OK, so I’m fortunate to be teaching in Weston, not in Chicago. The populations are very different, the school systems are very different, and the school administrations are very different. Nevertheless, I highly appreciated the essay “Make No Mistake, Corporate… Read More ›
Month: December 2012
South Station model railroad exhibit
Fortunately I decided to take the T, so I didn’t have to figure out where to park in the vicinity of South Station, which is featuring a brand-new model railroad exhibit this winter. Actually, they’re toy trains, not model trains,… Read More ›
The whole nine yards
It isn’t often that you see an article about linguistics in the New York Times — and on the front page of the Arts section to boot! But that’s what happened yesterday, in a piece about the etymology of the expression… Read More ›
Champagne for Caesar
Recently saw Champagne for Caesar, a 1950 comedy starring Ronald Colman, Celeste Holm (best known in certain obscure circles as Ted Nelson’s mother), Vincent Price, Barbara Britton, and Art Linkletter (yes, that Art Linkletter). The whole movie is very funny, and I don’t… Read More ›
Some ways Jews are different from Christians
David Weinberger wrote a fascinating post yesterday in Joho The Blog: “Some ways Jews are different from Christians.” It’s worth reading carefully. He gives permission to repost, so I’m going to quote extensively from it: Jews are a people You are a… Read More ›
The Hobbit
I went to see The Hobbit the afternoon of Erev Christmas, expecting it to be crowded as the theatre had warned me to buy tickets well in advance…but it turned out to be 90% empty. Maybe it had something to do with… Read More ›
Can't tell what street you're on?
New England is famous for its lack of street signs — even though things have gotten much better in the past 25 years. Sometimes you can tell what the cross-street is, but you drive for blocks to discover what street you’re on…. Read More ›
The Math Team right before vacation
What do geeks do to blow off a little steam after the last math team practice before vacation? Here’s what they wrote on the board: You might want to notice what’s written in Chinese and Hindi (what a surprise), the… Read More ›
Credit Recovery
“Credit recovery” is another appalling consequence of No Child Left Behind. Although I know that it’s not politically correct to characterize it this way, that’s how I see it. Let’s see what it is and how its cheerleaders write about… Read More ›
Faithful Place and Broken Harbor
It sounds like an old chewing gum commercial: Do you want to double your reading pleasure? Then check out two more beautifully written psychological thrillers by Tana French. Technically, I suppose, they are murder mysteries in the police-procedural sub-genre, but… Read More ›
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