paulette Goddard in the line-up of lovelies.
Gregg Toland was the director of photography. Oscar-winning and pioneering new techniques, Toland was a fixture at MGM. When the studio was trying to increase revenue from its lot by making commercials in the late 60’s, we used him for three commercials for 3M.
www.answers.com/topic/gregg-toland
Some will find surprising dialogue and shots in this clip. That is because The Johnson Code wasn’t sworn to until 1934 and Scandals had finished production for a release on Christmas 1933. Mr Johnson was also the father of the Hollywood Black List, which was very much alive in ‘56 and BBDO still had production responsibility for several client shows. This was in the days when clients actually had their names on shows and commercials were typically one-minute long. This now seems like watching Dr Zhivago – you need an intermission.
http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/014_04/1411
The greatest blog post of all time
From psychologist Sam Sommers ‘97.
Quite a few of those themes should be familiar to EphBlog readers.
Dave and those spasms in your lower colon …
Nicaraguan diarrhea poster removed and Ronit’s comments gratefully accepted!
This type of diarrhea needs no visual comment more than the count of his postings today. I was going to do something clever (at least as I perceive things) by reducing each of his posts to an insubstantial tweet and suggesting this might have been more appropriate to the actual content, but then I though WTF.
@David:
“More posting diarrhea”?
God Forbid!!!!
“It’s your body’s way of getting something nasty out of your system.”
http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/47/46.cfm
I think we have more than enough of this on this blog. The curse of Montezuma plagues us.
Don’t drink the water!
(constant readers may have noticed a change in my tone recently from bemused to beset by David and his tin ear and words applied with a shovel. I am tired of reading his rants. The answer to this is “Well, don’t read the blog”. Too true!.)
A Quick Exit Poll as Coakley grinds away on EphBlog …
Above are three pieces of artwork that have appeared on the blog over the past few days. Which did you prefer?
TOP Nerd Classic
MIDDLE Williamstown
BOTTOM Nerd Baroque
hwc, Watch out for that Soybean agenda…
Yes, Nurse. Another fatal case of Coaklitis …
…but some day in the future Science will find a cure for this dread disease. Not in your lifetime or mine, but our children and their children should be free from dread by, well, certainly, 2010! We live in hope!
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See here. (Unsticky @ 6PM 1.17.2010)
For the Class of 2020, the campus …
… may be somewhat more pragmatic.
It’s 2010! If you don’t see this fly’s head in 3D …
… then you’re missing out on the latest feature of your favorite Blog!
Yes, Ronit and Ken have conjured up the biggest breakthrough for EphBlog since the invention of Mika Brzezinski!
3D! Cheer as Frank the Cormugeon, open-mouthed with tonsils agape, roars for the return of Fraternities!
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Dave’s Right: the Excitement of Westminster …
… right here on the Williams Campus as proud faculties and their young proteges vie for the department ‘Best of Show’!
The judges have been checking teeth, assaying gait, and lifting tails for the entire teaching season so that this closely Dave-predicted list can be in the winners circle.
Better than rumours, I have these photos from an anonymous source (not from Eukanuba) of the finalists for your examination and speculation.
It’s been a grueling and growling season for all the contenders. But as referee Ruby Goldstein used to say on the Friday Nite Fights, “May the better participant emoige triumphant”!
Merry Christmas from Hood River, Oregon …
the little town where “Dude” is the most common first name and Dakine is a designer label.
Western Union reports the telegraph line from Quark Island, Maine is still down, although a sea-going tug is struggling valiantly to restore service.
Pineapples and Rechtal Turgidley Jr …
(Received this am by bicycle messenger on a Schwinn Varsity)
Swart,
I am called to examine documents in the possession of the government of Hawaii related to certain land claims made by old family connections in the former pineapple trade now turned to real estate development.
While I find their aims distasteful, nonetheless I am tied by family bonds and must respond to their requests.
The claims will turn on the validity of certain documents issued by the Queen Lili’uokalani government, overthrown in 1893. My expertise in paper and stamps will be used to prove the validity of the claims. I am afraid more high-rises will follow.
You will serve as my secretary during this period of examination and testimony. Two caveats:
1. I know you will pack those very questionable patchwork madras shorts you purchased when we were on our Cuban adventure. Under no circumstances are they to appear within one hundred (100) yards of any place of legal proceedings.
2. Please arrange that no beverages containing tiny umbrellas are served to me.
Your travel arrangements have been made and are attached.
You will meet me at 3 pm Thursday at the old Palace where the documents have been languishing for many years undisturbed as obscure historical documents, but now rise to a place of importance.
Say ‘aloha’ to that group of cyber typists whom you regard as ‘colleagues’. You will be returned by Christmas.
Rechtal Turgidley Jr
Quark Island, Maine.
Aloha.
Mr Weller comments on Mr Moore’s case …
Vell,” said Mr. Weller, “Now I s’pose he’ll want to call some witnesses to speak to his character, or p’raps to prove a alleybi. I’ve been a turnin’ the bis’ness over in my mind, and he may make his-self easy, Sammy. I’ve got some friends as’ll do either for him, but my adwice ‘ud be this here–never mind the character, and stick to the alleybi. Nothing like a alleybi, Sammy, nothing.”
Charles Dickens The Pickwick Papers
A footnote to the post above …
“I’ll see your tenured professor and raise you two new PhDs with high hopes …”
The all-night fantasy trustee game continues at EphBlog.
There must be a million captions for a picture like this …
Just when you thought Thanksgiving was over!
Nixon, Bush, and a turkey. A handshake and a close encounter. Politics and animal rights. What ever happened to kissing babies?
Your submission wanted! A prize for the best caption!
Decision of the judges is gobble!
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