25 January 2007Television The Compleat Mythbusters Now, it’s probably not a huge secret that I’m a huge Mythbusters fan. I especially love it when Adam drops by Mefi […]
9 January 2007Technology iPhone I don’t own a Mac. I don’t use Cingular. I’m not messianic about all things Apple like some of my friends and […]
2 November 2006Language Sing, O Goddess, the Anger of Achilles In the original! Learn to speak ancient Greek. NP: “As If I Hadn’t Slept” – Idlewild
25 October 2006Television Do You Like Pho-Tography? A wink’s as good as a nudge to a blind bat, eh? OK, it’s a night of housekeeping here. I’ve finally updated […]
12 October 2006Art Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein David Barsalou has scoured the comic word to locate the source images for many of Roy Lichtenstein’s paintings, and compares the original […]
4 October 2006Religion Limbo in Limbo Pope Benedict XVI will end the Catholic doctrine of Limbo. As strange as the concept of Limbo sounds to those of us […]
3 October 2006Literature On the Road Meets Google Maps Littourati is mapping Kerouac’s On the Road with Google Maps. Each post covers a section of the journey with a map, a […]
2 October 2006Literature New Robert Frost Poem Discovered A new Robert Frost poem has been discovered at UVA. The poem, entitled, “War Thoughts at Home,” seems particularly topical right now. […]
27 September 2006Language Grammar Questions I just overheard a grammar question at work! No really. It concerned the correct spacing around an em dash (—). For the […]
25 September 2006Literature To Autumn Today is the first day that there is a distinct hint of Fall in the air. Although the leaves haven’t begun to […]