Adam Zang '05: A new year and more posting on the way...
This blog has been on hiatus for a spell, but as things get less hectic in life, content will be on its way.A few quick updates on why posts have been non-existent:I've spent the last year and a half...
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1-4-2012Town + Lisbon. 59 minutes. 8 miles.Cold (19 degrees), sunny, and breezy. Felt a little stiff today. Relaxed and easy run.
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Cafe At The End Of Time (5.0)
I always led with my chin in relationships. I’m a real nice guy, but a drunk…so I achieve a certainbalance. I asked my Buddhist teacher once what thedifference between men and women was, and he...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Cafe At The End Of Time (5.2)
****I saw the first replay on television. It was the replay ofJack Ruby shooting Lee Harvey Oswald. It was a Sundaymorning when I was at boarding school....
View ArticleChet Haase: Things I Believe: Thoughts for Friday
Here are some things that Poor Richard probably meant to say:Early to bed and early to rise.Make me a shake with that burger and fries.Fish and visitors stink after three days.At least you can eat the...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: 6 Popcorn-Spilling, Oscar-Worthy Themed Home Theaters
[ By Marc in Design& Fixtures & Interiors. ] Theme parks are fun because of the rides, yes, but a lot of the joy comes from the atmosphere. Theme parks are designed like movie sets, and it...
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Kevin Draper '10: Diss Guy Miss Guy Vol. 21
Diss Guy: J.R. SmithIt’s been a busy week in the real world, and I haven’t had much time to watch much ball (save the Warriors). But I did manage to catch a little bit of the Knicks-Spurs matchup on...
View ArticleCarleton News: Bloomberg Markets Editor Ronald Henkoff ’76 to Present...
Ronald Henkoff ‘76, editor of the award-winning monthly magazine Bloomberg Markets and an executive editor at Bloomberg News, will present Carleton College’s weekly convocation on Friday, Jan. 11....
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Dan Schofer '00
1-5-2012Abbe Hills Loop. 73 minutes. 10 miles.Chilly (26 degrees), breezy. Bad footing in a lot of places. Started very slow but eased into a decent pace. Overall felt pretty good.
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Cafe At the End Of Time (6.0)
My cell is standard size; ten by ten. It has a sink, toiletand bed. The walls are white, of course. They let me have pencil and paper so I can write…it’s the only thing that haskept me from going...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Women's Basketball: Defense Sharp, Offense Not as Knights...
The Carleton College women’s basketball team held visiting Saint Mary’s University to just 50 points, the lowest point total the Knights have surrendered this season. However, with their two top...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Basketball: Career Day! Sawatzke’s 27-Point Effort...
Tom Sawatzke poured in a career-high 27 points as the Carleton College men’s basketball team overcame an early deficit and pulled away for a decisive 83-60 victory over Saint Mary’s University. The...
View ArticleAvery Morrow '10: Mandarins and Warriors
On Japan’s 1000 yen bill is a picture of someone named Hideyo Noguchi. He is remembered in Japan for overcoming a humiliating deformity and discovering the bacterial agent of syphilis. He worked for...
View ArticleAvery Morrow '10: Why Japan Must Listen to a 22-Year-Old American Jew
What qualifications are necessary to write a country’s constitution? Americans would presume to know this better than anyone, since our Constitution more than any other has become a kind of symbol of...
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Avery Morrow '10: All you have to do is look (153)
A memorial service for laboratory animals that died in medical experiments, held on November 2, 2012 by the faculty and staff of the College of Bioresource Sciences at Nihon University.At left, the...
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1-6-2012Town + Country Lisbon. 72 minutes. 10 miles.Chilly (25 degrees), sunny, and windy. Eased into a decent pace and felt pretty good again! [Week: 72 miles]
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Penny Wise: 12 Cool Copper-Clad Buildings
[ By Steve in Architecture& Cities & Urbanism. ] Copper’s fiery glow, relative abundance and famed durability have served civilization well for countless centuries. The metal‘s many attributes...
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Kevin Draper '10: That Unfamiliar Feeling.
Today, I am awash with an unfamiliar feeling. I am fully aware of the cause, but unsure about how to resolve it.Last night the Golden State Warriors lost big to the Clippers. Lost huge to the...
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