Chet Haase: Ode to a Dozen Donuts
Friday donuts,Nice and round.Different flavorsDo abound,Tasty whether they are big or little.Boiled in lard in aGreat big vat,Covered in glaze toMake us fat.Donuts: please go straight down to my middle.
View ArticleCarleton News: Carleton Players and Flying Foot Forum Present Exciting New...
The Carleton Players, along with the renowned dance/theater company the Flying Foot Forum, will present an exciting new adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. Held in the Weitz...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Women's Tennis: Becich Helps Knights Conclude Spring Trip...
The Carleton College women’s tennis team finished its spring break trip with a 5-4 victory over Colby College. First-year Mikayla Becich was the lone Knight to secure victories in both single and...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Softball: Knights Open MIAC Play with Split at Augsburg
After the Knights dropped their MIAC opener at Augsburg College, 7-5, the Carleton College softball team bounced back to take the nightcap, 7-2. First-year Keelin Davis pitched well and added a...
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Women's Track and Field: Spring Trip Concludes at SFSU...
The spring break competition trip for the Carleton College women’s track and field team wrapped up with a small contingent taking part in the San Francisco State University Distance Carnival.
View ArticleCarleton Athletics: Men's Track and Field: Huderle Paces Knights at SFSU...
The Carleton College men’s track and field capped its spring break by competing against mostly Division I and II athletes at the San Francisco State University Distance Carnival.
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Hotel on Wheels: Portable Room Travels the World With You
[ By Delana in Boutique & Art Hotels& Global. ] Cities all around the world have vast, empty spaces just going to waste – abandoned buildings, empty lots, decommissioned military barracks –...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
3-30-2013Adams Loop. 86 minutes. 12 miles.Mild (high 40s), breezy, and nice. Nice group run. Started out very slowly then mostly ran around 7 flat pace for last 7 miles. Felt pretty good.
View ArticleAlison Sommer '05: Kids, weddings, and spousal murder.
This weekend I'm attending my cousin's wedding. The kids are very excited. I don't think they're excited for the wedding, per se (not sure they really know anything about weddings outside the My Little...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Impunity
I drink with Impunity…of course, she’s hard to control after three doubles.She likes to take over theMis-En-Scene,flaunt and flirt her tawdryaphorisms….show her skirt.Maybe she is my muse, my...
View ArticleCheryl Klein: The Quote File: George Santayana
George Santayana is perhaps most famous today for the aphorism "Those who do not study the past are condemned to repeat it" `` a quote I disagree with, actually, as even those who study the past often...
View ArticleThomas Glessner Weaver '69: Listening to the Awakening of Nature - Sound of...
In the Christian Culture, today Easter is celebrated by the resurrection of a man called Jesus who died for the sins of many on a icon, the cross, made of wood. For me this season is at a deeper level...
View ArticleGwen Kirby: Carrot Cake Cupcakes
Happy Easter! Or in my case, atheist celebration of the coming spring, complete with pastel chocolate products and friends. We're going to a potluck this afternoon, so my husband and I spent last night...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Drowned Out: 9 Abandoned Lifeguard Huts & Towers
[ By Steve in Abandoned Places& Architecture. ] Battered by wind, waves and relentless weathering, these 9 abandoned lifeguard towers still stand watch though the watchers have long since...
View ArticleAmy Elson '10: Learning can be fun!
"Math class is tough." -Barbie Doll (1992)"To most outsiders, modern mathematics is unknown territory. Its borders are protected by dense thickets of technical terms; its landscapes are a mass of...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: Your Annotated Smartphone Bathroom Reader for Sunday, March...
There’s an unintentional focus on fashion in this edition of the reader. Maybe I need to step up my bathroom fashion game.Melo TimeJason GayThe Wall Street JournalI’m grateful friend (and occasional...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Drive & Live Off off Grid: Convertible Mobile Caravan...
[ By WebUrbanist in Conceptual & Futuristic& Technology. ] Forget the trailer and start trailblazing – this emission-free and fully-electric vehicle can juice up just like its Tesla cousins,...
View ArticleDavid Ocker '73: Who Cares If You Listen
Milton Babbitt probably did care if you listened. He didn't choose the title of his famous article called "Who Cares If You Listen". (Read it here if you care.)I actually don't care if you listen to...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
3-31-2013Town + Green Ridge + Lisbon. 88 minutes. 12 miles.Early morning run. Foggy and chilly. Relaxed and easy pace. Felt tired but not too bad. [Week: 84 miles]
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