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Comparison: Watching the Democratic National Convention vs. watching the NFL Draft
Both the DNC (or the RNC, I guess) and the NFL Draft share one major characteristic - that one must really stretch the imagination to consider either to be entertaining, yet both are watched by millions anyway.
The NFL Draft I always thought was the worst form of entertainment - it's just waiting for someone to walk to a podium and read a name, repeated every ten minutes for two...
Capturing limbo
I moved to Helsinki five days ago. For the first time in my life, I live in a non-English speaking country (though you could certainly make a case for Scots). Furthermore, I stepped off the plane committed to staying at least two years here, despite having never even visited Finland before.
Next week we move into our own flat, provided by the student housing service at a very...
links for 2008-8-26
- "This book provides a detailed account of the ways in which the CIA penetrated and influenced a vast array of cultural organizations, through its front groups and via friendly philanthropic organizations like the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations."
links for 2008-8-25
- Fantastic analysis of Obama's economic plans, which have actually made me fairly excited about him again.
- A blog about atheletes who finished last in the Olympics.
links for 2008-8-22
- NY Times looking at Obama's problems appealing to Western PA (non-Pgh) voters. Good.
- The Guardian discusses the unbelievably ridiculous amount of water the UK imports. Maybe they should start metering it rather than charging us a flat fee in council tax??
links for 2008-08-17
- The "Bechdel test" for films.
- NY Times puff piece on Jon Stewart. Good
- Reverse Shot reviews "Mister Lonely" and it's excellent, like all of their reviews.