Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Politics in the Party's Liberation Army
Edward Wong and Jonathan Ansfield, writing in the New York Times describe the politics within the Chinese Communist Party's military. Party Bristles at Military’s Push for More Sway in China[A] series...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: Diss Guys Miss Guys, Volume 5
Diss Guy - Mitch 'Are you kidding me? Seriously? Mother Fuckin' KupchakI guess we can just go ahead and give him the Executive Of The Year Award now after he traded what amounted to be his dirty...
View ArticleAlicia Hutchison Steffann '94: Guest Napper #111- Colorful Crash
As the first day of school careens toward us (or away from us, if your district starts early!) Naps Happen brings you this PSA: art projects are really exhausting, so be sure to catch your ZZZZ’s. Can...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
8-13-2012Town Loop. 51 minutes. 7 miles.Mild and raining lightly. Relaxed and easy run. Felt OK.
View ArticleBrendon Etter: Words That Don't Rhyme With Anything
1 - Can 2 - Popsicle 3 - Daring 4 - Rut 5 - Sliver 6 - Lie 7 - Acquaintance 8 - Fiscal 9 - Jumped 10 - Desolate 11 - Quarry 12 - Map 13 - Verily 14 - Syrup 15 - Litigant 16 - Puerile 17 - Dog 18 - Once...
View ArticleMargaret Taylor: IMG_0947
It’s midsummer and plums are cheap right now, so I decided to do a baking experiment. This is plum upside-down cake, which is pretty much pineapple upside-down cake but with plums. The principle...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Double-Duty Desks: 14 Adaptable Office Furniture Designs
[ By Steph in Design & Furniture & Decor. ] Even if you’re really into minimalism, a desk should be much more than just a piece of waist-high furniture with a flat surface. With a clever...
View ArticleJohn Tischer '71: Letter To A Friend
did a Temescal here today, which is more similar to a sweat lodge than a sauna, has indigenous ritual and significance, but when led by a sensitive shaman, is like a good spiritual meal. The people...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
8-13-2012Town + Athletic Fields. 36 minutes. 5 miles.Easy run. Felt pretty good again.
View ArticleKen Wedding's Reading Blog: Back to the Peak District
I picked up another of Stephen Booth's book at the Northfield Library. I'm glad I did.The Dead Place is set, like Booth's other mysteries, in northern England's Peak District. Detective Constable Ben...
View ArticleHai Ngo '12: Latest Logo Variation (as of August ’12)
I’m planning to change domains to haingo.com. What do you think of this latest logo variation?
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Floating Islands Add 100,000 Square Feet to Downtown Seoul
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Public & Institutional. ] Many of the most densely-populated cities in the world reside along bodies of water, from canals and sounds to seas and oceans....
View ArticleCheryl Klein: [This Space Intentionally Left Blank]
I was walking home tonight in the lovely air, only the slightest bit tipsy, and thinking about the fact that I am not going to blog tomorrow or Thursday, or the 22nd either, because I missed blogging...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: The Wet Blanket on Kevin Durant's Olympics
If you read a bunch of my articles, you will notice that I criticize the NBA media over, and over and over. If we had the forethought to actually tag our articles, I’d throw some links up here. My...
View ArticleNadya Murray '99: the melendys
I want to talk about the four Melendy books by Elizabeth Enright: The Saturdays, The Four-Storey Mistake, Then There Were Five, and Spiderweb for Two. These concern the varied adventures of the four...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
8-14-2012Town + Country Lisbon. 56 minutes. 8 miles.Mild and nice. Felt pretty good. First mile in 8:00, then pretty steady sub 7:00 pace.
View ArticleBenjamin Lenzner: on baldhead peaks...
doubles had a beautiful idea a number of weeks back, the morning we drove even further north to the adirondack high peaks. E suggested that we take a big bunch of fresh kale from his garden and bring...
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Tourism Tech: Audio Tour App Takes You on a Tram Ride
[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ] Being a tourist can be expensive, inconvenient and embarrassing. Lumped into unwieldy masses and guided like cattle through a city, you’re at...
View ArticleDan Schofer '00
8-14-2012Town Loop. 30 minutes. 4 miles.Easy shakeout run. Felt pretty good.
View ArticleKurt Kohlstedt '02: Wallbots: Robotic Walls Automatically Reconfigure Rooms
[ By Steph in Design & Fixtures & Interiors. ] In the future, will our environments constantly change around us according to the weather and our whims, without us having to lift a finger? If...
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