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Everyone's anatomy has little quirks. One of mine, is the length of the roots of my wisdom teeth. They go down halfway to Sulawesi. When I was in college, I had to have two of them extracted. The oral...
Posted on April 23, 2008 11:20 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In late winter, 1979, I knew an architecture student at the University of Michigan. She wanted some pictures of buildings, in downtown Chicago, for a presentation she had to do. She was from Chicago, but did not have a car...
Posted on March 7, 2008 12:28 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
When I was in junior high, I used to do this. I don't know why. Probably I was bored with something that is inherently boring. It does not spice things up very much. But some spice is better than none....
Posted on October 23, 2007 8:12 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is my second music-related post in one week. Salon has an article with podcast, with Patti Smith. The occasion is the forthcoming release of her new album, Twelve. The interview is not so much about the album; it's...
Posted on April 19, 2007 12:02 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Posted on April 9, 2007 7:47 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is from a meme; Tikistitch has put up a list of the "Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years". I got this from Coturnix, who got it from Myers. John Wilkins has done it, too....
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Posted on March 11, 2007 7:41 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
A slice of Pizza House's large House Special deep dish pizza, which, at almost $25, is the most expensive pie listed on the menu of any pizzeria near Central Campus. (PETER SCHOTTENFELS/Daily) Those were the days...before I started taking...
Posted on March 5, 2007 11:12 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Since I started a little self-disclosure yesterday, I am going to continue that theme. Very few people know this about me. The fact is, I have congenital amusia. No, that does not mean I am "easily amused." It means I...
Posted on March 1, 2007 7:18 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
We've lost one of the great journalists of our time: Molly Ivins. She died after her third round of treatment for breast cancer. The photo above is from The Nation, one of our premier progressive publications. I Remember Molly...
Posted on January 31, 2007 10:09 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is my sister's bulldog, doing what it loves the most. You've got to be careful when doing this, though. It took a while to get this shot, to get one that was not blurry. The dog kept jerking his...
Posted on December 29, 2006 7:49 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
So, here I go into Border's last night. Spend $95. Everyone is happy. Then this morning, I get up and they've sent me an email, with a coupon: $20 off a $100 purchase, before 12/24. It came in at 1:27...
Posted on December 21, 2006 7:36 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
We were asked to describe the most notable instance of harsh criticism experienced in our professional careers, and to say whether it was helpful or harmful. Naturally, most of us are our own harshest critics, so my harshest criticism came...
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Posted on December 17, 2006 10:52 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Happy Thanksgiving! About the image: it's big, I know, kind of slow for those with dial-up, and it's going to mess up the formatting of the page for those with lower-resolution monitors. I did shrink it some, but shrinking...
Posted on November 23, 2006 10:32 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The Game just started. I am not going to live-blog it, in the traditional sense, but I am going to make a few comments. The student newspaper at UM is the Michigan Daily. Right now, their entire front page...
Posted on November 18, 2006 4:03 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yet Another Book Meme. I found this one at Yet Another Ann Arbor Blog, named Bloug. Nov 16, 2006: Fie on Louisa May Alcott, Roald Dahl, Cormac McCarthy, and all their ilk... Now that's a weird list! These are...
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Posted on November 16, 2006 11:36 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I am not having such a good day, but it is a good day for Michigan. The Wolverines won in Bloomington, paving the way for for a big showdown with Ohio State. More importantly, the jack-o-lantern is off the deer....
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Posted on November 11, 2006 9:05 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Finally, a product to bring much-deserved recognition to an out-of-the-way place: Intel has announced their "enthusiast" motherboard for high-performance computing: the D975XBX, nicknamed the "Bad Axe." Just get a load a'the heat sinks on that baby! Granted, it's not the...
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Posted on November 5, 2006 11:29 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Shelled edamame (soy beans) can be found in all natural food stores, Asian grocery stores and the natural food sections of most supermarkets. Tahini is sesame paste and can be found in the same places. The crushed ice keeps the...
Posted on October 27, 2006 7:25 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I want a robot vacuum cleaner that goes around the room by itself, saying "Warning! Warning! Alien Approaching!"...
Posted on October 25, 2006 8:04 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
HowManyOfMe.com There are: 3 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name? I knew there was at least one other. I used to get threatening letters and phone calls from bill collectors, because he had...
Posted on October 21, 2006 1:33 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
I just got back from my brother's photography exhibit at Dancing Cranes. It was part of what they call the Art Hop in Kalamazoo, Michigan. A bunch of artistic types agree to exhibit their works in various upscale shops in...
Posted on October 7, 2006 12:15 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Someone around these parts was writing about chilies recently, but failed to mention the best: Mesilla Valley chilies. Zingerman's sells "New Mexico chilies." Although it would be better for them to specify "Mesilla Valley" chilies, the vast majority of New...
Posted on September 26, 2006 11:58 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
...That the hospital I work in finally installed an electronic medical record system. I was messing around with it and discovered that the hospital administration had accessed a record of a sleep study the hospital had done on me. It...
Posted on September 25, 2006 11:55 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
But this time, being late is further proof of my point. (It would have proved it more convincingly if I never went to a party.) Additional evidence: in eighth grade, I got a book from the library to learn to...
Posted on September 9, 2006 12:01 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This meme involves going to the random quotations page, and picking five quotes. The rules: “Go here and look through random quotes until you find 5 that you think reflect who you are or what you believe.” I saw my...
Posted on August 29, 2006 8:20 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
That is Microsoft in her hideout....
Posted on August 11, 2006 9:30 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
At La Cueva. I'd appreciate it if someone could identify this lizard. It is about 5 inches (12cm) long. UPDATE: thanks to a tip from Kevin, I think I have ID'ed the little guy......
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Posted on July 28, 2006 8:01 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This is the approach to Aguirre Springs, on the east slope of the Organ mountains....
Posted on July 27, 2006 2:58 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The UM Center for Organogenesis will have a booth at the Art Fairs in Ann Arbor, featuring their Bio-Artography. They'll be at booth 155, on East University St. There will be a few extra people in town for the Fairs....
Posted on July 16, 2006 1:41 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
We've never heard of you, either....
Posted on June 17, 2006 10:39 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
