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Dan Schofer '00
12-9-2012Town + Lisbon + Town. 84 minutes. 12 miles.Chilly (34 degrees), wet, and drizzling. Felt pretty good again. Relaxed and steady pace between 6:50 and 7:10. [Week: 64 miles]
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Dan Schofer '00
12-10-2012Town Loop. 57 minutes. 8 miles.Cold (24 degrees) and breezy. Relaxed but steady pace. Felt pretty good again.
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John Tischer '71: Letter to A.
that talking to you and playing around with wordsincreases my tendency to think in terms of lyrics......I'm just saying.......it's probably an osmotic aesthetic process....or, it could be a truck load...
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Kevin Draper '10: No Country For Boring Teams: The Diss’ Biweekly League Pass...
1. Oklahoma City Thunder (Last Week: 4) Everyone has a theory as to why the Thunder have been rolling without Harden, so I’ll add mine: Durant running the offense from the high post in crunch time is...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Power Trip: 13 Creative Cord & Outlet Concepts
[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery& Technology. ] We use power outlets and extension cords every day, yet they seem to have been left behind when it comes to both aesthetic and practical...
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John Tischer '71: Any Port In The Storm Noy’s Complaint
All I heard about “Portnoy’s Complaint”was that it was about masturbation…whichwas a subject that I thought was a bit wornout by now….But when you’re a Jewish teenager or even smell one, what options...
View ArticleKevin Draper '10: Monday Media: Get Out Those Tissues Because Somebody Is...
A good mailing it in column is to write about bemoaning the lack of competitiveness and hate in the league these days. Just use any of these quotes:“Larry Bird never would’ve accepted a smaller...
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Erik Brooks: Seasonal Sleepdog Calendars for Sale!
After a great weekend of GRRR! Gear, and Sleepdog Calendar Sales at Winthrop's "Reason for the Season" Christmas Bazaar, I wanted to set up and option for online sales.Stay tuned for the GRRR! Gear...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Mundane Music: The Sonification of Everyday Things
[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery& Technology. ] Exploring the world through sound is not limited to simply listening to the audio that’s automatically produced by the people, nature and objects...
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Erik Brooks: Who Has These Feet? in today's Seattle Times
Librarian Stephanie Dunnewind has a nice things to say about Who Has This Tail? and 6 other locally connected books in today's Seattle Times:7 books for kids with Northwest connections | Books | The...
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David Ocker '73: Bubala Please explains Hanukkah
The Hanukkah holiday is here. Hooray. I guess. Although this is one celebration which leaves me with some doubts:Without any children to mollify who needs a substitute Christmas?Is it really a good...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Complicated lines of power
According to this analysis from The Economist, the power relationships within the political elite in China are at least as complicated as the organization of sub-national units of government in Russia....
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Kevin Draper '10: NBA Observations From a Guy who has Watched No Basketball.
Editor’s Note: Today on The Diss, Hans Petersonchecks in to deliver, at best, some informed guesses about this NBA season. While we’d like to think we’re decreasingly obscure, we’re still pretty dang...
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Dan Schofer '00
12-11-2012Mud Road + Town. 45 minutes. 6 miles.Cold (22 degrees), sunny, and breezy. Felt OK except back of left knee sore.
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John Tischer '71: 1913 1933 2012
Berlin 1933: from: “In The Garden Of The Beasts”by Erick Larson;The trams moved as usual, as did the pedestrians passing on the street: everything about him had “an air of curious familiarity, of...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Beyond Domes: 36 Photos of Burning Man Building Types
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture& Cities & Urbanism. ] It would be a mistake to characterize Burning Man as merely a festival in the desert. For one week a year, an entire built environment...
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John Tischer '71: Retardant Spam Of Time
Every day is a mythevery day is a pisseryou didn’t have to kiss herbut you did Sir, so, go onin Honor because I said so….mmmm…..can’t top that inthe immediacy of mind Mandelbrot….or, did I justdo so...
View ArticleCarleton News: Holiday Craft & Bake Sale Raises Record Amount for...
Carleton's annual holiday craft & bake sale, held Friday, Dec. 7 in the Weitz Center for Creativity, raised a record amount this year in support of the College's Custodial Scholarship Fund....
View ArticleCarleton News: Carleton College Presents “Ancient Masters in Modern Styles:...
Carleton College is pleased to present “Ancient Masters in Modern Styles: Chinese Ink Paintings from the 16th-21st Centuries,” opening Friday, Jan. 11 in the Braucher Gallery of the Perlman Teaching...
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