nytimes.com: 12 Sept 2012 Britain: British Schools Offer More Upward Mobility for Students Than American Ones, Report Says By D. D. GUTTENPLAN British schools now do a better job than American schools of lifting students up the social ladder, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said in a report published Tuesday. In Britain, a student […]
Remember the British class structure? Rigid? Unwelcoming? Turns out that it’s US who are getting that way.
September 12, 2012 by
Am I the last person to have heard about purple squirrels? Where has that concept been all my life?
July 2, 2012 by
If you’re as ignorant as I am, and you google purple squirrel, and you get past the silly sightings of real violet-colored animals who might have gotten into the color copiers….or who are victims of hydraulic fracking….or are related to something truly disgusting about the GI tracts of heroin users…. You will see at least […]
Who invented footnotes? Cursed be the name(s). http://slate.me/Lq4ObN
June 23, 2012 by
A splendid example of procrastination! I combined two enjoyable things at once: discovered who invented footnotes (read a review about Anthony Grafton’s history of footnotes), all while delaying checking some more footnotes. And all while occasionally looking out the window at a glorious Saltaire day and wishing I wasn’t indoors working on, yes, more footnotes. […]
Here’s how those University of Virginia trustees’ emails became public. http://huff.to/PA3Rh3
June 21, 2012 by
I’m all for transparency, but this is a timely reminder to imagine every email you write could end up on the front page of your local newspaper. If, that is, you are lucky enough to still have a local newspaper, one that has heard of the Freedom of Information Act. In this case, it’s remarkable […]
Here’s what you SHOULD read about the Showdown in Charlottesville. http://bit.ly/LDpKsu
June 21, 2012 by
A thought-provoking and nuanced discussion of the role of trustees and the complexities of university governance in a time of change.
This is one shout-out that I can’t enjoy. I’m a sad @U VA alum. http://chronicle.com/article/UVa-Board-Members-E-Mails/132431/
June 21, 2012 by
In case you aren’t a Chronicle subscriber, here’s the relevant portion from today’s article — and why are we reading trustees’ private emails?? On June 10, Ms. Sullivan and the board announced her resignation. Among the articles that Ms. Dragas and Mr. Kington shared was an opinion piece that appeared in The Chronicle, expressing the need […]
Great progress on one of my favorite places, @GovernorsIsland. http://nyti.ms/JApJdx
May 24, 2012 by
Water, electricity, and a hammock grove — who could ask for anything more?
Jon Hamm! Mick Jagger! Who knew they were so funny @SNL?
May 20, 2012 by
Reminded me too of my almost-appearance on 10K Pyramid, back in the day. I’m sure they whacked me when I used the word “mote” for “moat” and cited Tennyson in the interview. Really dumb. It was my favorite game show and I LOVED game shows. Wonder if the SNL writers hesitated to parody Dick Clark […]
First interesting #NYTBR in ages…especially @JohnSchwartz on Ready Player One audiobook!
May 20, 2012 by
Which I just happened to finish a few weeks ago, and loved from beginning to end. I nearly spilled my breakfast coffee this morning reading Schwartz’s article, as I assumed that I was some rare adult fan of Ernest Cline’s weird and wonderful comic dystopia, a world set mostly in a videogame. I enjoyed the […]