A short guide to understanding the factors in your own desire to conform.
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28 things about Graduate School
28 things about starting (theological) graduate school – many of which apply to higher study in general. Some good lessons on study / life balance, and advice on what and how to read.
What are you trying to achieve?
Are you addicted to fake achievement? (some bad language towards the end)
how to read more books
[ mark bernstein ] Aaron Swartz on how to read more books – a couple of workable solutions, and a couple of unworkable ones.
Sincerity, gravity and levity
President’s day at Macalester College, Minnesota, from the viewpoint of Brian Rosenberg, the President of Macalester College – has something of a David Letterman sensibility to it.
What might have happened if the internet was not invented?
John Lampard has an insightful little hypothetical day-in-the-life of what might have happened if the internet was not invented. Reminds me a lot of my first year of uni in 1994, when floppy discs were still a significant form of data transfer.
Mark Bernstein: Foreclosing Possibilities
[ Mark Bernstein ] Foreclosing Possibilities – a long article about a new lawyer trying to help save someone’s home.
Matilda – cautionary tales for children
One of the least represented forms of writing online would seem to be poetry, and in particular, the kind of poetry that I heard as a young boy. Here is the story of Matilda, who told lies from the amazing “Cautionary Tales for Children”.
Instant Rimshot
[ onfocus ] You may find the red button on this website useful for your comedy stylings: Instant Rimshot. It’s a flash file, so if you’re reading this on an iPhone, don’t bother.
beyond the bridal registry
An emerging trend, it would seem, is that unfortunate follow-on to the bridal registry: the divorce registry.