Erik Brooks: Harts Pass No. 112
Mega-commercialism and the Olympics. Hand-in-hand since 1984 -- or at least that's when I'm led to believe that somebody REALLY started cashing in :) When you might be crossing a line by displaying the...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: All You Own: Can You Fit Your World into One Photograph?
[ By WebUrbanist in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] Many of us possess so much stuff it can be hard to quantify what lurks between all of our cupboards, closets, drawers and more. One Swedish...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: If not parties, what?
Parties are a part of all representative systems. Seems natural. Is it? What if the parties are no longer there?Lonely at the top: Is the mass political party on its way out? And does it...
View ArticleCheryl Klein: The Quote File: Progress
"My own experience and development deepen every day my conviction that our moral progress may be measured by the degree in which we sympathize with individual suffering and individual joy." — George...
View ArticleAlicia Hutchison Steffann '94: Guest Napper #110 – Tiring Trike
You know how it is when you have one of those great, outdoorsy days and then you sleep like a log in your bed all night, tired out by all that fresh air? Or, you know, you could just fast forward to...
View ArticleMargaret Taylor: Red_mars
What happens when you take the best and brightest of Earth’s biologists, engineers, computer scientists and geologists, and coop them up in a tiny habitat on Mars together? They begin to hate each...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Glass Getaway: Tranquil Tea Houses in the Trees
[ By Steph in Architecture & Houses & Residential. ] Some people might choose the wide open desert, or a cliff overlooking the ocean. But when imagining the perfect place to relax, meditate or...
View ArticleNadya Murray '99: living in (on) translation
Well--I got my first random-check-result report from the translation company I work for, and generally got a good grade, but one comment made me laugh out loud. "This phrase is a remnant of your...
View ArticleKen Wedding's CompGov Blog: Tradition...
It looks like the House of Lords is safe from drastic change for now. Is the coalition safe as well? Cracks in British Governing Coalition as House of Lords Overhaul Falls ApartBritain’s two governing...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
8-9-2012Short Adams Loop. 57 minutes. 8 miles.Mild and nice. Relaxed, easy pace. Felt pretty good.
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
8-10-2012Gillette Loop + Lisbon. 57 minutes. 8 miles.Mild and breezy. Took a while to warm-up but then felt good.
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: I Was A Student Of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche
And all I got was the same universe I was in anyway.And all I got was this moment. And all I got was the “squeezing the tube of toothpaste” gesture. And all that happened was my crazy roommate left...
View ArticleChet Haase: Things I Believe: Thoughts for Friday
A woman's place is in the home, plotting to kill the man that told her that.If you can't be good, be careful.If you can't be careful, be armed.Beware of geeks bearing grift.A man's home is his castle;...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: 23 Examples Of Must Sea Graffiti
[ By Marc in Art & Street Art & Graffiti. ] If Aquaman had a spray can, he would fill the streets with exotic visions of giant octopi, and vicious sea monsters. Thankfully, street savvy...
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