Or God, or…it is really your call. The New Yorker has the following caption contest. Go there to enter, or provide your own amusing offerings in the comments. Below is my effort. Not great, I am sure you can do better. And while poking around I came across another cartoon […]
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UPDATE 2: My copy arrived in record time! I will post comments anon.UPDATE: See the end of the post for additional links to reviews. I am updating them as I come across the reviews. Most of all, see Robert Alter’s positive review in The New Republic. Genesis – Sexy, violent, […]
This comic is a little rude in its language use, but is actually pretty spot on. You can see it at the cartoonist’s site “Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal” or after the jump (but don’t say I didn’t warn ya!).
The Chronicle of Higher Education has a very interesting chart, proportion of doctorates awarded to women by discipline over the last thirty years. All fields Education Engineering Humanities Life sciences Physical sciences Professional/ other Social sciences 1977 24.8 34.7 2.8 36.3 20.8 9.8 21.2 28.7 1987 35.3 55.1 6.5 44.4 […]
I am in Princeton for a couple of days and quite busy, so just a brief post. Driving down late last night I was listening to this past week’s BBC Broadcasting House, a weekly news summary. The first 20 minutes are fascinating reflections by victims of past terrorist attacks, the […]
For stories like this. Two drunk thugs thought they would attack what they thought were two transvestites. Oops. Best part of the story? The couture commentary. Dean Gardener, 19, and Jason Fender, 22, singled out the two men walking along a street in wigs, short skirts and high heels. Bare-chested […]
It has been a very busy week and most of this coming week will be spent on the road. I had hoped to write up my thoughts on the Sustainability, Religion, and Ethics conference we had and begin my commentary on Gen. 2, but in the meantime I offer a […]
With the kids, building a rabbit hutch. It took 5.5 hours in total but the kids enjoyed it and the rabbit seems happy as well. (Better pictures to follow.)
Later this month I will be speaking at our Penn State Abington Campus. I was just looking up the details when I noticed who will be speaking 5 days after myself. I don’t think I will be the only one more interested in his talk, just look at his title! […]