The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.
– Antonio Gramsci
H/T to Jon Taplin, who covers this with more facility than I can muster. I will say this, another stolen quip though, that the fault, dear [...]
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I am the grammarian about whom your mother warned you.
– Unknown
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September 26, 2008
New Rule: A candidate for president should not be judged by the color of his skin. And to – and to anyone who thinks differently, I say, please do not reject John McCain just because he’s white. I think the recent news from Wall Street has made us all less tolerant, and [...]
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The French are true romantics. They feel the only difference between a man of forty and one of seventy is thirty years of experience.
-Maurice Chevalier
I am tempted to take this logic and apply it inductively to prove that all ages of men are in the same equivalence class. But then, I’d hate to be taken [...]
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Sorry I haven’t posted much lately; I’ve been sick and really busy, and with the lab closing at 6:30pm I don’t have much time after class to get things going on. I did copy up a bunch of photos today though, so if I can get my butt out of bed early tomorrow, I’ll [...]
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