December 2010
“The cold process grenadine tastes bright and fruity while the hot process is...”
– American Drink
Hot process is hot.
But you can refrigerate it if you need to, and it keeps for some period of time about which I’d have to get back to you at a later date. And I need to. Refrigerate it for later, that is. Because it looks like I’m making a cup.
Shipping Manifest 2010
Julie and I have a tradition of going out for lunch during the holidays, and using that lunch to discuss and write down our intentions (read: New Year’s Resolutions) for the year ahead. Part of the exercise is to review the year about to pass - an exercise that is, quite frankly, exciting and terrifying at once. It’s exciting because we realize we accomplished a heck of a lot in the...
Hey Internet, name my drink
1.5 oz Bombay Sapphire gin 1.5 oz Boyd & Blair vodka 1.5 oz Salignac cognac 4.5 oz fresh squeezed orange juice 5 dashes grapefruit bitters 2 dashes aromatic bitters 1 teaspoon simple syrup
Combined in a shaker with ice, shaken cold, and poured into a something little like a rocks glass. A splash of pomegranate juice. Garnish with a dash of cinnamon, a dash of cayenne pepper, and a twist of...
Watch“The Flatulence” - Jack Barnes
Kids are dying to learn to make movies. This past summer, I decided I’d teach Jack some of what goes into it. We wrote a script, storyboarded a scene, shot that scene, and did the basic edits. Then, something happened, and we never got to shoot the rest and then the kids went away for a week and the next thing you know it was about 30 minutes ago...
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Now, even more of my opinions on education. Thanks...
Gradelessness
That’s pretty tricky, there. I can see why a law school might try that out, but I have a harder time understanding its value in more quantitative fields. (For that matter, watch as I steer a wide berth around the elephant in the room: What can any grade even mean, anyway, in, for instance, a creative writing workshop? Indeed, what would a ranking mean?) So, I guess I think...
A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean - or...
It could be a Zen koan: if everybody in the class gets an A, what does an A mean?
The answer: Not what it should, says Andrew Perrin, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “An A should mean outstanding work; it should not be the default grade,” Mr. Perrin said. “If everyone gets an A for adequate completion of tasks, it cripples our ability to recognize exemplary...
A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean - or...
It could be a Zen koan: if everybody in the class gets an A, what does an A mean?
The answer: Not what it should, says Andrew Perrin, a sociologist at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. “An A should mean outstanding work; it should not be the default grade,” Mr. Perrin said. “If everyone gets an A for adequate completion of tasks, it cripples our ability to recognize exemplary...
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Anonymous asked: I'll Christmas pickle YOU.
Anonymous asked: I'll Christmas pickle YOU.
“If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade,...”
– Chinese Proverb
If only American legislators understood chinese.
“It’s the standard bribery model of legislating that has come to characterize...”
– Tax Cuts Forever? | The Nation (via TPM)
This is from last week but it’s particularly poignant now that Obama has signed the bill. (via agreatnation)
“Crazy dog has diarrhea! Working from home to help him aim for hardwood floor...”
– Esteemed colleague, via our intranet
Dog owners beware: new canine psychopathology causes both diarrhea and bad aim.
“Honeychile Rider is a fictional character in Ian Fleming’s James Bond...”
– Honey Rider - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
What? A dual entendre for a what now? And to think I ended up here while doing cocktail research. Which, it occurs to me, may also mean multiple things.
Please Do Not Disturb (6:12)
“I don’t...
“On the heels of World AIDS Day comes a stunning medical breakthrough: Doctors...”
– Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In ‘Berlin Patient’
I’m sorry, but I’m pretty sure that headline reads STEM CELL TRANSPLANT CURES HIV.
Welcome back, Disco Era. We’ve missed you.
“The fist bump is the official handshake of “Racial Accord,” that it’s here to...”
– SeoulBrother: Something interesting is on TV but I have to write this down.
WatchJust keepin’ warm
“Allison looks at the stories running along her arms. She says something to Hugo...”
– Chokeville / Ten Thirty Seven
The world is nothing if not unfinished business, in Hook as everywhere else.
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The President's Last Stand Is No Stand At All: Why...
robertreich:
The deal the President struck with Republican leaders is an abomination.
It will cost $900 billion over the next two years — larger than the bailout of Wall Street, GM, and Chrysler put together, larger than the stimulus package, larger than anything that’s come out of Washington in years.
It makes a mockery of deficit reduction. Worse, the lion’s share of that $900 billion...
“Would Abstract Expressionism have been the dominant art movement of the post-war...”
– Modern art was CIA ‘weapon’ - World, News - The Independent
The gulf between the traditionalists and the avant garde may be marked by mutual disdain, but it’s not as wide as it soothes our egos to believe. Hello again, CIA, the USA’s modern Medicis.
(via Instapaper)
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Android and Flash
dascola:
I think it would be smart for Android to ditch their current marketing that promotes Flash and jump on the open web standards movement.
No one wants to design and build native Android apps for such a fragmented market. The different operating systems and device sizes are a nightmare to work with. Apple owns the native application development ecosystem by owning the entire platform...