01 Sep 2009, 15:24 p.m.

Silliness

While talking with Anne & Jane last night about that Buffy/Edward slash (sort of) video, we agreed: when you see a vampire, you stake him! Don't they teach that in health class anymore? Oh, no, …

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01 Sep 2009, 15:09 p.m.

The Other James Bond

Casino Royale is on Hulu to watch for free. Not the 21st century one, the Peter Sellers/Orson Welles/Woody Allen/Ursula Andress/David Niven/Joseph Heller/Billy Wilder/&c. 1967 version. Leonard & I are about two-thirds through and this is …

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01 Sep 2009, 12:51 p.m.

Jokes And The Unconscience

Misunderstanding number one: "You're it. You're me. You're what I've got. Like in that song." "I don't know that song." "What I've Got. I think that's the name of the song. Something about a microphone." …

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31 Aug 2009, 0:29 a.m.

Nostalgia And Consistent Pleasures

In my Epistemology and impostor syndrome post at Geek Feminism, I spoke a little about systematically dissecting praise to check for sincerity. There's a mess of connections here among my memories, hopes, and worldview; lemme …

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30 Aug 2009, 21:59 p.m.

Game

I got Leonard & Martin to read Michael Lewis's Moneyball recently. (By the way, Brendan, I think you'd like Martin's blog, if you're not already reading it.) I'll read anything by Lewis. In Liar's Poker, …

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30 Aug 2009, 14:33 p.m.

Look!

Every so often, Leonard and I watch several Colbert Report clips from his recurring segment Cheating Death With Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, D.F.A. Leonard loves the props, the silliness, and the variety of jokes within …

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29 Aug 2009, 21:22 p.m.

Blog Move And Thunderbird Tip

I've now moved from my old webspace at the Open Computing Facility (at the University of California at Berkeley) to space on a server that Leonard controls. So this is a test post to mark …

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28 Aug 2009, 21:10 p.m.

Vis-a-Vis a Visa

As I was applying for the Points Based System Tier 1, General Migrant visa to the United Kingdom, I had a number of questions that the UK Border Agency website and UK visa application site …

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28 Aug 2009, 9:24 a.m.

Summer Hiatus (Unscheduled)

Hey, my blog's back up. Quick summary: I'm one of the bloggers at the new Geek Feminism blog, I got a work visa for the United Kingdom in case Leonard & I move there late …

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27 Jul 2009, 21:42 p.m.

Those Annoying Isms Keep Isming

I was at a software conference a few weeks ago where Richard M. Stallman said something unfortunate. I wasn't there for it so I heard about it afterwards and shook my head and sighed.[0] At …

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