John Tischer '71: Dogmatism And Catastrophy
Woah……I mean,how long a jokedo you want me to tell here?I mean, sooner or later, I’mjust going to provide titles and you guys can write your own poems….in fact,you will because that is howyour minds...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
2-26-2013Town + Country Lisbon. 60 minutes. 8 miles.Another slow and easy run. Felt tired.
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Protecting our morals
The photo almost says it all. The version on the right showed up in Iranian media. The original US broadcast is on the left. Spot the difference? Michelle Obama’s dress gets Iranian photoshop...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul
A few months back we ran a piece by infrequent contributor Hans Peterson entitled “NBA Observations From a Guy who has Watched No Basketball” and then critiqued it. Hans hasn’t been able to watch much...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Custom Redress: 7 DIY Clothing Designs, Ideas & Reuses
[ By WebUrbanist in Design& Products & Packaging. ] From color-your-own and converted-umbrella dresses to hoodies-turned-tote-bags and color-scanning sewing machines, a simple, clever and...
View ArticleCarleton News: Photo Feature: Winter Fun Day
On Sunday, Carleton celebrated the chilly weather and newly fallen snow with an array of winter activities including ice-sculpting, sledding on Bell hill, a sled dog demonstration, and more! Student...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: No One Will Understand This For Many Years
I'm not going to immaculate my conception...It comes out raw bloody baby Baby becauseotherwise the truth is too clean to smack as real.
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Ragtime
Everything else is gone....only the heart remains...which makes eternitymake sense.This is how we find thebeauty in the fact that wehave lives.
View ArticleAlicia Hutchison Steffann '94: Guest Napper #149: Sleeping Snackmeister
I have heard about this new phenomenon that’s troubling the younger generation. It’s called “sleep texting” and I doubt I have to explain what that is all about. How horrifying. I mean, I can’t even...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Teaching tools about Nigeria
Ken Halla and Rebecca Small have been cooperating again. And I'm listening in on Google+ so I can pass along more good ideas from them.One of the gems they mentioned is a CNN page about Nigeria from...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Give Your Eyeteeth: Surreal Hyper-Realistic Lip Makeup
[ By Steph in Art& Drawing & Digital. ] The word ‘eyeteeth’ has taken on a new meaning with a set of surreal and disconcerting images from Swedish makeup artist Sandra Holmbom. While most of...
View ArticleDavid Ocker '73: More Musical Marketing Words
As a Mixed Meters occasional feature we present pictures of musically named products and companies. Or maybe it's a bug. Either way, if you've been waiting for another episode, wait no longer.This...
View ArticleKelly O'Brien '12: 1000scientists: Darling, 2011 Corrinne Töfü
1000scientists:Darling, 2011 Corrinne Töfü
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Hang On To Your Ego
Did you know that Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys, composed a song called "Hang on to Your Ego"....?Brian was in the midst of loosing his mind, and they brought in another writer to help him.** The...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Please discuss
If you pick a few trenchant paragraphs out of this essay, you can instigate a good discussion. The discussion might be one of those that recurs over the course of the semester. Is the discussion about...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
2-27-2013Treadmill. 55 minutes. 8 miles.Easy run at 1.0% incline. Pace down to 6:40 for the last few miles.
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: No Country For Boring Teams: The Diss’ Biweekly League Pass...
1. Denver Nuggets (Last Week: 3) Monday night’s Nuggets v. Lakers game was perhaps the year’s most exciting. JaVale showcased the good, the bad and the ugly of JaVale, there were fast breaks and points...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Promoting morality or keeping women down?
Please refer back to the earlier post here about ethnocentrism when thinking about the question in the title of this blog post. Every spring, as temperatures rise in Iran, conservative clerics and the...
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