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Molinari’s
Barbara and I went to Molinari’s last night, as she had to work late, and JP Seafood (right near where she works) was closed. So we decided to try Molinari’s, which is less than a mile from where we live. Based on… Read More ›
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(Before the alt-right) An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953–2000
White privilege and male privilege are alive and well in the Hugo awards, despite claims about “criminally overlooked” white males. All you have to do is look through the inestimable Jo Walton’s deeply annotated objective account of all the Hugo awards… Read More ›
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Do we need to upgrade the Constitution? Plus a parsing problem…
According to my iPhone (see screen shot below), we can do so for only $1.99! Any suggestions? Also, we have this quotation from a Washington Post article: The whistleblower is not white,” one 4chan commenter asserted Thursday, probably misreading a… Read More ›
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Greek Script Hacking
Four weeks ago I reviewed two of the Script Hacking books: Korean and Arabic. Now I turn to a script that I actually know — one that I know thoroughly, in fact: I studied Greek for six years, starting in… Read More ›
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A glorious morning…
…say the purple morning glories next to our driveway:
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Diversity and majorities in Boston elections
Boston just had a preliminary election yesterday (more or less what other places call a primary, though it’s non-partisan). As you know from my post of September 22, one of the topics that I teach in my Quantitative Reasoning class is… Read More ›
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Batman uses linguistics! Who’d’a thunk it?
Yes, it’s a couple of days late for Batman Day — but that’s OK. I was astonished to learn that there are not just one but two episodes of School of Batman in which linguistics plays a major role. First… Read More ›
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Looking back from the 23rd Century
It’s too had that the Times editors had to write “The opinion piece below is a work of fiction,” but I guess nobody recognizes satire anymore. If they had managed to date it “September 23, 2021,” I don’t suppose anyone… Read More ›
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What is “quantitative reasoning”?
If you read this blog regularly, you know that I teach a course with the strange title of “Quantitative Reasoning.” What does that mean? I’ll describe the course in general, followed by specifics of all four units. Generally referred to… Read More ›
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Jiffy? Centijiffy? Decijiffy?
“I’ll be with you in a jiffy.” How long is a jiffy? What about a centijiffy? Before we get to the urgent question of how long a jiffy is, I want to comment on a surprising error (or is it… Read More ›
Featured Categories
Books ›
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Neal Stephenson’s Fall
October 6, 2019
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(Before the alt-right) An Informal History of the Hugos: A Personal Look Back at the Hugo Awards, 1953–2000
September 30, 2019
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Greek Script Hacking
September 28, 2019
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Jiffy? Centijiffy? Decijiffy?
September 20, 2019
Dorchester/Boston ›
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224 Boston Street
October 15, 2019
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Mollie and Vincent
October 12, 2019
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Progress report on renovation of our first-floor bathroom
October 4, 2019
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Molinari’s
October 1, 2019
Food & Restaurants ›
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Gyu-Kaku
September 13, 2019
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The Blarney Stone
August 26, 2019
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110 Grill, South Bay
August 18, 2019
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A noisy deal-breaker
August 8, 2019
Life ›
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Trump’s language — and Obama’s
October 11, 2019
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Comic Sans is back in the news.
October 10, 2019
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Do we need to upgrade the Constitution? Plus a parsing problem…
September 29, 2019
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A glorious morning…
September 26, 2019
Linguistics ›
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Blue, green, and grue
October 14, 2019
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Linguistics in MetroWest
October 8, 2019
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Batman uses linguistics! Who’d’a thunk it?
September 24, 2019
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Looking back from the 23rd Century
September 23, 2019
Math ›
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“America’s math curriculum doesn’t add up,” observes Steve Levitt.
October 7, 2019
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Diversity and majorities in Boston elections
September 25, 2019
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What is “quantitative reasoning”?
September 22, 2019
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Supreme Musical Artists of the Past Fifty Years
July 21, 2019
Model Railroading ›
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A Raspberry Pi class
May 19, 2019
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Bay State Model Railroad Museum Spring Model Train Show
March 6, 2019
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Amherst Railway Society Railroad Hobby Show
January 27, 2019
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Murder to Scale
January 8, 2019
Movies & (occasionally) TV ›
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High Society
September 10, 2019
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Blinded by the Light (the movie)
September 2, 2019
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Booksmart
July 28, 2019
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Tolkien, the movie
May 24, 2019
Teaching & Learning ›
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What Has Become of You
September 15, 2019
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Loner
September 6, 2019
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My dad, wearing many hats
August 12, 2019
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Found in a book… and some linguistic remarks
August 11, 2019
Technology ›
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Because Internet
August 30, 2019
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Machines Like Me
June 30, 2019
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Computer Lib
June 5, 2019
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William’s iPad
May 9, 2019
Travel ›
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Greek to Me
July 3, 2019
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Not a very large fraction of the whole world
June 21, 2019
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Back from New York, Part 4: Food, transportation, and ethnicities
May 8, 2019
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Back from New York, Part 3: Museums
May 7, 2019
Weston ›
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Weston alum on treating depression
July 5, 2019
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An outstanding vocal recital by a Weston student
June 3, 2019
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Do we have fair elections? Can we? Do we have equal representation? Can we?
June 1, 2019
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Writings by a former Weston student
May 10, 2019
