Two-Word Lyrics: Independence Day Edition
Category: Pop Culture
Guess the song based on a two-word phrase from the lyrics. Now with a seasonally appropriate theme!
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"Uncertain Principles" features the miscellaneous ramblings of a physicist at a small liberal arts college. Physics, politics, pop culture, and occasional conversations with his dog.
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Emmy is a German Shepherd mix, and the Queen of Niskayuna. She likes treats, walks, chasing bunnies, and quantum physics.
Category: Pop Culture
Guess the song based on a two-word phrase from the lyrics. Now with a seasonally appropriate theme!
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:20 AM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pop Culture
When somebody doesn't like something that you like, there's a powerful temptation to assume that they don't like it because they haven't understood it. But in the end, understanding and enjoyment are orthogonal, and telling people that they don't like something just because they don't understand it just tends to piss them off.
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Category: Music
How much did you learn about music in school?
Posted by Chad Orzel at 11:26 AM • 41 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pop Culture
Public appreciation of art is on the decline, provided you define "art" as "art forms that used to be popular more than fifty years ago."
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Category: Science
There's a nice write-up about the World Science Festival in the New York Times today: The second annual World Science Festival, a five-day extravaganza of performances, debates, celebrations and demonstrations, including an all-day street fair on Sunday in Washington Square...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 10:07 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Music
As you can guess from the title, I've done this twice before when I had stuff to do that precluded quality blogging. Kate's in Rochester for a court appearance, leaving me home with SteelyKid, so this seems like a perfect...
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Category: Pop Culture
I spent most of yesterday huddled under a pile of blankets on the couch-- being feverish and light-headed is great if you're in a Pink Floyd song, but not so much if you're trying to be a functioning adult. It...
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Category: Pop Culture
Everything I've read about the Hold Steady says that they're a great bar band, which always seems a little improbable. I mean, the songs are complicated, with tons of words and odd subject matter ("I dig those awkward silences, 'cause...
Posted by Chad Orzel at 8:21 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: SF
I usually post something here about what panels look interesting when the Boskone program goes up on the web. This year's program went up over the weekend, and I'm just now getting around to making a list of worthwhile items....
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Category: Pop Culture
What is the most stupidly ungrammatical song lyric ever?
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